At this year’s Media Days event in Munich, where Germany’s broadcasters gather, the industry complained that Germany is suffering from a lack of digital households. For example, Sky Deutschland CEO Brian Sullivan said Germany was ranking last in the EU regarding the conversion from analogue to digital, with cable operators being extremely slow to digitise […]
NBC Universal is no longer selling any advertising for its cable networks through Google’s TV Ads service, ending a two-year partnership. “We’re not currently contributing inventory into the Google marketplace, but we continue to work with Google on multiple projects involving advanced advertising,” NBCU said. The companies originally announced their revenue-sharing agreement in September 2008, […]
Samsung Electronics is pouring cold water in Toshiba’s assertion there will soon be glasses free 3D. It has said that being able to view 3D TVs without glasses won’t be possible in the next five to ten years because of technical issues. “The first challenge (for 3D TVs) is the inconvenience of wearing glasses,” said […]
LG has launched the world’s largest 3D LCD TV, the LG 72LEX9, which offers 72 inches of 3D home entertainment. The 3D TV comes with True-Motion LED backlit display with a 480Hz refresh rate, DLNA and web TV by NetCast. The TV is expected to be released in South Korea first, and be rolled out […]
The FT reports several media and private equity firms are sizing up the assets of Turkey’s biggest media group Dogan Yayin Holding. It says RTL, Time Warner, as well as KKR and TPG Capital private equity firms are among several companies interested. Dogan Yayin appointed Goldman Sachs to advise on possible asset sales after being […]
Reuters reports Yahoo is being targeted by private equity companies, two years after an unsuccessful bid from Microsoft. AOL and News Corp are reported to have been approached to find out whether they would look to buy Yahoo, presently valued at $20.56 billion.
Envivio, provider of video processing solutions, has added support for the new Windows Phone 7 operating system to its multi-screen video head ends based on the 4Caster C4 family of encoder/transcoders. The enhancement will maximise video quality by using high quality H.264 compression—Envivio Extreme encoding—and provide support for the advanced playback and content protection features […]
UKTV has announced the extension of its strategic partnership with Red Bee Media. Under the new deal Red Bee Media will work together with UKTV to create a more cost-efficient and scalable media management and delivery system that will meet the demands of multiple delivery platforms and formats. Red Bee Media will continue to offer […]
UK comms regulator Ofcom is to lose a range of powers as part of a drive across Government to increase radically the transparency and accountability of all public services. The news follows on from proposals set out by the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport Jeremy Hunt in July this year, […]
Apple and Google will claim a significant part of the German TV business in the next few years, according to a study by Booz & Company. “Until 2015, about 30 per cent of the total revenues in the German TV and video ecosystem will go to competitors from the new media sector,” forecast the experts. […]