Vodafone is to offer BSkyB’s NOW TV services to its mobile customers. Subscribers to its Red 4G bundle will get access to shows on the NOW TV pay-as-you-go service. These include TV box sets and 13 entertainment channels such as Sky One and Sky Atlantic. Vodafone already offers Sky Sports to its mobile customers through […]
China’s Xiaomi Technology will spend $1 billion to expand its Internet TV content. The world’s third largest smartphone maker is stepping up its push into the living room with its growing TV unit. In a post on its Weibo microblog, Xiaomi announced it had hired Chen Tong, a former executive at Chinese internet firm Sina […]
Internet entertainment streaming service Netflix is now available on UK connected on-demand platform YouView. Titles available on Netflix can be discovered via YouView’s seamlessly-integrated search function, making it easy to find TV and movies. Richard Halton, CEO, YouView, said Netflix was a brilliant addition to the platform’s line-up of TV programming. “We are really excited […]
Liberty Global has spun off its Latino investments and is creating a new subsidiary with them, Liberty Latin America & Caribbean Group (LiLAC). The new subsidiary includes both wholly-owned assets, such as VTR (a Chilean MSO that is 100 per cent owned) and Cablevision de Puerto Rico (60 per cent owned). “This will highlight the […]
Charlie Ergen’s Dish Network has reported revenue totaling $3.68 billion for the quarter ending September 30th, compared to $3.51 billion for the corresponding period in 2013. Subscriber-related revenue increased 5.3 per cent to $3.65 billion from $3.46 billion in the year-ago period. Net income attributable to Dish Network totaled $146 million for the quarter compared […]
The Walt Disney Studios and Google Play are teaming up to allow Android users enjoy their Disney, Pixar, and Marvel digital movie collections across their devices through Disney Movies Anywhere. The cloud-based movie service was launched February 2014 with Apple, enabling buyers of Disney movies to view them digitally on multiple Apple devices. As rival […]
TalkTalk has cut the cost of its TV, broadband and calls packages to half price for 12 months. TalkTalk’s Essentials TV package will now be £4.25 a month plus line rental, while Plus TV – TalkTalk’s YouView TV bundle – will be £9.25 a month plus line rental. The deal provides a saving of up […]
Videology has unveiled findings from its recently-released independent study with Forrester which show that UK advertisers and media companies are bullish about the future of video. The results show the UK industry believes the changing ways in which consumers are consuming video content are driving the need for more holistic planning and buying as tradition […]
Another co-founder of Swedish file-sharing website Pirate Bay has been arrested while trying to cross into Thailand from Laos. Hans Fredrik Lennart Neij, known to hackers as TiAMO, was detained in the north-eastern Thai town of Nong Khai. He was subject to an international warrant after he was convicted in 2009 of aiding copyright infringement. […]
German pay-TV company Sky Deutschland has reported its first quarterly net profit since 2007 as it prepares to be absorbed into a European media giant being formed by Britain’s BSkyB. Sky Deutschland, currently controlled by Rupert Murdoch’s entertainment group 21st Century Fox, reported a net profit of €12.3 million in the three months to September […]