News Corp is said to be in talks to take a stake in Arab media and entertainment group Rotana, owned by the Saudi Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal. Reports say News Corp is looking at a 20 percent stake. Rotana owns a film production company, a magazine (Rotana Magazine), television (Rotana TV), and seven music channels […]
QuickPlay Media has unveiled the findings of its latest quarterly US consumer consumption analysis. The results-aggregate usage statistics from 17 representative QuickPlay-powered services revealed a rise in consumer demand for video downloads as well as a sharp increase in average length of stream views. The latest findings, compiled between April 1st and June 30th, 2009, […]
More than $10bn in advertising disappeared from US media markets in the first six months of this year, according to new data from Nielsen showing a 15.4 per cent year-on-year decline. The study showed sharp differences in the behaviour of different media and product categories, with cable television the only medium on which ad spend […]
News Corp has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Prime Minister Berlusconi's Mediaset broadcasting group. News Corp's Sky Italia is suing two units of Mediaset, RTI and Publitalia its sales house, alleging they refused to let it buy advertising time. “News Corporation believes these companies have violated EC rules governing free competition, as well as Italian […]
Aksh Optifibre plans to raise up to $20 million through a private placement to grow its IPTV and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) business in India. The amount will be used to part finance Aksh's capex requirement as it plans to ramp up its subscriber base from 35,000 to 650,000 by March 2013. The company, […]
Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) has won the rights to air Barclays English Premier League matches across its platforms, as well as exclusive broadcast rights to ESPN Star Sports for mio TV. The rights will allow SingTel to broadcast EPL matches on mio TV, the Internet and mobile applications for three years starting August next year, and […]
Ten Sports, the most watched sports channel in Indian and NBC Universal Digital Solutions (NBCUDS), have an agreed to develop and launch a free, cricket-focused multiplatform sports portal targeting the region's fast growing digital audience. The site will debut with live Webcast coverage of the much anticipated Compaq Cup, the tri-angular cricket series between India, […]
Having dismissed reports it was discussing a takeover of NBC Universal, Comcast has allowed it is discussing the formation of a new joint venture company with General Electric owner of NBC. The new company would be majority controlled by Comcast which would own a 51 per cent stake in NBC Universal versus General Electric's 49 […]
Italian public broadcaster RAI risks being fined up to E90 million, or about 3 per cent of its annual turnover, for irregularities in procedures following the exit from DTH platform Sky Italia. Under examination is the continued encryption of its programmes on satellite which is prohibited by the rules of public service. At the moment, […]
In contrast to rival ISPs Sky has backed the content industry's calls to introduce suspension of service for suspected file-sharers. In response to this week's government request for proposals about how it should tackle file-sharing, Sky said it would apply technical measures to file-sharers' internet accounts provided they could be proved guilty. "It makes sense […]