New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has declared the state will ramp up its crack down on movie piracy, which estimates costs the state $2.6 billion and thousands of jobs. Cuomhas announced the Piracy Protection Act, which would make movie piracy a misdemeanour, then a felony for a repeat offence, which means potential jail […]
Alcatel-Lucent and Quantum, supplier of mobile multimedia devices and software, are setting up a co-operation in the Mobile TV market. The objective is to develop terrestrial or hybrid (terrestrial and satellite) mobile broadcast solutions adhering to the new DVB-SH mobile broadcast standard. This co-operation will allow both companies to develop new mobile TV business opportunities […]
Premiere has renewed its partnership with cable TV operator Kabel Deutschland until end-2012, guaranteeing it access to nine million homes. The German pay-TV company said in a statement it will continue to handle clients of Kabel Deutschland on its own.
Two Way TV has rebranded as Two Way Media, to reflect its status as an interactive production company focused on creating and distributing cross media TV shows and games.
Research from Thinkbox and the Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) has shown that using TV and online together in advertising campaigns is significantly more effective for advertisers than using either in isolation. Their combined use produces major benefits for advertisers, including increased positive brand perception amongst consumers – some 50 per cent higher – as well […]
Granada International, part of the UK's largest commercial broadcaster ITV, has sold more than 300 hours of high definition programming to Chunghwa Telecom in Taiwan. The programming will be available through the company's Multimedia On-Demand (MOD) IPTV-VOD service.
blinkx, the world's largest video search engine, has confirmed the availability of the blinkx advanced media platform, a video content management solution that leverages blinkx's patented Conceptual Recognition Engine (CoRE) technology to enable media companies to unlock the potential of video assets and maximise their monetisation. From the digital domain of the Internet and content […]
Microsoft Corp's Zune portable media device and rival to iPod, is offering TV show downloads – including content from NBC (not available on iTunes.) More than 800 TV episodes will be available at the Zune store for the equivalent of $1.99 (E1.28) in Microsoft points that must be purchased in advance. Zune is also introducing […]
From Colin Mann in London The digital satellite television service from ITV and the BBC has launched across Britain offering high definition programming and more than 80 channels for no monthly fee. Freesat, will be available in 98 per cent of households, the broadcasters also hope the addition of high definition channels on a free-to-air […]
The European economy would receive a financial boost of at least E95 billion over the next 20 years if one quarter of the UHF band were instead allocated for mobile broadband services, according to a study by Spectrum Value Partners. The report – which was commissioned by Ericsson, Nokia, Orange, Telefónica and Vodafone – has […]