Civolution, a provider of technology and solutions for identifying, managing and monetising content, has revealed that the French media group Lagardère Active is using Civolution’s SyncNow ACR technology to power an advanced interactive app for its free-to-air family TV channel, Gulli. The app which is initially for use during the advertisement breaks will then be […]
IGN Entertainment, the video games media company, has launched a new IGN app on Roku streaming devices. The new IGN channel on Roku gives customers access to hours of IGN’s content, from original series to video reviews and game help videos, to exclusive live streams and more. Roku joins iOS, Android, Kindle Fire, YouTube and […]
Platform PR the specialist in digital TV and multi-screen media communications, today announced that it has been appointed as the global PR agency for Grass Valley, the company that is defining the future of live broadcasting. In a competitive pitch that kicked-off with a formal RFP (request for proposal) in November 2012, Platform was chosen […]
Cable Europe, the trade association for the European cable industry, today celebrates consolidation and the role it plays in building strong cable players, stimulating healthy infrastructure and promoting competition ahead of its annual flagship industry gathering. In keeping with the spirit of Valentine’s Day and ahead of Cable Europe’s annual conference with 69 per cent […]
Vodafone is said to be considering a bid for Kabel Deutschland, Germany’s largest cable operator. The UK MNO will table a proposal before the end of the week according to unnamed sources in the FT. Shares in Kabel Deutschland rose 12 per cent to €71.40 in Frankfurt, valuing the company at more than €5.6 billion. Vodafone […]
Chip maker Intel has confirmed that it is working on a set-top box that would stream content to connected TV sets. Speaking at AllThingsDigital’s ‘Dive Into Media’ conference, Erik Huggers, general manager of Intel Media, suggested the device would offer “a vastly superior experience” to today’s cable STBs. Although Intel is traditionally a business-facing company […]
Vivendi says it will fight a €1.6 billion claim filed with the Paris Commercial Court by Lagardère Holding TV, a subsidiary of Lagardère and a 20 per cent shareholder of Canal+ France. Lagardère claims that the cash management agreement concluded between Canal+ France and its parent company Canal+ Group, a 100 per cent subsidiary of […]
In a move not anticipated for several months, Comcast Corporation is to acquire industrial conglomerate GE’s entire 49 per cent common equity stake in the NBCUniversal joint venture for approximately $16.7 billion. NBCUniversal will also purchase from GE the properties used by NBCUniversal at 30 Rockefeller Plaza and CNBC’s headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, NJ for […]
Modern Times Group delivered a fairly flat performance announcing Q4 net sales of SEK3.620 million (€427m) against SEK3.711 million in 2011 on constant exchange rates. Operating income was SEK 514 million (551m last time) when excluding associated company income and Q4 2011 non-recurring items. For the year sales were SEK 13,336 million (against 13,473m in […]
Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO delivered his views on the growing enthusiasm for OLED screens. “They’re awful,” he told an investor conference organised by Goldman Sachs in San Francisco. “If you ever buy anything online and really want to know what the colour is, as many people do, you should really think twice before you depend […]