UK's ITV has been given the green light to launch two new channels – a time-shifted channel and a high definition channel – following a report by The Competition Commission. However, the network is angry the Commission has only agreed smallchanges to the system of contract rights renewal (CRR), the way in which advertising is […]
blinkx, the world's largest video search engine, has been ranked a top online brand by the Nielsen Company. blinkx joins the ranks of YouTube, Hulu, and Yahoo as a top online video site in a recent report based on video streams for December 2009. In addition to its ranking of top online brands, Nielsen reports […]
According to the Deloitte 2010 TMT Predictions, the TV and its fixed schedule will remain a central part of the entertainment experience despite the growing demand from viewers who want to watch individual programmes when they want them. The forecast is counter to many expectations as analysts have long expected on demand to take the […]
From David Del Valle in Madrid The European Commission (EC) has urged Spain to put on hold the new RTVE’s new financial regime until its probe into the new Spanish legislation to determine whether it is compatible or not with the EU Treaty has concluded. Until then, RTVE, which ceased broadcasting advertising from on January […]
A decision by France’s Competition Council on carriage of exclusive content could have repercussions on the entire IPTV industry, according to Strategy Analytics. The report suggests that Orange will need to fundamentally alter its marketing strategy to stay competitive. Orange has pursued an aggressive content strategy in recent years, spending over E200 million to acquire […]
Ofcom is considering further relaxing the TV advertising rules, Chief Executive Ed Richards commented: “Ofcom is committed to reducing its regulatory burdens. In the last few years the TV sector has moved on with substantial increases in the take-up of digital services and in the number of available channels, and consolidation in the advertising buying […]
The Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property (Sabip), a body set up to advise the UK government, has been looking into “offline” copyright infringement after its research last year into online piracy threw up questions about how consumers get films, music and games for free. “There’s a whole big question here around what is happening […]
New rules to be introduced by government decree will require Italians who upload videos onto the Internet to obtain authorisation from the Communications Ministry similar to that required by television broadcasters, drastically reducing freedom to communicate over the Web. The decree is ostensibly an enactment of a European Union (EU) directive on product placement and […]
Deutsche Telekom has applied to the German Federal Network Agency to approve the charges for use of three elements of its fibre-optic infrastructure. The Group is offering access in multi-function cabinets for a monthly unit price. Telecommunications companies who use slots in the multi-function cabinet pay a corresponding portion of the unit price. Niek Jan […]
Sony Pictures Television has signed a VOD deal with Voddler, the Swedish home entertainment service, to make movies from the Hollywood studio available on-demand to users of the on-demand service. The agreement means that Voddler users can immediately access a range of recent and library titles from the Sony Pictures feature film catalogue on a […]