Six US film studios have filed civil complaints against Chinese file-sharing firm Xunlei Networking, part-owned by Google, for copyright infringement and are seeking more than Yn7 million (E0.7m) in damages and costs, the Motion Picture Association said. MPA said that the plaintiffs were also seeking a public acknowledgement of the infringements as well as a […]

BT believes it may be able to limit rivals' access to some of its wholesale broadband network after the European Commission backed a drive to lift regulation of the division in parts of the UK. Brussels endorsed a proposal by Ofcom, the telecoms watchdog, to scrap controls on internet providers in certain densely populated areas […]

In a move aimed at strengthening its ability to process audience measurement data from set-top boxes, The Nielsen Co. has acquired Audience Analytics and its Audience Watch software. Nielsen said the Audience Watch software will become the primary delivery mechanism for the company's Nielsen DigitalPlus product line, providing analytics on tuning and interactive television usage, […]

State-run telecom MTNL announced the soft launch of its mobile TV service in the capital, which would allow its users to watch live television on their handsets. Initially, MTNL customers would be able to watch seven channels on their GPRS-enables mobile handsets. The commercial launch of the mobile TV service will be in April. The […]

Jim Godfrey, ITV’s director of corporate affairs, is leaving in March after three years to set up his own PR agency. Godfrey, a former Labour special adviser, said he intended to specialise in political campaigns and branding with his new company, which will have ITV as its first client when it launches in July.

Nagravision has announced T-Mobile CZ, the leading mobile phone carrier in the Czech Republic, has selected it for the delivery of a trial OMA BCAST Smart Card Profile system. In partnership with T-Systems and in line with T-Mobile Czech Republic plans to launch a commercial mobile TV service in the near future, Nagravision will set […]

Researcher Datamonitor expects the global broadcast market to experience significant revenue growth from $284.1 billion in 2007 to $326.2 billion by 2010. However, it is expected that growth will only be secured through revenue diversification from value-add and bundled services including Internet service provision, HD content, on-demand solutions, interactive applications and multi-platform distribution.Consumers are faced […]

ITV has appointed Patricia Wagstaff to the new post of director for digital productions. Wagstaff joins ITV Productions from the US cable network HBO. She has also worked as vice-president at the web video site iFilm.com. The new role will see her develop ITV content for new platforms and technologies, working as part of Dawn […]

Inuk Networks claims 40,000 students are now receiving digital television through the company's Freewire TV IPTV service. The current size of the Freewire TV customer-base means the company more than doubles the total number of UK viewers who receive linear television using IPTV as the delivery mechanism. Freewire TV is supplied free at the point […]

The body representing internet service providers in the UK has cast doubt on government proposals to make them responsible for identifying and punishing illegal music and video downloaders. The Internet Service Providers' Association opposes the idea that it should take responsibility. “ISPs are no more able to inspect and filter every single packet passing across […]