Liberty Media Corporation, the investment company controlled by John Malone, has made an offer to acquire the remaining shares of satellite-radio carrier Sirius XM. Liberty has previously invested a total of around $1.7 billion into Sirius-XM. The proposal, made in a letter to Sirius XM Holdings, outlines the terms by which Sirius public shareholders would […]
As giant consumer electronics show CES gets under way in Las Vegas, streaming software platform for delivering video Roku has unveiled Roku TV, a new generation of Smart TVs designed to give consumers a simple entertainment experience in a complex connected world. The company plans to license the new reference design platform and software stack […]
Vine, Twitter’s video-sharing service, has enhanced its functionality by adding web availability. Writing in the Vine blog, Janessa Det, Engineer, says: “Today, we’re introducing a new way to experience Vine: on the web. Log in at vine.co to view your home feed and like, comment, and share videos just as you do on our mobile […]
KPN has announced that the second option as part of the Fibre-to-the-Home Reggefiber joint-venture agreement has been exercised. This option became exercisable on January 1st 2014 and completion is subject to approval by the Dutch Competition Authority (ACM). Notification will take place in the coming period. This option represents an additional 9 per cent equity […]
Since its launch in February 2013, Rabbit TV has assembled what it claims is the world’s largest online library guide of freely available TV shows, movies, live events, and in doing so has amassed over 2 million paid annual subscribers in the US. The low price tag of the subscription, $10 per year, encourages more […]
DISH Network has developed a ‘Virtual Joey’ software application that delivers the DISH Hopper HD-DVR experience on 2013 and 2014 LG Smart TVs in the US. The app can be used instead of DISH’s hardware-based Joey, increasing installation options where coaxial or Ethernet wiring may be difficult to access. “Television placement is so often dictated […]
As part of its ongoing commitment to offer advanced services to its Prism TV customers, CenturyLink, the US’s third largest triple-play operator, has launched version 3.0 of its Prism TV app. This enhanced app allows customers to view TV and video on demand content wherever they are, including up to 25 live TV channels outside […]
The number of customers watching Swisscom TV has surpassed the one million mark, thanks to record growth of over 200,000 new customers in the last twelve months. Especially popular is the huge range of entertainment offerings, which is set to expand even further in the new year, providing access to over 70 channels in HD […]
Discovery Communications has extended the contract of president and CEO David Zaslav to December 31st 2019 – a deal that makes him a “significant long-term shareholder.” Zaslav joined Discovery in January 2007 and took it fully public a year later. He commented: “It has been an amazing and successful seven years, and I am excited […]
Brightcove, a global provider of cloud services for video, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all the assets of Unicorn Media, a provider of cloud video ad insertion technology. Based on a $14 price per share of Brightcove common stock as specified in the purchase agreement, the transaction is valued at approximately […]