GAME ON! When it comes to the convergence of PC and TV, or the exploitation of IP for multiple connected devices, the potential for the video games industry seems obvious, but the world of ‘on TV’ all-action, interactive, multi-player games still seems to be more for the future than the present. Colin Mann checks out […]
Viacom's Paramount Pictures studio is seeking to merge its home entertainment division with a rival and is in advanced talks with Sony Pictures and News Corporation's Fox studio, signalling that Hollywood could soon see a wave of consolidation. The negotiations follow an industry-wide slump in DVD sales, the entertainment sector's most profitable revenue stream. Sales […]
Elgato has introduced EyeTV Sat, a new satellite TV tuner that delivers the clarity of HDTV to the high resolution display of the Mac. EyeTV Sat connects the home satellite dish directly to the Mac via USB 2.0, and receives DVB-S and DVB-S2 transmissions. Powered by Elgato's award-winning EyeTV 3 software, EyeTV Sat enables users […]
Publicly listed Swedish software company Global Gaming Factory X (says it wants to buy The Pirate Bay for SEK60 million (£4.7 million) and will begin compensating copyright owners for material its users find and download. The Bay's founders get half the money in cash and half in new GFF shares. This comes a day after […]
ESPN, which last week acquired its first live English Premier League (EPL) TV rights, has secured its presence on Freeview and is expected to launch a high- definition version of its soon-to-launch EPL channel on Sky. Broadcasting on Freeview pay-TV service Top Up TV, ESPN America is using a channel previously occupied by Setanta, which […]
Setanta’s founders and MCD boss Denis Desmond are expected to take full control of the sports giant’s Irish business after agreeing a buyout with original investors, including Doughty Hanson and Goldman Sachs. The deal comes as secured debt holders, who are owed E220 million by Setanta, consider fresh “commercial terms” offered by the Irish team. […]
U.S. Supreme Court handed Cablevision a victory in its remote storage DVR fight when as expected, it refused to hear arguments in the case, instead deferring to a lower court’s decision that the DVR service does not leave cable providers liable for content owners’ copyrights. Cablevision called the decision, which paves the way for a […]
Singapore Telecommunications has announced that its mio TV service has surpassed its 100,000 customer mark. The milestone coincides with the service's second birthday and to celebrate, all new and existing customers will be able given a special selection of ten movies which they can watch on-demand for free. mio TV was launched 20 July 2007 […]
Pace, independent developer of digital TV technologies for the global payTV industry, has appointed Scott Sheldon as Chief Strategy Officer. Sheldon will join the Pace Executive team to drive development of the Group's future strategy in the global market for digital TV technology. Sheldon joins Pace from N M Rothschild & Sons where he was […]
Despite the massive investments necessary in Asia/Pacific’s IPTV market, both in technology and content procurement, telecom operators must invest to gain subscriber market share according to a report from Pyramid Research, the telecom research arm of the Light Reading Communications Network. Although Asia/Pacific has the distinction of having the most successful IPTV operators globally, and […]