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Friday 19th February
CME buys bTV
CSA sets HD DTT timetable
HBO Go launches on Verizon
DirecTV record year
Swisscom TV reaches 230,000
Online brands use more TV
New services show recovery for US ad-spend
Eutelsat forecasts E1bn turnover
Sezmi launches video service
Half of Netflix 'Watch Instantly' users streaming to TV
CME buys bTVCentral European Media Enterprises is buying News Corp’s bTV, the free-to-air commercial television channel in Bulgaria, as well as the bTV Cinema and bTV Comedy cable channels and 74 per cent of Radio Company C.J. OOD which operates several radio stations (the bTV Group). Total consideration is $400 million cash.
The transaction is subject to the approval of the Bulgarian Commission for the Protection of Competition and other customary closing conditions and is expected to complete in the second quarter of 2010.
Adrian Sarbu, President and CEO of CME, commented: "The acquisition of bTV is the next step in repositioning CME after the sale of our Ukrainian operations. We are now focused on building a highly profitable vertically integrated media company operating in the EU and EU accession countries. bTV greatly complements our portfolio of broadcasting assets. I am confident that we will be able to bring Bulgarian viewers an enhanced TV offer and deliver significant value for our shareholders."
In connection with this acquisition, CME will also enter into an agreement to acquire from Top Tone Holdings Limited its 20 per cent interest in CME’s Pro.BG business in consideration of a 6 per cent interest in a newly created subsidiary that will hold the bTV business and Pro.BG businesses and the termination of the existing agreements in respect of the Pro.BG business. Top Tone Holdings will also have the right to acquire an additional 4 per cent interest for period of up to three years from closing. The closing is expected to be simultaneous with the completion of the acquisition of the bTV businesses.
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CSA sets HD DTT timetableFrance’s TV regulator the Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel has drawn up a new timetable for the deployment of high definition digital terrestrial television. This decision was taken in agreement with TF1 HD, France 2 HD and M6 HD, comprising the multiplex R5 The Arte HD and Canal + HD channels are broadcast on other multiplexes and are already available in all areas already covered by DTT.
The deployment of the multiplex R5 will take place gradually, region by region, as analogue switchover takes place. DTT HD will therefore become available for many viewers during the transition to digital in their region.
In regions that switch to all digital television in 2010, multiplex R5 will be deployed on all main transmitters of the network during this process, with the exception of Alsace, where it will be available as of September 28, 2010. In all these areas, other scheduled for DTT HD provision will broadcast the multiplex from the early part of 2012.
For regions where the transition to digital will take place in 2011, all scheduled sites will broadcast channels from multiplex R5 at this stage.
The phased deployment means that the national coverage of DTT HD should reach about 90 per cent of the population at November 30th, 2011 and 95 per cent at the end of Q1 2012.
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HBO Go launches on VerizonVerizon's FiOS TV debuts HBO Go the latest contribution to making content available anywhere (in the US in this case).
HBOGO.com will feature more than 600 hours of HBO shows, including its hit series - more than four times what is typically available on HBO's TV on demand services. HBO will update the roster more regularly than TV on demand, which it usually refreshes once a week.
Verizon FiOS customers will be the first to get access to the HBO Go site, though Comcast HBO subscribers can see similar content through Comcast's Fancast site.
While HBO Go users will be able to see shows on a PC or a Mac anywhere in the US, they will not initially be able to watch them on newer non-Flash-compatible devices like Apple Inc's iPad. HBO is working on making the service compatible with other devices including smartphones.
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DirecTV record yearDirecTV reported that fourth quarter 2009 consolidated revenues increased 13 per cent to $5.98 billion, operating profit increased 49 per cent to $862 million compared to last year's fourth quarter. Excluding a pre-tax charge of $491 million related to the merger with Liberty Entertainment completed on November 19, 2009, net income attributable to DIRECTV and diluted earnings per share increased 37 per cent to $454 million, compared with the fourth quarter of last year.
"I am thrilled to be joining DirecTV at a time when it has just completed one of its strongest years ever," said Mike White, president and CEO of DirecTV. "Strong fourth quarter results capped a record-setting year for both our US and Latin American businesses as DirecTV became the world's largest provider of pay television services while also growing full year consolidated revenues by nearly 10 per cent to $21.6 billion and free cash flow by over 40 per cent to a record $2.4 billion. I'm also pleased to announce that our Board has approved a new share repurchase plan of $3.5 billion."
White said, "In Latin America, increasing demand for DirecTV's pre-paid, DVR and HD services in a relatively stable macro-economic environment drove record growth across the region. Propelled by strong results in Venezuela, Colombia and Brazil, DTVLA's gross additions grew 35 per cent to 460,000 and net additions increased 59 per cent to an all-time high of 254,000 in the fourth quarter."
"We head into 2010 with strong operating and financial momentum. In the US, we look to extend our video leadership with the introduction of many innovative and differentiated services including Multi-Room Viewing, 3-D, DirecTV Cinema and the debut of our much-anticipated Home Media Center in the second half of this year."
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Swisscom AG said tougher competition will keep its sales and profit under pressure in 2010 after it posted a rise in 2009 profits when lower depreciation charges helped to offset weaker domestic demand. Group revenues for the whole year reached CHF12 billion ($11.1bn), down 1.6 per cent from 2008, while EBITDA fell 2.6 per cent to reach CHF 4.666 billion.
The Swiss telco reported it had reached 230,000 subscribers for its IPTV service 'Swisscom TV' by the end of 2009, up 94.9 per cent from one year previously. Swisscom also saw its number of DSL broadband subscribers rise by 47,000 last year to reach 1.8 millon.
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Online brands use more TVTV advertising may worry about online but UK online brands have increased spend on TV by an average of 172 per cent a year over the past five years. Research by Nielsen Media Research on behalf of TV marketing trade body Thinkbox revealed online brand’s spend on TV had increased from £10 million (E11.53) in 2004 to £180m in 2009.
Thinkbox said the growth supports the idea that TV can help generate online traffic as it found 94 per cent of people claimed to have gone online as a direct result of something they saw on TV.
According to the research, the effectiveness of TV in driving online traffic has been boosted by simultaneous web browsing and TV viewing. Some 54 per cent of online consumers go online at the same time as watching TV.
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New services show recovery for US ad-spend
Parks Associates forecasts advanced TV, mobile advertising, and social networking to lead long-term recovery in US ad spending. Targeted and interactive TV advertising will lay the foundation for the long-term recovery of US ad spending, while spending on broadcast network TV will return to pre-recession levels in 2010, leading the more immediate recovery, according to Advertising Outlook: Shifting Dollars.The report features a survey of US advertising and media executives and found this group optimistic about 2010 ad spending as well as the long-term impact of advanced advertising formats. A majority would pay a premium for addressable TV ads, with almost 40 per cent willing to pay upwards of 20 per cent more over traditional TV ads.
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Eutelsat forecasts E1bn turnoverEutelsat Communications has raised its outlook for 2009-10 after reporting first half revenues increased by 9.6 per cent to E508 million. EBITDA increased by 9.7 per cent to reach E411.6 million for the six months ending December 31st, 2009.
The number of TV channels available through the Eutelsat fleet stood at 3,448 as of December 31st 2009, an increase of 7.1 per cent. The number of HD channels surpassed 100 following an increase of 27 over the last year. Video applications increased by 7.4 per cent as three new satellites entered programme service and another three were redeployed.
Commenting on the first half 2009-2010 results, Michel de Rosen, CEO, said: "New satellite resources deployed during the past 12 months have been rapidly leased, enabling our revenues to increase by 9 per cent. Eutelsat continues to benefit from a very high level of profitability. With this momentum, we are revising upwards our revenue objective to more than E1.02 billion with EBITDA in excess of E795 million for the current fiscal year. For the 2009-2012 period, we are now targeting a compound annual revenue growth rate of more than 7 per cent".
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Sezmi launches video service
Sezmi, backed by $100 million in financing since its 2006 founding, is set to launch its first video service, in the Los Angeles area. It plans to gradually roll out its TV and Internet video service throughout the US, completing the rollout in 2011.Best Buy will sell Sezmi TV set-top box systems for $299. The system includes a media recorder and a new type of indoor TV antenna that looks like a bookshelf speaker.
Sezmi will offer two monthly service plans. For $20, consumers receive all their local over-the-air broadcast TV channels, 23 cable channels, and YouTube and other Internet content, as well as access to about 10,000 videos-on-demand that cost extra to buy or rent. For $5, users get local TV, Internet and access to VOD. The $20 is less than most any TV service, but users also need to have a broadband Internet connection.
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Half of Netflix 'Watch Instantly' users streaming to TVAccording to a study from media research consultancy TDG, almost two-thirds of Netflix users that subscribe to a home broadband service are now viewing the 'Watch Instantly' streaming video service. One-third of broadband-enabled Netflix subscribers view this streaming video exclusively only on their PCs, 8 per cent view the content exclusively on their TVs, and 24 per cent use both their PCs and TVs.
"Netflix is now the archetype for over-the-top (OTT) streaming video services," notes Michael Greeson, TDG founding partner and director of research. "Not only has Netflix eclipsed its immediate competitors in terms of online DVD rental, but it has quickly become the 'gold standard' for new OTT streaming services."
The implication of TDG's research is significant: one-half of broadband-enabled 'Watch Instantly' users now view streaming video on their TVs, a phenomenon unimaginable just a few years ago. As Greeson points out, this speaks volumes about the maturation of streaming video technologies that, until recently, had delivered an inconsistent experience that left regular TV viewers wanting.
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Thursday 18th February
SeeSaw goes live
Users reluctant to pay for online content
Netflix on Sony reader
Prisa wants Telefonica as HDTV partner
YuMe ad network raises cash
Growth slow for mobile entertainment
BBC Online mobile apps
Qualcomm to add PVR service to Flo TV
Red Bee for Five VOD
Nagravision secures SkyLife service in Korea
Telegent and Brightstar to launch 'Soccer TV' phone
Turner selects Brightcove
SeeSaw goes live
From Colin Mann in London
Online TV service SeeSaw has launched to the public, having been in beta testing to 20,000 people since January 26th. It currently offers over 3,000 hours of content for free, with plans to introduce paid-for premium content "within a couple of months" according to John Keeling, Platform Controller. SeeSaw aims to offer a further 2,000 hours of programming on the service for the pay launch.The service has been set up by SeeSaw from the assets of ITV, Channel 4 and BBC Worldwide's defunct Project Kangaroo video-on-demand venture. The partners were forced to scrap their plans for an online service following a Competition Commission ruling. SeeSaw's parent company, broadcast infrastructure specialist Arqiva, paid £8 million for Kangaroo's assets last year.
The site currently features catch up programming and archive material from Channel 4, and Five, and BBC Worldwide. ITV is not currently participating in the service, although a number of familiar ITV shows are available on the site, as independent producers retain the rights to certain titles. The free model is currently funded by advertising revenue, with pre and mid-roll spots, featuring advertisers such as Ikea, Diageo and Kraft.
Pierre-Jean Sebert, CEO SeeSaw, confirmed that the service wanted its content to be seen by as many people as possible, and was investigating distribution beyond the laptop and the PC. "We are discussing with set-top box manufacturers, TV manufacturers and game console manufacturers to understand how we can launch the experience onto these devices." He added that central to this strategy was Canvas - the proposed open Internet-connected TV platform partnership between the BBC, ITV, C4, Five, BT and Talk Talk. "We are looking closely into what the Canvas development will be and we hope that we are capable of having SeeSaw proposed to users on one or several of these routes to market," he revealed.
SeeSaw faces potential competition from Google-owned YouTube, which has begun offering full-length TV shows, with Channel 4 and Five providing content. Microsoft's MSN Video Player UK has been in a beta pilot phase since August 2009. In addition, Hulu, the US VOD service backed by NBU Universal, Disney and News Corp, is expected to launch in the UK and is understood to have discussed an exclusive content deal with ITV in return for taking a stake in the business. "The door is open for ITV," said Keeling. "They have a new chief executive arriving and they have said that they are looking at their digital strategy. Until they have decided, I don’t think they’ll be making any moves."
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Users reluctant to pay for online contentA survey has revealed that 79 per cent of users would no longer access a website that charges them. The finding implies that consumers can find the same information at no cost. The report from Nielsen surveyed 27,000 consumers from 52 countries.
The survey showed that 71 per cent of global consumers say that if they have to pay for online content it must be considerably better than what is currently available for free. In four categories - theatrical movies, music, games and professionally produced videos - 50 per cent or more said they would consider paying or have already paid for online content.
At the other end, less than 30 per cent said they would consider paying for social networks, podcasts, news-talk radio, consumer-generated video and blogs. Ad-supported content factored into the equation. Some 47 per cent were willing to accept more advertising to subsidise free content. But 64 per cent believe that if they must pay for content online, there should be no ads.
The service also revealed that younger consumers are more willing to pay, for various types of content. This may seem counterintuitive, but the survey said "it reflects a realisation that they are now in a world where the value of content is platform-agnostic; and video consumed online may be no less valuable than watched on television."
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Netflix on Sony readerSony says its new Wi-Fi-enabled tablet device, the "Dash Personal Internet Viewer," will include a dedicated application for Netflix's streaming service that will allow Netflix subscribers to watch thousands of movies and TV episodes directly on the unit.
The Dash, which has a seven-inch touch screen and is expected to begin shipping in April for around $199, provides portable access to real-time Internet content through Wi-Fi networking and will provide "always on" sequential display of over 1,500 apps from Sony's Bravia Internet Video platform. The Netflix application, which already runs on select Internet-enabled Sony Bravia TVs, will allow streaming movies and TV shows to be accessed on the Dash through a Queue-based user interface. Choices from a Netflix member's Queue will be automatically displayed when the Netflix icon on the device is touched, says Sony.
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Prisa wants Telefonica as HDTV partner
Prisa would like to have Telefonica as a partner to help launch HD television, the chief executive of Spain's biggest media group has said."There are no agreements for the moment. But it would be great. A partner like Telefonica would give us very interesting contacts," Juan Luis Cebrian said, in an interview published in Italian daily La Stampa. "We want to make a technological jump with HD. A partner like Telefonica would help us," he said.
Telefonica already has a minority stake in Prisa's pay TV unit, Digital+.
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YuMe ad network raises cash
YuMe, a six-year-old company for dynamic insertion of ads in online video announced that it has raised $25 million in additional capital in a round led by Menlo Ventures. Existing YuMe backers, including Accel Partners, Khosla Ventures, BV Capital and DAG Ventures, also participated in the funding.
YuMe matches advertisements to videos on such sites as MSN, MSNBC, IDG Entertainment and Glam Media, across multiple devices like PCs, set-top boxes and mobile phones. The company says it served an average of 30 million in-stream video ads per day in December, and is now profitable.
"Interactive advertising as a whole category is growing and taking share away from older forms of advertising, and video is the largest advertising category of them all," said Shawn T. Carolan, managing director of Menlo Ventures, who is joining the YuMe board.
Carolan added that large media companies may prefer to do business with an independent ad network like YuMe, rather than Internet giants like Google.
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Growth slow for mobile entertainmentMEF’s Annual Business Confidence Index (BCI), compiled by KPMG and capturing a year’s worth of quarterly industry sentiment, points to a cooling in optimism from Q3 2009.
Andrew Bud, the Global Chair of MEF stated: "Since its launch in January 2009, the BCI has underlined the industry’s ability to weather the storm of the recession and leverage the new opportunities presented by the proliferation of smartphones and digital economy business models. With the global economic recovery underway, the first aggregate results of the Annual BCI point to a toughened industry which has readjusted growth predictions from 33 per cent growth in Q2, down to 24 per cent.
Mark Harding, Director of Digital Content at KPMG, who analysed the survey findings, said: "While the industry has had to adapt to the challenges of the global economic downturn, reducing annual growth projections, there is optimism in the rise of applications, which look set to drive the industry forward as it continues towards recovery."
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BBC Online mobile appsThe BBC is to offer a new range of applications that will deliver BBC Online services to a range of mobile devices. Licence fee payers have already been able to access the BBC website on mobile phones for eight years.
BBC Director of Future Media & Technology Erik Huggers said it is planning to release mobile applications for BBC News and BBC Sport on a wide range of smartphones, starting with a BBC News application for iPhone in April 2010. All applications will be available free of charge.
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Qualcomm to add PVR service to Flo TVQualcomm plans to add TiVo-like television recording functions to wireless devices in an effort to stoke consumer interest in its mobile-TV service. Qualcomm’s Media Flo already allows AT&T and Verizon Wireless subscribers to watch broadcast TV on their mobile phones. As its audience increasingly shifts to using VOD, Flo will evolve to meet that need, said Alice Kim, vice president of strategy.
"One of the key challenges that Flo has is to make sure that we’re ahead of consumer demand," Kim said. "Video on demand is very much on our road map."
The planned feature would allow subscribers to record programmes as video files which are then stored directly on the phone.
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Red Bee for Five VODRed Bee Media has been appointed by Channel 5 Broadcasting to manage all its video on demand services including content distribution to Five’s VOD service, Demand Five, and the syndication, live streaming, content management and delivery of the broadcaster’s original full-length programmes to YouTube in the UK.
The contract win sees Red Bee Media manage all video content and metadata for the group, receiving and distributing content via its Media Gateway file acceleration platform.
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Nagravision secures SkyLife service in KoreaNagravision has revealed that its Nagra Media Access conditional access system (CAS) has been selected by SkyLife, the sole DTH pay TV service provider in Korea with 2.4 million subscribers to secure their new HD platform.
SkyLife, one of the largest and most advanced DTH operators in Asia, is aggressively migrating from standard definition to high definition by implementing the solution. Alongside the introduction of HD, the cooperation with Nagravision will also cover innovative services including a hybrid satellite/IPTV offer and 3D.
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Telegent and Brightstar to launch 'Soccer TV' phoneTelegent Systems, the company that makes television mobile, and Brightstar, a global player in the wireless industry, have announced a partnership to bring a low-cost handset that delivers live, free-to-air broadcast TV to Latin American and African consumers prior to this summer's 2010 soccer World Cup in South Africa.
Brightstar's Avvio 505 device, which incorporates Telegent's free-to-air analogue mobile TV receiver, will provide consumers on the go with an affordable way to view this summer's World Cup tournament.
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Turner selects BrightcoveBrightcove, the online video platform, has confirmed a deal with Turner Broadcasting to support its online video content in the UK, Spain, France, Italy, Germany and other countries throughout Europe. Turner Broadcasting will use the Brightcove platform to expand its advertising-supported online video offerings and to introduce a variety of new enhanced online video programming across its Web portals. The first sites to launch with Brightcove include Cartoon Network, Boomerang and Adult Swim.
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Wednesday 17th February
South Africa DSO delayed
TivùSat: 150,000 viewers, new channels planned
TF1, France Télévisions and Canal+ share World Cup
BBC to face test on sports bids?
WarnerTV launches in CEE
Televisa buys stake in Nextel Mexico
Global hospitality IPTV $1.9bn in 2012
Amino IPTV for Costa Rica
TV Genius Freeview iPhone app
Unlimited downloads may boost Aussie online video
Entone and VUDU to enable hybrid TV
RAI expands multimedia universe
Fairfax to try again on Internet movies
Viaccess and Trusted Logic join forces on OMA DRM
Intel and Nokia merge software platforms
South Africa DSO delayed
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has confirmed that the country’s switch over to digital terrestrial television will be delayed until 2013 at the earliest. This is over a year and a half later than cabinet had initially envisaged.
In 2008 cabinet set out a number of guidelines regarding the switch over to digital terrestrial DTT, one of which was that analogue broadcast would terminate on November 1st 2011.
In 2009, however, ICASA committed to a dual illumination period which would commence on the 1st of April 2010 and terminate on the 1st of April 2012, at which point all operators would be required to permanently switch over to full digital television broadcast.
A major stumbling block is the shortage of set-top boxes, which are needed to receive the digital signal, with slow government funding being blamed as factor. ICASA also added that cabinet’s initial switch on date for the dual illumination process (November 1st 2008) was only three months after the recommendations were made. which did not give the Regulator ample time to publish final DTT regulations.
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TivùSat: 150,000 viewers, new channels planned
From Branislav Pekic in RomeItaly’s DTH platform TivùSat has surpassed the figure of 150,000 active users in mid-February, while maintaining a trend of activation of 1,300 to 1,500 smartcards per day.
The total number of TivùSat smart cards ordered by decoder and TV set manufacturers has meanwhile risen to 790,000. At the same time, the channel offer has also expanded and now includes over 40 services, with Nuvolari and Deejay TV being the latest additions during January.
The three main shareholders of the platform, RAI, Mediaset and Telecom Italia Media, are planning new channels in the coming months.
RAI is likely to launch RAI 5 in March or April and is working on a second sports channel as well as a HD channel, in time for the World Cup in South Africa in June. Mediaset plans to unveil an all-news channel before the end of the year, a project that could cost some E30 to E40 million. Telecom Italia Media is considering the launch of a specialised channel (tentatively called La7D) devoted to the female audience, which could launch on TivùSat in the coming months.
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TF1, France Télévisions and Canal+ share World CupTF1, France Télévisions and the Canal+ Group have reached an agreement over the broadcasting rights to the FIFA 2010 World Cup. Under this agreement, the TF1 Group, exclusive holder of the rights to the tournament, will sublicense to France Télévisions and the Canal+ Group live broadcast rights to 37 of the 64 matches in the competition.
TF1, which will have first choice of matches in each phase of the competition, retains exclusive rights to the opening and closing ceremonies plus live broadcasting rights to 27 matches, in particular the opening match, all matches involving the French national team, the two semi-finals, the third/fourth place play-off, and the final.
In line with its 360 strategy, the TF1 Group will also develop a multimedia offering especially on MyTF1, and offer TV viewers World Cup magazine and talk shows on its various channels (TF1,
Eurosport and LCI); these will include special editions of Téléfoot with privileged access to the French team. All the matches in the competition will be re-broadcast in full on Eurosport.France Télévisions will broadcast 34 matches live on France 2 and France 3 (including 4 matches from the Round of 16 and 2 quarter-finals) filling 29 slots, of which at least 8 will be in prime time, and will provide a full round-up of World Cup news on its TV news bulletins and its sports magazine programmes Stade 2 and Tout le Sport.
Canal+ will broadcast the entire competition to its subscribers, including all 64 matches, 37 of which will be shown live, 10 in prime time, and 8 exclusively on Canal+. Every evening, Canal+ will screen an exclusive hour-long magazine show with all the latest World Cup news, views and footage.
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BBC to face test on sports bids?The BBC Trust is considering subjecting all sports rights the corporation bids for to a fair market and benchmarking test. According to various reports, the Trust is looking into the idea because it wants to ensure the BBC does not overpay for rights. However, industry insiders said the idea was unworkable and will hamper the BBC from bidding for events.
The BBC Trust is conducting a review of sports rights later this year that it is expected to be concluded by the beginning of 2011. BBC executives fear their hands will be tied on bidding for sports rights if they have to adhere to and wait for a test and benchmarking exercise.
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WarnerTV launches in CEEOnet.pl Group has launched a new VOD service in Poland featuring television series licensed by Warner Bros International Television Distribution (WBITD). Additionally, Warner Bros International Branded Services has launched its first WarnerTV subscription VOD branded service in Central and Eastern Europe, within the new Group Onet.pl VOD platform.
This deal marks the first launch of the WarnerTV branded service in Central and Eastern Europe, and extends the on-going relationship between TVN Group and WBITD in which TVN’s linear TV channels have an existing programming output deal with WBITD.
Under the terms of the agreement, television series from Warner Bros. Entertainment will be made available on-demand to customers in Poland through the vod.onet.pl platform. The platform will showcase episodes of hit series from WBITD shortly after their US premieres, offering fans in Poland the chance to view online their favourite US shows for the very first time.
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Televisa buys stake in Nextel MexicoTelevisa, Mexico’s largest broadcaster, has spelt out its ambitions to expand into the country’s cellular telecommunications market with the purchase of 30 per cent of Nextel Mexico for $1.4 billion.
Under the deal, Televisa will pay cash for the mobile operator, which is an unlisted subsidiary of NII Holdings. It will also have the option to increase its stake by 7.5 per cent on the third or fourth anniversary of its initial investment.
The transaction reflects an implied pre-investment value of Nextel Mexico of $4.3 billion. Both companies said the purchase was subject to the Nextel/Televisa consortium being awarded licences in upcoming spectrum auctions in Mexico.
"There are significant synergies between Nextel Mexico’s wireless offerings and our extensive base of pay-TV subscribers," said Emilio Azcárraga Jean, chairman and chief executive of Televisa. "With this venture we will be able to offer to our customer base the first quadruple play in Mexico, which paves the way for a successful integrated media and telecom strategy."
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Global hospitality IPTV $1.9bn in 2012Over 11 million hotel rooms and 1 million airline seats are potential IPTV applications, according to a report from MRG. Hotels and Airlines alone account for a $1.9 billion global market in 2012, indicating that for most hospitality applications, analogue video is dead.
The report shows that both In-Room Entertainment and In-Flight Entertainment (IRE and IFE) markets show a sharp shift in user expectations. "While respondents indicated that IPTV may be too expensive for the low-end market, the study finds that there is a substantial and growing need for IPTV to serve the mid- and high-end of the hospitality market. This has gone from a nice-to-have to a must-have situation," says Mike Galli, IPTV Analyst for MRG.
"This report pinpoints growth opportunities in this industry throughout the product and services value chain," states Galli. "While many in the IPTV industry consider hospitality to be unimportant, we found that it is very important, with some IPTV suppliers reporting that it represents twenty-five per cent of their total revenue."
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Amino Communications, an independent IPTV specialist, has won a bid to provide STBs to support a major IPTV rollout by the Costa Rican Electricity Institute.
The network operator plans to launch services in the first half of 2010, targeting up to 100,000 homes across the country. Amino will work closely with systems integrator ITS on the service rollout and will provide 38,000 units including its A125, A130M and A530 DVR STBs phased over the next two years.
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TV Genius Freeview iPhone appTV Genius has revealed it is powering the search and recommendation functionality for Freeview’s newly launched iPhone app. The app enables users to search Freeview channel schedules anywhere they are and whenever they want. The iPhone app, which is available now from the iTunes App Store, free of charge, allows users to search TV listings and receive recommendations based on their viewing preferences.
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Unlimited downloads may boost Aussie online video
For the first time, an Australian ISP has ditched quotas and is offering an unlimited broadband plan. AAPT already had a number of plans with unrestricted usage during off-peak times, but wanted to shake up the market, according to Chief Executive Paul Broad"AAPT has committed to unlocking broadband restraints for the past year and what we’re now launching will change the broadband telco landscape in this country." he said, noting that the move was likely to force other ISP's to follow suit.
If the move does cause other ISPs to follow, it would be a massive boost to the online video landscape in Australia.
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Entone and VUDU to enable hybrid TVEntone, a specialist in broadband video and home connectivity solutions, is taking orders for 2Q2010 delivery of its VUDU enabled Janus Media Hub and Amulet IPTV Receiver. Entone’s new line of broadband TV devices integrates the latest VUDU technologies including VUDU Apps, a cloud platform for the delivery of Internet entertainment services, and the VUDU HD on-demand movie service,.
Operators who deploy the VUDU enabled Janus Media Hub and Amulet IPTV Receiver will be able to offer their end-users access to over 100 apps, ranging from news services to popular Internet destinations, to VUDU Movies.
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RAI expands multimedia universe
Spurred by the increasing consumption of multimedia content over the Internet and mobile networks in Italy, the country’s public broadcaster RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana is collaborating with Nokia Siemens Networks to develop solutions that will enable the distribution of high-definition multimedia content through both mobile and fixed channels. The aim is to effectively address the converging broadcasting, mobility and multimedia space in Italy.RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana will leverage Nokia Siemens Networks’ fibre optic based Next Generation Network solution to transport HD multimedia content and broadband mobile applications to better meet end user expectations.
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Fairfax to try again on Internet moviesMedia group Fairfax has revealed plans to revive its IPTV ambitions for the first time since its failed attempt to enter the Australian Internet movie market early in 2007.
Fairfax Digital chief Jack Matthews said the group was investing a lot of money and effort into expanding its online video services and hinted that the company was consulting a third party.
"We're already quite involved in video content now. We download eight million video streams or files per month now, which is up from a couple of million two years ago, so if you look at our sites now they are increasingly becoming video player centric, as opposed to text centric," Matthews said.
"The challenge really is what kind of video. Another challenge is clearly we can't do all of it ourselves so accessing content is important. So we do have some plans -- I probably won't share them with everybody right now, but it's clear we're spending lots of money and effort trying to make it happen."
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Viaccess and Trusted Logic join forces on OMA DRMViaccess, a France Telecom company and expert in conditional access solutions, and Trusted Logic, a provider of Trusted Execution Environments for embedded systems, are collaborating to integrate and market the Viaccess OMA DRM v2 solution for the mobile handset market. The agreement will allow customers to gain access to Viaccess’ OMA DRM v2 technology, secured by Trusted Logic’s Trusted Foundations software.
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Intel and Nokia merge software platformsIn a significant development in the convergence of communications and computing, Intel Corporation and Nokia are merging their popular Moblin and Maemo software platforms. This will create a unified Linux-based platform that will run on multiple hardware platforms across a wide range of computing devices, including pocketable mobile computers, netbooks, tablets, mediaphones, connected TVs and in-vehicle infotainment systems.
Called MeeGo, the open software platform will accelerate industry innovation and time-to-market for a wealth of new Internet-based applications and services and user experiences. MeeGo-based devices from Nokia and other manufacturers are expected to be launched later this year.
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Tuesday 16th February
Sky homes in on Virgin Media channels
Kapital Network wins DVB-T licence in Croatia
Sumitomo seeks J:COM stake
ETSI adopts GEM/MHP
UK keen on multi-screen viewing
First Freeview HD STB
Ericsson replaces Telekom Austria's IPTV platform
SPB mobile TV solution
Ericsson introduces IPTV Remote
Qualcomm unveils FLO-EV, smartbook
Brightcove Mobile Experience
Sonic Solutions and DivX partnership
Envivio On Demand
Openwave media optimisation solution
Sky homes in on Virgin Media channelsVirgin Media is reportedly in the final stages of selling its wholly-owned television channels, including Virgin 1 and Living, to BSkyB after months of negotiations.
According to Media Guardian, Virgin Media suggest that a deal is very much on the cards, even though related talks relating to UKTV – the independent commercial joint venture, between Virgin Media and BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC - are understood to have been stalled as recently as last month. Furthermore, Virgin Media Chief Executive Neil Berkett told the Financial Times at the beginning of February that because Virgin had undertaken a series of refinancing deals that reduced net debt and postponed the maturity dates of loans towards the end of the decade, there was "no compelling need" to sell assets such as its pay-TV channels.
Sky chief executive, Jeremy Darroch, has previously said that the satellite TV broadcaster would potentially be interested in buying Virgin Media's channels business.
For Sky, the UK's largest pay-TV business with 9.7 million customers, one benefit of a deal would be that it would no longer have to pay £30 million a year to distribute Virgin's channels, which also include Bravo and Challenge, via its satellite TV service.
Buying Virgin 1 would also provide Sky with a coveted channel slot on the Freeview digital terrestrial TV service, though it would most probably have to be rebranded.
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Kapital Network wins DVB-T licence in Croatia
From Branislav Pekic in RomeCroatian business channel Kapital Network has been granted a national concession for experimental broadcasting on the DVB-T network.
The decision was reached by Croatia’s Electronic Media Council, which announced a tender for three specialised TV channels several weeks ago. As a result, Kapital Network, which has been available since May 2006 to some 500.000 households via cable, IPTV and satellite, will soon become visible to everyone with a DVB-T receiver. The experimental broadcasting concession will last until 31 December 2010 and after that, the Council will announce a new tender for longer concessions.
The Council rejected the applications submitted by the Croatian Music Channel (CMC) and NeT, declaring them incomplete. The bids submitted by private national broadcasters Nova TV and RTL Televizija were considered as of "low quality" and "sub-standard", as they allegedly planned to air 70 per cent of repeat materials.
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Sumitomo seeks J:COM stakeSumitomo, the Japanese trading house, has launched a Y122 billion ($1.4bn) tender offer for shares in Jupiter Telecommunications (J:COM) to secure its position as the leading shareholder in Japan’s biggest cable television operator after KDDI bought a large stake.
The offer sets the stage for a rare hostile battle between blue-chip Japanese corporations.
Yoshio Osawa, director of Sumitomo and head of its media, network and lifestyle unit, said the group was launching the tender offer to keep J:COM as a core business. He said Sumitomo had supported J:COM since its foundation – supplying capital, management and even its president – and wanted to maintain that co-operation.
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ETSI adopts GEM/MHPGlobal digital standards body the DVB has confirmed that the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) has formally adopted as standards the new release versions of the MHP 1.2.2 (Multimedia Home Platform) and GEM 1.2.2 (Globally Executable MHP) specifications. This marks the culmination of the refactoring work that makes GEM a self-contained specification. GEM now takes over the role of DVB’s primary middleware specification, and MHP becomes a derived specification based on GEM.
The DVB admitted that the acknowledged importance of GEM due to its adoption in Blu-Ray, tru2way and other Java based TV standards led to its decision to make GEM the primary middleware specification.
GEM enables the creation of interoperable TV applications, which can run on various digital TV devices such as terrestrial, satellite and cable set-top boxes, IPTV terminals and gateways, and Blu-Ray players. The fact that GEM is essentially network independent makes it particularly useful in IPTV and hybrid broadcast/broadband environments, suggests the DVB.
"The formal adoption by ETSI of GEM as the primary middleware specification comes at a time when latest figures show that the deployment of GEM/MHP based set-top boxes continues to rise. Latest estimates show the number of devices has reached over 50 million, clearly demonstrating the market’s commitment to this standard for interactivity," commented Peter Siebert, Executive Director, DVB Project.
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UK keen on multi-screen viewing
QuickPlay Media, a provider of solutions that manage the business of mobile video, have published the results of an independent Market Tools survey focused on mobile TV and video consumption in the UK. Conducted with current mobile subscribers, the study reflects a strong consumer desire for multi-screen TV viewing capabilities, with 55 per cent of survey takers showing an interest in services that allow them to seamlessly switch the viewing of programmes between multiple devices, such as PCs and smartphones.
The research further indicates that consumer adoption of mobile TV and video services is growing, with 56 per cent of respondents having viewed content on their mobile device, up from 48 per cent in 2009. The study also found that enthusiasm for mobile TV and video is continuing to increase with 55 per cent of respondents expressing interest in viewing TV or video on their mobile device, an increase from 51 per cent in 2009.
Building on the findings above, the research reveals that adoption of mobile TV and video services is gaining momentum, with 70 per cent of current mobile TV or video users having become adopters in the last 12 months and 41 per cent in the past six months.
"It is clear that the speed of mobile TV and video adoption is growing rapidly, a trend which is in line with our own results from the past year," said Wayne Purboo, president and CEO, QuickPlay Media. "This research also points to another vital trend that we are seeing in the marketplace—our clients are becoming increasingly interested in solutions that enable them to offer consumers high-quality, integrated multi-screen experiences while addressing critical issues like digital rights management (DRM)."
Despite the growing interest in mobile TV and video services the study found that awareness continues to be an issue. Specifically, 51 per cent of respondents did not know if their mobile operator offered a mobile TV or video service and 64 per cent were unaware of whether or not their favourite programmes were available through their mobile TV/video service.
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First Freeview HD STBThe UK's first Freeview HD-compatible set-top box has arrived at retail in the form of the Humax HD-FOX T2. Humax's receiver is now available from a wide variety of both online-and-offline retailers priced at £179.99.
The HD-FOX T2 is the first receiver equipped with a DVB-T2 tuner, allowing the set-top box to receive Freeview HD broadcasts - the first of which began late in 2009. Humax's box introduces a new eight-day electronic programming guide and supports resolutions of up to 1080p over HDMI, with the ability to upscale standard-definition content.
Freeview HD is expected to become available to 50 per cent of the UK population by June 2010.
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Ericsson replaces Telekom Austria's IPTV platformEricsson has confirmed it is to exchange and enhance Telekom Austria's current IPTV platform in order to deliver blended content services to multiple devices which will eliminate barriers between TV set and PCs and introduce a new generation user interface.
As well as prime integration and consultancy services, Ericsson will provide a complete solution to Telekom Austria including its IPTV middleware, OpenStream Digital Services Platform for VOD and WatchPoint Content Management System to address the challenge of delivering the same content in different formats, to multiple devices.
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SPB mobile TV solutionSPB Software has confirmed the release of SPB TV Mobile Operators Solution, a combination of server-side and client-side software meant to provide carriers with the best-in-class mobile TV experience, enjoyable for end-users, while easy on bandwidth requirements.
SPB TV is a mobile IPTV viewer with TV-like usability, initially designed for tuning in to publicly available digital TV channels from all over the world. SPB TV features exclusive and patent-pending usability innovations and gives the mobile subscribers easy access to over a hundred of international TV channels, directly from their phones. The application supports a TV browser with quick channel previews, an instantly accessible TV guide for all offered channels, quick channel switching and more.
SPB TV is available for iPhone, Android and Blackberry among others.
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Ericsson introduces IPTV RemoteEricsson has released details of the Ericsson IPTV Remote, a device for controlling the TV and other media devices throughout the connected home. The device is a single interface for controlling Internet video, the TV, both live and on-demand, the PC and the mobile phone in the home. It also provides a second screen for previewing content, exploring programme guides, browsing the web and chatting with friends and family without a distracting window on the TV screen.
The Ericsson IPTV Remote is part of Ericsson's IPTV solution and will be managed and provisioned by the consumer's IPTV service provider. The device can also function as a portable TV in a WiFi-enabled home.
Qualcomm unveils FLO-EV, smartbook
Qualcomm, developer of advanced wireless technologies, products and services, has announced FLO-EV, the next evolution of the FLO air interface for new deployments of mobile TV and other advanced broadcast mobile media services. Intended primarily for international markets, FLO-EV builds on the success of FLO technology to enable a rich suite of mobile content and services with greater channel capacity and significant performance improvements. FLO-EV is designed to help wireless operators lower the deployment costs for delivering multimedia content to mobile devices.Qualcomm is also offering previews of forthcoming FLO-enabled smartbook applications at GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The applications unite live TV viewing with real-time Web content, social networking capabilities and personalised digital media stored on the device that can be accessed at anytime. Running on Snapdragon-enabled smartbook devices, the applications are designed to deliver powerful new consumer entertainment experiences.
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Brightcove Mobile ExperienceBrightcove, the online video platform, has unveiled the Brightcove Mobile Experience for Adobe Flash Player 10.1, enabling organisations to deliver an optimised video viewing experience across smartphone platforms running Flash Player 10.1 when it is available, including Google Android, Symbian S60, Palm webOS, Windows Mobile and Research in Motion BlackBerry. The solution makes it possible to deploy video that adapts on demand to the playback environment to deliver a superior experience across desktops and mobile devices.
Customers already taking advantage of the Brightcove Mobile Experience for Adobe Flash Player 10.1 include AOL, Atlantic Records, La Vanguardia, National Geographic, The New York Times, STV, Sun Media and The Weinstein Company.
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Sonic Solutions and DivX partnership
Sonic Solutions and DivX, the digital media company, have confirmed an expanded partnership to enable the digital distribution of an extensive catalogue of titles on DivX Certified mobile devices. Through the partnership, Sonic and DivX will make it easy to transfer and playback movies on mobile phones.Sonic has established its Roxio CinemaNow platform, which is powering digital entertainment delivery for leading retailers including Best Buy and Blockbuster. The DivX mobile program includes three of the world's top tier mobile phone manufacturers such as LG and Samsung. Together, DivX and Roxio CinemaNow can provide mobile carriers, retailers and OEMs a full solution for the end-to-end distribution of premium entertainment. For consumers, the collaboration enables them to enjoy entertainment beyond the PC through virtually any kind of consumer electronics product — from mobile phones to Blu-ray devices, gaming consoles, digital televisions and in-car systems.
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Envivio On Demand
Envivio has released Envivio On Demand, a new set of solutions that enable operators to turn their subscribers' recorded content into premium on demand assets that can be made available to mobile and PC screens for later viewing, on the go. Envivio On Demand solutions extend broadcast and IPTV services beyond the living room, enabling them to reach consumers anytime they access a network with a device that can display video.
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Openwave media optimisation solutionOpenwave Systems, a global software innovator delivering context-aware mediation and messaging solutions, has unveiled its Openwave Media Optimiser, an intelligent, scalable, and policy-aware video delivery solution. Openwave Media Optimiser enables the reduction of data transmission costs and works to improve the online video experience across any device.
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Monday 15th February
Sogecable fined E44m for failure to supply rival
Motorola will split in 2011
Viasat up 21,000
Veoh Networks shuts
KDDI lowers stake in Jupiter
Pirate Bay man launches Flattr
Video Convergence Forum launches
SARFT: DTV subs exceed 62m
Intelsat 16 launch successful
Technicolor supports ONO
Solaris Mobile Pocket Gateway device
Sogecable fined E44m for failure to supply rivalA Spanish court has ordered Sogecable to pay compensation of E43.94 million for its refusal to offer its premium channels to the cable operator Auna. The Madrid judge ruled Sogecable had been in breach of conract for its refusal to sell movie channel Gran Vía and Cable Sport to the cablenet in contravention of an arbitration by the regulator Comisión del Mercado de las Telecomunicaciones (CMT).
The CMT ruling had followed the merger of Sogecable’s Digital+ satellite platform with that of its former rival Via Digital in 2002. The merged company had been obliged to make available premium content to its competitors such as Auna, which was subsequently acquired by ONO.
An agreement was reached in 2007, but after an initial acceptance by Auna, Sogecable looked to change the terms of the agreement including the imposition of minimum guarantees.
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Motorola will split in 2011Motorola has confirmed the company is targeting the first quarter of 2011 for its planned separation. It intends to separate into two independent, publicly traded companies. One will include the Company’s Mobile Devices and Home businesses, and the other will include its Enterprise Mobility Solutions and Networks businesses.
Sanjay Jha, co-chief executive officer of Motorola, will serve as chief executive officer of Motorola’s Mobile Devices and Home businesses effective immediately. This business will offer a portfolio of mobile converged devices, digital entertainment devices in the home, and end-to-end video, voice and data solutions.
Greg Brown, co-chief executive officer of Motorola, will serve as chief executive officer of Motorola’s Enterprise Mobility Solutions and Networks businesses effective immediately.
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Viasat up 21,000
Viasat has added an additional 21,000 premium subscribers in the fourth quarter, across its DTH and IPTV platforms. Turnover increased by 6 per cent on the year to SEK 4076 billion, up 4 per cent year on year. However, a charge on Bulgaria’s Nova Televizia of SEK 3.352 billion took MTG into a fourth quarter loss of SEK -2.722 billion and an annual loss of SEK 1.625 billion."We have continued to generate healthy sales growth and reported our highest ever fourth quarter and full year sales in 2009, despite the economic recession and declining advertising markets across Europe," said MTG President and CEO Hans-Holger Albrecht. "The Scandinavian free-TV, Nordic pay-TV, Emerging Market pay-TV and Internet Retailing businesses all delivered sales growth and higher profits in 2009 than in 2008, whilst our emerging market free-TV businesses were profitable again on a combined basis in the fourth quarter."
The number of subscribers with the ViasatPlus personal video recorder also increased year-on-year from 115,000 to 141,000 as of December 31st, 2009. The number of HDTV subscribers more than doubled year on year – now standing at 106,000 – an increase of 24,000 on the quarter.
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Veoh Networks shutsVeoh Networks, thr video-sharing portal backed by high-profile investors, has confirmed it is closing and will liquidate under bankruptcy protection. "The distraction of the legal battles, and the challenges of the broader macro-economic climate have led to our Chapter 7 bankruptcy," Dmitry Shapiro, the company's founder and chief executive, wrote on his personal site. "This chapter of our lives has come to an end."
San Diego-based Veoh, founded in 2004, was one of the early video-sharing start-ups and attracted funding from a host of investors including the venture-capital operations of Goldman Sachs., Time Warner and Intel.
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Japanese telecoms operator KDDI said it had lowered the voting stake it plans to acquire in the Jupiter cable TV network from US group Liberty Global after regulators questioned the $4 billion deal.
Last month, KDDI said it would buy Liberty’s 37.8 per cent stake in J:Com. But legal experts raised doubts about the deal, saying KDDI may have needed to go through a public tender offer as these are required by Japanese law for acquisitions of more than a one-third stake in a company.
Under the new scheme, KDDI will buy a 31.1 per cent stake from Liberty Global, with the remaining part of the original 37.8 per cent being transferred to trust accounts, adding that the amount of money it pays to Liberty Global had not changed from Y361.7 billion ($4bn).
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Pirate Bay man launches FlattrOne of the founders of the Pirate Bay has introduced Flattr, a micropayments system that revolves around members paying a fixed monthly fee. At the end of each month that cash will be divided among participating sites a Flattr member wants to reward.
Members might want to reward a band that made a track they liked, the author of a story they enjoyed or a site that gave useful advice. Participating sites will carry a Flattr button in the same way that many have clickable icons that let visitors send information to friends or refer something they find interesting to sites such as Digg and Redditt. The minimum Flattr wants people to pay each month is E2 but members can pay more if they want to. Initially, Flattr plans to take a 10 per cent cut of any cash paid as an administration fee but hopes to push that percentage lower as people sign up.
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Video Convergence Forum launches
From Colin Mann in BarcelonaA global industry alliance has been launched at the NetEvents EMEA Press Summit for online video delivery solution providers – including content owners and hosting companies, broadcasters, equipment and software vendors, user device manufacturers and ad-insertion companies. The mission of the Video Convergence Forum (VCF) is to accelerate the interoperability of all video solutions in order to enable the delivery of any media over any network to any device. The industry forum is dedicated to the development and promotion of open interface specifications and consistent business models for the online delivery of video content.
"The VCF will strengthen and grow the online video industry – from broadcast television through to mobile to mobile video streaming," explained Daniel Bar-Lev, the Forum’s CEO. "It will do that by facilitating a level of interoperability that simply does not exist today. There is no, as yet, integration across the different web, transcoding and streaming infrastructures, receiving devices, storage and delivery environments, and content monetisation processes. It means a total but flexible integration of the video ecosystem."
From a user’s perspective, the VCFsays it is committed to nothing less than seamless delivery of video content. From a business perspective it says it is also about creating a framework for inserting information all along the video delivery chain that is needed to ensure high quality and secure, consistent monetisation of online viewing – whether via ad insertion or subscription.
The VCF is holding a Foundation Online Briefing on 17th February. Online video delivery stakeholders – including content owners, service providers, broadcasters, transcoding companies, and online ad insertion companies – are invited to register via www.vcoForum.org.
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SARFT: DTV subs exceed 62mAccording to figures from the Chinese State Administration of Radio Film and Television's (SARFT), one-third of China's cable television networks (not including Hong Kong, Macau, or Taiwan) have been restructured as of Q4 2009, and there is a total of more than 62.85 million cable DTV subscribers nationwide. This is 38.56 per cent of all cable homes.
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Intelsat 16 launch successfulIntelsat, the world’s leading provider of fixed satellite services, has confirmed that International Launch Services (ILS) successfully launched the Intelsat 16 satellite (IS-16). The satellite, built by Orbital Sciences Corporation, will provide expansion capacity for SKY Mexico’s direct-to-home services, including HD programming. In addition, IS-16 will be available to provide backup capacity for SKY Brazil.
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Technicolor supports ONOTechnicolor has delivered 250,000 wireless cable modems (TCW710) to Spanish cable operator ONO. ONO, which provides services to more than 1.8 million direct access customers, delivering integrated telephone, television and Internet services. The TCW710 wireless cable gateway from Technicolor provides both wired and wireless connectivity in the home, combined with high data speed over DOCSIS 2.0 or EuroDOCSIS 2.0 connectivity.
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Solaris Mobile Pocket Gateway deviceSolaris Mobile, the Dublin based operator of new pan-European hybrid satellite and terrestrial wireless networks for next generation mobile services, announces the development of a mobile gateway device allowing the reception of services in S-Band on smart phones.
The Solaris Mobile Pocket Gateway is a pocket sized S-band receiver which decodes DVB-SH TV, radio & data streams and relays them over WiFi via a mini web server built into the device. This technology allows any compatible smart phone with WiFi and a web browser to access mobile TV and radio over Solaris Mobile’s hybrid network without modification.
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