Macrovision Solutions Corporation announced the official change of its name to Rovi Corporation, and unveiled its new brand positioning and visual identity. The company will now officially operate under the banner of Rovi Corporation, and its common stock will trade under the stock symbol ROVI on the NASDAQ Global Select Market. "Over the past two […]
From Colin Mann in Geneva Senior executives from the Kudelski Group have reiterated the company's commitment to OpenTV, despite its failure to take control of convergent media solutions provider. Kudelski has made a non-binding proposal to acquire all of the Class A ordinary shares of OpenTV not currently owned by Kudelski or its affiliates, for […]
Strategy Analytics’ digital media analyst, Martin Olausson, has predicted that the global paid online video segment will reach $3.8 billion in 2009, and exceed the free online video segment, which is expected to reach $3.5 billion this year. The total online video sector is predicted to grow 38 per cent annually until 2012, with the […]
A five-second pre-roll combined with a ten-second lower 1/3 ad unit takes top prize as both the most effective and the most audience-friendly ad product for short-form online video, according to “Project Inform,” a study by MTV Networks. The first large-scale study to survey real consumers through millions of short-form online video streams, “Project Inform” […]
Three out of five UK adults don't believe that musicians should profit from their singles and music videos being downloaded online, according to a survey of 2,000 adults carried out for network integration specialist Telindus. The British disdain for content owners profiting from their art online increases when it comes to film and TV makers, […]
GlobeCast and Russia Today have concluded a deal to distribute the channel in Asia to a variety of distribution networks and platforms, beginning with India. Russia Today is now available on cable and DTH platforms in India including WWIL, Dish Hits, InCable, 7Star, Big TV and SunDirect platforms – representing a potential viewership of 7 […]
Myvideorights.com, the agency trying to distribute TV clips to video websites on TV companies' behalf, is hiring video index Blinkx's sales director Ian Samuel as its own UK sales director, as it starts to sell video advertising in to the clips. The company distributes clips for clients like Hat Trick, ESPN and All3Media to sites […]
Serbia Broadband (SBB) has expanded its Total TV platform with new multi-year contracts concluded with Eutelsat Communications for two transponders at its 16 degrees video neighbourhood. SBB and Eutelsat have also agreed on the long-term extension of contracts for the two transponders already used since 2006 to broadcast Total TV from Eutelsat's specialist video neighbourhood […]
The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) has announced that the mission of its IPTV Interoperability Forum (IIF) will be expanded to include the standardised delivery of Internet-sourced content over an IPTV network. Until this time, the IIF has concentrated on delivery of a TV service over a managed IP network. The IIF is a […]
From Branislav Pekic in Rome The introduction of Digital Terrestrial Television by 2012 will require between E87 million and E115 million, according to the Strategy for the Switchover from Analogue to Digital Broadcasting which has been adopted by the Serbian Government. Digital broadcasting equipment alone will require some E75 million, a sum which Serbia hopes […]