Search giant Google would be free to create a Google search engine app on YouView, according to the open IPTV platform’s Chief Technology Officer, Anthony Rose. He told delegates at the Screen Digest Future of Digital Media Distribution Conference that he was not convinced that the recently-announced Google TV keyboard produced by Logitech was an […]
The Spanish competition watchdog (CNC) has approved the merger between the commercial TV channels Tele 5, controlled by Mediaset and Prisa-owned Cuatro, but has blocked the entry of Tele5 and Telefonica into the Prisa-controlled pay DTH platform Digital Plus. The decision to limit the TV deal is on the grounds that Digital Plus, with Tele […]
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has not discounted the possibility of charging for some of its online content, according to its head of VOD Content, Sarah Milton. She told delegates at the Screen Digest Future of Digital Media Conference that there was “clearly a willingness to pay for certain content, so we’re interested in exploring those […]
TalkTalk, Britain’s second largest broadband provider is preparing to launch its own television service by the middle of next year. The company is the only big ISP without its own TV service, with rivals BSkyB, BT and Virgin Media already offering TV, fixed line broadband and phone services. According to FT, the company has already […]
Ofcom will have to cut 170 jobs, almost 20 per cent of its workforce, and reduce its £143 million (E160m) budget by 28.2 per cent in real terms over the next four years to meet the government’s costing savings targets. The regulator will see its budget fall by £30 million in nominal terms to £112.7 […]
After building a successful business by shipping millions of DVDs every month in the mail, Netflix expects by the end of this year to start letting subscribers give up discs. Chief Executive Reed Hastings has said Netflix is looking to offer a new lower-cost plan through which subscribers could access movies and TV shows solely […]
The BBC has finally appointed a new digital media director to run BBC Online, BBC iPlayer, BBC Mobile and BBC Red Button . Ralph Rivera moves from New York and from being online president of Major League Gaming, previously he had been head of games at AOL for 10 years. He will report to the […]
The future of the BBC Trust appears to have been safeguarded by agreeing the new licence fee settlement agreed as part of the spending review. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport is expected to reveal more detail about the new settlement before the weekend, but it is being reported that it protects the Trust […]
The BBC finally launches BBC One HD on 3 November across all HD platforms: Freesat, Freeview, Sky and Virgin Media. The new HD channel will simulcast a network
Sony Movie Channel, the first US multi-platform television network from Sony Pictures Television (SPT), has launched on Dish Network, DirecTV and AT&T U-verse TV on linear as well as on authenticated VOD and online platforms. Offering uncut and uninterrupted theatrical releases in high definition, Sony Movie Channel showcases titles from more than 3,500 Sony Pictures […]