Australian telco Telstra is to consolidate its media businesses into a single division to increase focus, drive new opportunities and better utilise the company’s many media assets. Speaking at Telstra’s annual update for institutional investors, CEO David Thodey noted that the telco was a leader in online digital media with multiple assets which, including FOXTEL, […]
Streaming platform Roku has revealed plans to expand beyond its US base. Roku expects that consumers in the United Kingdom and Canada will be able to purchase Roku streaming players beginning in early 2012. Roku is expanding its open platform to support region-specific channels. Publishers of video, games, music and other Internet-delivered content can now […]
One day after announcing Google Music, the company has unveiled a new Google Music app for Google TV. The app streams music directly from user’s library stored in the cloud and integrates into the Google TV system to play in the background and allow users to set up a playlist to serve as a soundtrack […]
The past few days have seen Eutelsat accused of deliberately jamming its own satellite signals to prevent certain Farsi-language channels being picked up in Iran. Eutelsat issued a strongly-worded denial of the accusations, saying: “Eutelsat categorically refutes recent reports that claim it is generating interference to its own satellites in order to prevent reception in […]
From January 2, 2012, France Telecom Orange will be offering the TF1 group’s TV channels as part of its dedicated television offers. The TF1 group’s channels will enhance the Orange TV offer with several new general and sports channels: The additional channels (Ushuaïa TV. Histoire, Breizh, LCI, Eurosport, Eurosport 2) will be accessible to Orange’s […]
Dolby Labs, best known for its ‘noise reduction’ and Surround Sound products, has turned in record numbers for its Q4 and full year. Q4 net income was $79.1 million ($65m same period last year). Gross revenues for Q4 were $243.8 million (up from $227.8m). As a proportion of the above numbers Dolby’s licensing fees were […]
PlayJam, the TV games platform, has announced a collaboration with Philips uWand, a pointing and 3D gesture control technology, to enhance casual gaming on Smart TV. Developed by Philips, uWand is the next generation remote control technology. When embedded in remote controls, it gives users fluid and accurate direct pointing and 3D gesture control on […]
Digital River, a provider of global e-commerce solutions, has extended its US e-commerce agreement with Panasonic. Based on the new agreement, Digital River is supporting purchases made via the VIERA Connect Market in 27 European countries, including Austria, Belgium, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Sweden and the UK. Using their remote controls, owners […]
Advertising in VoD programming offers specific advantages for brand marketers to effectively engage consumers, according to the Phase II study of the Advanced Advertising Media Project (AAMP) – a US industry-wide research initiative to measure the impact of advertising within free VoD. The study, which examined the viewing behaviour of more than 1,000 consumers, revealed […]
Amazon’s LoveFilm has signed a wide ranging multi-year deal with Warner Bros. The deal covers DVD rentals and the online service that will compete with Netflix next year. The deal does not affect BSkyB’s rights to show PPV and pay-TV movies on its services, with Warner Bros saying that it has carved out a new […]