ESPN has confirmed the launch of its online video player ESPN360.com in the UK, a new service targeting sports fans. ESPN360.com was launched in over 40 countries in continental Europe in January 2008 and is the first dedicated broadband site providing live and on-demand top-tier US sports in the UK. The service offers free news, […]
WIN plc, provider of interactive mobile entertainment and information services, has signed a partnership agreement with Command Technology Group to jointly deliver interactive 3G video services to mobile phones. The first exclusive joint video service Playview3G allows users on a 3G handset across any network to watch live streamed casino style mobile TV and place […]
Almost a quarter of UK pay-TV customers are considering cutting back or dropping their subscription packages as the credit crunch takes hold. A report by Continental Research found 24 per cent of pay-TV customers surveyed planned to reduce the amount they spent on services such as movie and sports channels over the next year. The […]
Red Bee Media has continued its global expansion with the acquisition of Mundovisión, the largest independent subtitling and audio description company in Spain. Alongside the recent acquisition of Titelbild in Germany, the addition of Mundovisión consolidates Red Bee Media's position as Europe's largest supplier of subtitling, signing and audio description services to the media industry.
The BBC is to launch a new version of the iPlayer along with the first stage of a new Amazon-style programme recommendation offering – although this will only be available to those who register. Integration of the BBC’s Radio Player with the iPlayer broadband video service will include the development of a “visual identity” for […]
AT&T has said it wants to expand its business of delivering online media, moving into more direct competition with specialised content delivery companies like Akamai Technologies and Limelight Networks. As more companies launch websites with video and interactive features, AT&T said it will spend nearly $70 million by the end of the year to bolster […]
Channel Five has struck a deal with the BBC to extend the availability of its main network on DTT service Freeview to rural households. Five’s main network will now be broadcast on the BBC’s Freeview Multiplex B when switchover begins in the Border region – covering Cumbria and the Scottish borders – next month. This […]
The DVR/PVR sales boom is finally happening. Equipment prices have fallen rapidly – so much so that many platforms feel comfortable about offering subsidized or even free boxes. Operators want their subscribers to take DVRs as they register very highly in consumer satisfaction indexes and thus help to ensure loyalty. DVR competition between operators is […]
P2P Internet traffic, despite having grown at pace for years, will grow almost 400 per cent over the next five years, according to MultiMedia Intelligence. Growing from a level of 1.6 petabytes of Internet traffic per month in 2007, P2P Internet traffic will grow to almost 8 petabytes per month by 2012. P2P data currently […]
UK broadcaster ITV faces fines of seven per cent of its annual net advertising revenue, and other penalties, if its plan to hand back its public service broadcasting licences to Ofcom. The broadcaster’s net advertising revenue during 2007 was £1.22 billion (E1.57bn), meaning ITV fines could start at £80 million a year and rise until […]