Research firm Light Reading has compiled a report that scopes out the types of cross-platform services that cable operators may roll out, focusing on service features and the emerging technologies that will support them. Even though it will cost more to implement new technologies, cable operators are likely to move to cross-platform technologies to improve […]
BSkyB has reportedly agreed to pay in excess of £1 billion (E1.112bn) to retain the live television rights to the majority of the biggest football matches in the Premier League from 2010 until 2013. Following auctions of the rights at the Premier League’s headquarters, it was announced that Sky had won four of the six […]
BSkyB has reportedly agreed to pay in excess of £1 billion (E1.112bn) to retain the live television rights to the majority of the biggest football matches in the Premier League from 2010 until 2013. Following auctions of the rights at the Premier League’s headquarters, it was announced that Sky had won four of the six […]
Milan based BS Private Equity and BS Investimenti are to acquire Tiscali’s international network business for E47 million. Parent group Tiscali has been in play for much of the last year, with BSkyB still believed to be in negotiations regarding the purchase of its UK activities with a price tag of up to £500 million. […]
Time Warner has reported a $16 billion operating loss for 2008, blaming it mainly on a $24.2 billion writedown of the value of assets. A year earlier, the owner of internet firm AOL, Warner Bros movie studios and CNN made an operating profit of $8.9 billion. Fourth-quarter operating loss amounted to $22.2 billion, down from […]
Nine years after PCCW paid HK$218bn (US$28bn) in cash and shares for Hongkong Telecom, then controlled by Cable & Wireless of the UK, minority investors met to approve a buy-out offer from Pacific Century Regional Developments, Richard Li's Singapore-listed holding vehicle, and China Unicom, PCCW's second largest shareholder. The majority of voters backed the US$2bn, […]
Chellomedia's Dutch premium channels Film1 and Sport1 have announced a record subscription growth with 360,000 subscribers as of 1st February. This figure is 10 per cent higher than last year and is the highest since the introduction of pay TV in the Netherlands. Film1 also announced the success of its subscription video on demand service, […]
DiBcom, provider of mobile TV solutions, has launched its new platform offering device manufacturers a flexible and powerful solution to the problem of multiple standards worldwide for fixed and mobile TV. This versatile platform, known as 'Octopus', is based on a programmable architecture that enables one design to be seamlessly and cost-effectively targeted at many […]
Viasat Broadcasting has launched its TV1000 Russian Kino premium movie channel on Time Warner Cable, the second-largest cable operator in the US. TV1000 Russian Kino, broadcasts in 12 countries in Eastern Europe, is now also available for the Russian language speaking population of the US. Time Warner Cable New York City customers can subscribe to […]
NXP Semiconductors has confirmed that STMicroelectronics has purchased NXP’s 20 per cent stake in ST-NXP Wireless. On August 20th 2008, STMicroelectronics and Ericsson Mobile Platforms announced an agreement to merge Ericsson Mobile Platforms and ST-NXP Wireless into a 50/50 joint venture. STMicroelectronics indicated at that date that it expected to exercise its call option to […]