Telecom Italia-owned network channel La7 is likely to be bought by Italian investment fund Clessidra Capital Partners. Italian newspaper La Repubblica is reporting that Telecom Italia’s board made the decision at its latest meeting, and declined the bid from media conglomerate Cairo Communications. It is not yet known what price has been achieved for La7, […]
A third of Germans aged 16-29 are increasingly using time-shifted Internet TV services rather than broadcast channels, according to a survey carried out by Ipsos for Kabel Deutschland (KDG). About 70 per cent of young adults accessed online services via a smartphone, compared with 47 per cent of the population as a whole and only […]
Executives of Colombian telecommunications firms DirecTV and Avantel have shot down rumours of a potential merger with TV Azteca. In an interview, DirecTV Colombia’s VP of field operations, Andrés Solé, dismissed the rumours, saying: “All companies in this market speak to each other, which is a reasonable thing to do, but there hasn’t been anything […]
SES-6 is a new satellite due for launch by a Proton rocket, and needed because of its extra 49 transponders. SES will unveil its latest financial numbers this coming Friday morning, and is expected to announce the delayed launch of SES-6, which mostly delivers C and Ku-band coverage over Latin America. The craft is carrying […]
A significant drop in Chinese viewers pushed down Formula One’s global television audience last year, according to figures compiled by the sport’s commercial rights holder. “The majority of our established markets brought larger audiences throughout 2012 than they delivered in 2011,” F1 owner Bernie Ecclestone said in a foreword to the 2012 global broadcast report. […]
The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) has confirmed new dates and a new location for SCTE Cable-Tec Expo 2013 – October 21st to 24th at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. The change is intended to enable the industry to maximise participation in each of the largest fall showcases for cable technology in […]
Web storage service Mega will now accept the virtual currency bitcoin, according to its founder Kim Dotcom. The site is the sequel to his site Megaupload, shut down a year ago at the urging of the US government. Mega follows social news site Reddit and blogging platform WordPress in accepting bitcoin payments. Dotcom, who awaits […]
MPAA Chairman and CEO Chris Dodd has continued his advocacy of the need to strike a balance between the desire for a free and open Internet and the protection of intellectual property, with co-operation between Silicon Valley and Hollywood central to this process. Delivering a keynote speech at the National Press Club Speakers Luncheon, Dodd […]
DVR specialist TiVo has entered into a partnership with Flingo, a provider of Smart TV applications and TV platform technologies. The partnership will help TiVo to gain access to several TV applications and video contents. By integrating Flingo applications into TiVo set-top boxes, TiVo will now be able to stream video content from TMZ, A&E, […]
Following the French pay-TV operator’s successful acquisition of the exclusive live rights to Formula 1, Canal+ Group director of sports Cyril Linette has suggested the broadcaster would be putting “considerable resources” in providing quality coverage of Grands Prix for its subscribers. In an initiative mirroring UK pay-TV service Sky’s approach, Canal + will broadcast the […]