Axel Springer is extending its partnership with Turkey's biggest media conglomerate the Dogan group. The companies announced that Axel Springer would sell 5.1 per cent of the 25 per cent stake in Dogan TV it bought in 2006 to its parent, Dogan Yayin Holding. The price of E77m ($99m) is based on the valuation used […]
Disney is fighting a piracy war over its recent film Wall-E against a company that its venture capital arm invested in. The infringing company, 56.com, a Chinese video sharing site that’s similar to YouTube, hosted several full-length bootlegs of Wall-E that were freely available on the company’s site. The bootlegs were added by users of […]
NDS has announced that Caroline Le Bigot has taken on responsibility for its business in Latin America in addition to her senior role in EMEA. In recognition of her contribution to NDS and reflecting her expanded responsibility, Le Bigot has been promoted to NDS Senior Vice President, EMEA and Latin America, and General Manager, NDS […]
The Office of National Statistics has issued a report revealing that the overall number of connections across the UK continued to decline in Q3 by 0.4 per cent. Figures recorded at the same time last year stood at +1.1 per cent. According to the ONS factors like the current recession and market saturation are to […]
Telefónica of Spain and France's Vivendi have held talks with regards to a possible joint bid for Digital Plus, the satellite pay-TV business being sold by Spanish media group Prisa to reduce debt. According to reports, Spain's telco has emerged as a frontrunner in the sale process, although it had still not lodged a binding […]
Swisscom will become the first provider in Switzerland to offer video-on-demand in high-definition quality on December 1st. Bluewin TV will offer over 130 feature films, concerts and documentaries in HD quality. Customers can order the new HD offerings, which start at CHF2.50 (E1.6), at the touch of a button.
Orange has revealed plans to launch high definition mobile TV for Unik, giving customers in France access to more than sixty high definition mobile TV channels (including twenty with unlimited access). The service will be available on Orange's 3G+ UMA platform through a new and exclusive handset from LG, the LG Secret KF757. The device […]
BigBand Networks, Iprovider of digital video networking, has announced interoperability between its recently unveiled media services platform, the BigBand MSP2000, and Verimatrix's Video Content Authority System (VCAS) and Widevine Cypher. These partnerships will provide a cost-effective solution for inserting advertising on encrypted high-definition and standard-definition video streams, in both MPEG-2 and MPEG-4/H.264 formats. The ability […]
EchoStar Europe, supplier of applications and connected device solutions to the digital television industry, has confirmed that its advanced, high definition set-top box has been introduced by Cyfrowy Polsat, the largest Polish satellite television platform serving 2.4 million subscribers in Poland. The launch of the DBS-7100HD product enriches the digital satellite TV operator's offer of […]
Lord Carter, the new minister for technology, communications and broadcasting, and former head of Ofcom has signalled that the BBC could face competition for state funding of public service content in a fully digital future. He refused to rule out the possibility of splitting the licence fee once the economics of funding public service television […]