Mobile television signals broadcast over the Digital One national multiplex has ceased. The move means more space is now available where the BT Movio service once transmitted live pictures in conjunction with Virgin Mobile. Quentin Howard, chief executive of Digital One said: “BT’s innovative use of DAB digital radio to broadcast mobile TV confirmed that […]
Ofcom has unveiled a consultation on plans to allow public bodies to share, trade or release radio spectrum they currently hold. The watchdog said studies show spectrum below 15GHz, which is about 50 per cent held by public bodies, could have a market value of £3 billion-£20 billion, and CEO Ed Richards added the initiative […]
The French football authorities have extended the time for bidding on the TV rights to top football. The bidding, run by the Ligue de Football Professionnel, has been subject to court actions by the current rights holder Canal+. The new contract will run from the start of the 2008/09 season through until 2011/12.
Disney-ABC International Television has reached agreements with the owners of the Korean VOD IPTV services Mega TV and HanaTV, to supply television series and movie content for on-demand viewing. Under the two agreements, viewers of the KT Corporation-owned Mega TV and HanaTV, owned by Hanaro Telecom, will have access to U.S. series such as Grey's […]
From David Del Valle in Madrid The largest Spanish pay-TV group, Sogecable, is the first company in the country to distribute nationwide a High Definition channel with the launch of Canal + HD, the HD version of its premium pay-TV service. On trial since last December, the channel will offer a regular HD transmission to […]
YouTube video posters will now be able to share in the profits that the video-sharing website makes from advertising, after the site extended a partnership scheme to the UK. The programme was launched in the US last year and Google claims some partners were earning several thousand dollars a month from videos on the site.
France's broadcasting regulator, the Conseil supérieur de l’audiovisuel (CSA), has issued a call for bids to broadcast a High Definition pay-TV service on one of the country's digital terrestrial multiplexes. The opportunity is available to all pay-TV services currently authorised on DTT who wish to replace their current Standard Definition broadcast with HD. Bids will […]
E4 will launch the second series of its hit drama Skins online with the first episode played out on the channel's website and on social network site MySpace in the week before its transmission on TV.
Continental Airlines contracted with LiveTV, allowing Continental to offer 36 channels of live, in-flight satellite-based television programming provided by DirecTV, at every seat on Continental’s new generation aircraft. The service is expected to be available to customers on flights operating within the US beginning in January 2009.
Following record sales figures for DAB digital radio sets in Q4, 2007, Rajar (Radio Joint Audience Research) has reported that more and more UK listeners are tuning in to DAB digital broadcasts. Rajar Q4 data shows that DAB digital radio is the digital platform of choice for the majority of the UK listening audience. For […]