blinkx, the video search engine, has unveiled a partnership with Young Hollywood to offer users a backstage pass to the site's exclusive celebrity programming. Young Hollywood, an online destination for entertainment, provides users with original content from celebrity interviews and news to behind the scenes coverage of Hollywood events. Under the terms of the agreement, […]
In the latest on-line off-line media twist, Cablevision is set to offer US consumers the option of seeing a movie via its on-demand service, as long as they agreed to pay for a DVD of the film. The service, branded ‘Popcorn DVDs On Demand’, would allow Cablevision’s digital subscribers to order a DVD via their […]
Modern Times Group (MTG) has confirmed that Viasat Broadcasting has signed an agreement with Canal Digital in Sweden to include the Kanal 5 channel on Viasat's DTH satellite and IPTV platforms, and for TV3 to be made available on the Canal Digital satellite and IPTV platforms. The channels will be included in Viasat's and Canal […]
The Danish regulator has received three applications for pay-TV services on the DTT network. The Mediesekretariatet confirmed the three interested parties are Swedish pay-TV operator Boxer, Telenor's Danmarks Digital TV and Modern Times Group's Danmarks TV. The licence will cover the operation of both mobile TV and digital terrestrial services over four available multiplexes It […]
Six cable programmers filed suit against what they called the Federal Communications Commission’s new “dual-must-carry” rule, saying that the FCC doesn’t have the authority and that the rule violates their First Amendment rights. C-SPAN, Discovery, The Weather Channel, TV One, A&E Television Networks and Scripps Networks argued that the rule — which requires cable to […]
Serafina Holdings, an entity formed by BC Partners, Silver Lake and other equity investors, has closed its acquisition of commercial satellite operator Intelsat. Through the transaction, the equity of Intelsat Holdings was valued at about $5 billion. As part of the deal, funds associated with Apax Partners Worldwide, Apollo Management, Madison Dearborn Partners and Permira […]
Babelgum, has appointed BT Vision’s director of business affairs Mark Cranwell its first director of content strategy. Cranwell will report to Simon Kenny, head of content strategy and advertising at Babelgum. In his previous role, Cranwell was responsible for negotiating broadband video-on-demand deals.
David Elstein, an independent director of Virgin Media, has resigned from the company’s Board. Elstein has been a Director of first ntl and then Virgin Media since January 2003, he is a former programme director of BSkyB and CEO of Channel 5.
NDS, has announced that Viasat, digital satellite pay-TV operator serving Scandinavia and the Baltic region, has extended its long-standing relationship with NDS for the provision of VideoGuard conditional access. In addition, the companies have made a new agreement whereby NDS is to commence supplying Viasat with MediaHighway middleware, XTV DVR technology, and a customised EPG […]
Security solutions outfit Discretix, multimedia application provider VisualOn, and mobile TV middleware developer Axel Technologies, have partnered to provide a pre-integrated Mobile TV solution for handset OEMs. The DVB-H-based solution, which supports both the OMA BCAST Smartcard and DRM Security Profiles, delivers an ultra-reliable, out of the box strategy for mobile TV. The partnership gives […]