Cinemas around England are to screen England rugby team's home RBS Six Nations games live in 3D. Forty Odeon and Cineworld cinemas will screen the matches, beginning with England's official centenary game, against Wales on February 6th, as part of a deal with O2, the England sponsor. The match against Ireland on February 27th will […]
du, UAE'stelco, has launched its premier VOD service as part of its du TV and du TV+ (premier IPTV service). The service is a fully managed video-on-demand offering with On Demand Group, the three-screen video enabler for top content and operations brands. On Demand Group will develop and maintain an on-demand library of thousands of […]
Digital media company, etv media group is launching its first international offices in Sydney, Australia. Co-founder and Australian national, Adrian Swift, will be heading up the new offices. Huge structural changes in the Australian market, such as the National Broadband Network, the boom in online video and the popularity of the Free-To-Air networks digital multi […]
The MAVISE database, created for the DG Communication of the European Commission, shows that despite the economic crisis in 2009, the number of channels and the number of television platforms continues to grow in Europe. More than 245 European television channels were launched in the course of 2009. The most popular genres of new channels […]
Swedish pay-DTT project Dahlia TV, controlled by Air Plus TV, has decided to withdraw from the Spanish pay DTT because it doesn't believe it can generate sufficient business citing the delay in licensing and fierce competition from Mediapro through Gol TV, as the main reasons. The company, with operations in Finland and Italy, had announced […]
Virgin Media is to issue $1 billion in secured bonds as the first step to refinancing its main bank debt on terms similar to its existing credit. The issue will have an eight-year maturity. The proceeds will offer greater flexibility to the operator, which was facing repaying £3.1 billion (E3.44bn) in 2012. Virgin Media has […]
A Florida federal court issued a $51 million judgment against Robert Ward, who posted software on the Internet that allowed individuals to illegally receive Dish Network programming using Free-To-Air receivers. In the summary judgement decision, the court made two significant holdings that will strengthen the companies’ ability to pursue pirates in the future. The court […]
Compact Media Group, the world's leading independent rights administrator and distributor of royalties, has published a report, Missing Opportunities in Digital Britain, calling for changes to the UK's current policy on secondary rights collection. The report argues that UK producers are missing out on valuable revenue streams, which are needed to maintain investment in the […]
Freesat has revealed that the beta of BBC iPlayer has now been expanded to all set top boxes manufactured by Humax. A code (5438) for the trial has been released to anyone with Humax Freesat HD or Freesat+ HD receivers. To participate in the trial, users will need to hook up their boxes to an […]
The popularity of Avatar and other 3D movies will put 3D TV on the map for consumers, reports In-Stat. 2010 will be a big year for 3D entertainment, as movie studios release more 3D films shown in a growing number of 3D-equipped theatres. In-Stat projects: – Worldwide 3D TV shipments will reach 41 million in […]