Veebeam has raised the first of a two-tranche, $6 million second funding round from Amadeus Capital Partners, Intel, Capital and Oak Investment Partners, Bay Partners, Formative Ventures, Khosla Ventures and Vision Capital. Veebeam’s $99/£99 system sends images from a computer, through a USB dongle, wirelessly to a receiver plugged in to the back of a […]
AT&T and Microsoft have confirmed an October 15th launch of U-verse TV on Xbox 360 for U-verse customers, which enable access to the U-verse TV experience on their existing Xbox 360s, replacing the need for an extra receiver in the home. AT&T is the first TV provider in the US to offer live TV service […]
Casmiro has become the first company to create a paid video distribution model exclusively for Facebook. Wilbert Jackson of Casmiro states, “Facebook has redefined the way businesses interact with their audience, meet new fans, and acquire feedback about their products. This should be no different for filmmakers and content organizations. Despite the current environment of […]
The soccer jamming squabble between Qatar’s Al Jazeera Sports and Jordanian broadcasting authorities has already stretched diplomatic relations between the two regions. Comments have bounced back and forth between the two nations, and there seems to be no doubt that the jamming occurred from within Jordanian territory. Now a local newspaper has suggested that […]
Next New Networks and YouTube, along with Frank N. Magid Associates, have unveiled findings from their joint study of US online video viewership. The study surveyed a broad range of viewers to measure how they engage with Web original content and how they view this content amidst other entertainment options. The research uncovered that viewers […]
RGB Networks, an expert in network video processing, has announced the hiring of Simone Sassoli as Vice President, International. In this position he will be responsible for RGB’s sales throughout Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the Asia-Pacific region. “As video service providers around the world begin their trials and deployments of multi-screen services, we […]
Here in the UK a band of rival media owners have written to the Business Secretary, the Lib Dem Vince Cable, urging him to intervene to stop News Corp taking full control of BSkyB should it proceed with its bid. The letter says News Corp ownership of Sky alongside its existing ownership of The […]
Turkish DTH broadcaster DigiTurk is 47 per cent held by private equity company Providence Equity Partners. Reports suggest that Providence is looking to exit the business and is having preliminary meetings with a number of potential buyers of its stake. Other private equity companies are reportedly conducting due diligence examinations of the business, while Time […]
A survey from Wedbush Securities shows that US consumers, especially price-sensitive ones, are dumping pay TV services but sticking with the Internet. Whether cord cutting is a real danger or just an overhyped phenomenon is frequently debated in the industry. Analysts say it is difficult to say whether customers who quit their cable programming packages […]
Recent data from the MAVISE TV database, developed for the DG Communication of the European Commission by the European Audiovisual Observatory, shows the current status of the European television market. MAVISE contains data on the EU markets plus the candidates Croatia and Turkey. Regarding the roll-out of Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT), the following developments have […]