Marcus Arthur, president, UK and ANZ, BBC Worldwide Store, admitted to the Digital TV Summit in London that the trial Global iPlayer was gaining “limited traction” and would probably be replaced by a global version of the BBC Store. He said the BBC was yet to decide between a subscription or transaction model for the […]
French video platform Dailymotion has lost an appeal against unauthorised use of content and ordered to pay €1.38 million to broadcaster TF1. The case concerned a complaint that it had not removed the offending content of Gad Elmaleh’s one man show in 2007 sufficiently quickly. The Court did not agree to TF1’s request demanding all […]
Findings from market research and business strategy services firm IE Market Research (IEMR) suggest that the connected home entertainment devices market is set for significant growth, with the Smart TV segment experiencing considerable growth in markets globally, increasing at a CAGR of 22.5 per cent.
Channel 4 has launced its new TV programme sales website which feature the content the broadcaster offers for sale to other linear broadcasters in the UK and Ireland. The site includes a searchable catalogue together with programme information and links to view programmes via 4oD for screening, enabling broadcaster programming teams to more easily explore […]
India’s Auditor General has issued a damning report on the country’s strategy as far as its satellite business is concerned. The report is targeted on the nation’s Dept. Of Space (DoS), and states that it has failed to build sufficient capacity for the country’s fast-growing demand for broadcast bandwidth. According to the report, the DoS […]
Satellite builder Loral Space & Communications says that it has participated in a mediation session in order to determine how the $100 million patent misuse award made to ViaSat of California was to be allocated. The legal dispute came about when ViaSat claimed that Loral, and its then subsidiary Space Systems/Loral, has misused and infringed […]
The long-awaited launch of Astra 2G has been rescheduled for December 28th. The launch will follow a proving flight to be made on December 16th of the Proton/Briz-M rocket which is slated to carry Russia’s Yamal-401 satellite into space. If that goes well then International Launch Services, which manages the commercial side of the Proton […]
Emma Scott, currently Managing Director of digital TV service Freesat, is to join media group DC Thomson in January 2015 as an Advisor to The Board of Directors. She will be working on a range of strategic initiatives across the Group. Scott set up Freesat – jointly owned by ITV and the BBC – in […]
America TV and Channel 4 Uruguay will televise live coverage of the FIA Formula E Championship – the electric single-seater car race series inaugurated by motorsport’s governing body – for the upcoming South American races in Uruguay and Argentina. America TV, a free-to-air public channel in Argentina, will broadcast live action of the Buenos Aires […]
Australian pay-TV operator Foxtel and US cable giant Discovery Communications have signed off on a takeover bid for Ten Network, as the media company’s advisers Citi closed the sale process. Ten failed to attract any other firm bidders in what is said to have been a tepid auction for the FTA network. The offer values […]