Google and Apple are being investigated by the US Federal Trade Commission over a possible breach of US anti-trust laws, according to reports. The FTC is scrutinising the working relationship between the two companies, specifically the influence of Google CEO Eric Schmidt and Apple Corporate Director Arthur Levinson, both of whom sit on each other's […]
The beleaguered pay-TV sports operation has appointed ex Emap CEO Robin Miller as its new chairman as it seeks new financing after losing a tranche of Premier League matches. It badly needs to raise £100m (E113m) of new investment and will seek to have investors back a new business plan concentrating on its position in […]
Discovery Communications reported an $8 million increase in first quarter revenues to $817 million, outstripping analysts expectations for the period and posting $119 million in profit. The company reported only $34 million in profit for the first quarter of 2008. Discovery even bucked the advertising slump, posting a two percent increase in ad revenues. As […]
Bezeq Israel Telecom has said it would merge with satellite TV unit YES. Bezeq, Israel’s largest telco, said it will raise its stake in YES to 58 per cent from 49.8 per cent after agreeing to a number of conditions set by Israel’s antitrust court. Final approval is dependent on Israel’s Supreme Court, which is […]
Telstra will reportedly be taking on Foxtel, TiVo, and any nascent IPTV plays from the broadcast sector in launching a service that will provide a combination of digital FTA, a full PVR, a range of BigPond (its ISP brand) content services via IP, customised web sites like YouTube and Flickr and open access to high […]
Norwegian teleco Telenor has reported a 65 per cent decline in first quarter net profits compared with a year earlier, hurt largely by its stake in Russian mobile operator VimpelCom. The group said net profit for the January through March period was 1.62 billion kroner ($248m) compared to 4.57 billion kroner a year earlier. Revenues […]
Warner Bros Entertainment has secured carriage for the Warner TV subscription video-on-demand service in the Netherlands on Ziggo. The Dutch cable operator will offer more than 150 motion pictures, 600 TV series episodes and 100 hours of animation from Warner Bros to viewers in the Netherlands. Ziggo customers will have the option to purchase or […]
Sidsa, expert in content and business model protection solutions and services, has announced an integrated offering to include Irdeto Conditional Access System (CAS) within the Sidsa Common Interface Conditional Access Module (CI CAM) with the main focus on the Digital Terrestrial Television market in Spain. Sidsa has developed a cost-effective ultra-secure environment based upon its […]
Entone, provider of IPTV home connectivity solutions, has confirmed the integration of VUDU's on demand entertainment services with Entone's next generation media hubs. This offering, available this summer, will allow Entone's telco customers to supplement their live broadcast television and digital video recorder (DVR) services with VUDU's library of more than 14,000 titles. Instead of […]
The European market for consumer electronics will likely contract in 2009 by around nine per cent and reach a total turnover value of E62 billion according to international market research institute EITO. This is the first reduction in the market for consumer electronics since the middle of the 1990s. "The reason for the fall has […]