Amino Communications, a specialist in IPTV/OTT solutions, has announced that Joe Coles has joined the company as SVP product management and marketing. Coles join’s Amino’s executive team with responsibility for developing and driving the company’s Aminet and Live range of IPTV/OTT set-top boxes. Prior to joining Amino, Coles had his own consultancy company specialising in […]
The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) has announced new dates and a new location for SCTE Cable-Tec Expo2013—Monday through Thursday, Oct. 21-24 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. The change is intended to enable the industry to maximize participation in each of the largest fall showcases for cable technology in the United […]
The board of Virgin Media are being sued over the company’s $23.3 billion sale to Liberty Global. Virgin’s directors have been accused of breaching their “fiduciary duties” because they allegedly accepted Liberty’s bid without seeking higher offers elsewhere. Investor Jeff Grimsley has filed a complaint in a Manhattan court that the “unfair process” was meant […]
Neelie Kroes European Commission vice-president for media has blogged that the current movie release windows structure can prevent the emergence of new business models, and must be made more flexible “For me, while such ‘exclusive’ periods may be important to finance some films, or get the most out of them, rigid and uniform rules can […]
According to digital measurement and analytics specialist comScore, the coming year will present marketers with a range of opportunities to connect and engage with consumers. The findings are contained in the 2013 U.S. Digital Future in Focus report. This annual report examines how the prevailing trends in social media, search, online video, digital advertising, mobile […]
CBS CEO Les Moonves has placed his cards on the table as far as Dish Network’s automatic ad-skipping technology is concerned. In court papers filed in the dispute between the network and Dish, Moonves says that Dish has two options: either close down the AutoHop functionality for Dish DVR users, or else pay CBS an […]
Today’s asteroid ‘fly-by’ will – experts say – not hit the Earth, but there were worries that its flight path would risk hitting orbiting satellites in the all-important Clarke Belt, named after Arthur C Clarke. The chunk of space rock will pass from the Earth’s southern to northern hemisphere and pass the planet at about […]
blinkbox, the video search engine owned by UK retail giant Tesco, has signed a deal with Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios (MGM) for the entire James Bond film catalogue, including the latest installment, Skyfall, – the most successful Bond film of all time, grossing over $1 billion at the worldwide box office. The other 22 films […]
Mexico-based America Movil, owned by billionaire Carlos Slim, has reported a 22 per cent increase in pay-TV subscribers this past quarter-year. America Movil’s total Latin American subscribers (including telephony) numbers 325 million, which includes 16.4 million pay-TV subs. America Movil operates in Brazil through its ‘Net’ cable subsidiary and Claro DTH operation, and Brazil has […]
Numerous Hindi and Bollywood films are now available on FindAnyFilm.com, the easy-to-use gateway to legitimate film, TV and video services, with online pay-per-view digital movie distribution business Sanona becoming the first in a host of new legal film providers to take advantage of the site’s unique proposition, following its transfer to the Industry Trust late […]