ESPN Player, the sports media company’s broadband service across the EMEA region, is extending beyond desktop computers for the first time, launching as an app on Apple iPads. The sports streaming service is how available today as a free application on the Apple iPad from the iTunes store. The new app offers fans the same […]
Subhash Chandra, and his son Punit Goenka, potentially face arrest next week over allegations of extortion of Rs 1 billion by members of their staff. On December 6th a Delhi court granted the two executives interim protection from arrest until December 14th. The Chandras run the Zee broadcasting empire. They are appearing before Delhi police […]
PCCW Media Limited, the operator of now TV, Hong Kong’s largest quad-play pay-TV provider, has entered into an agreement with Cable Thai (CTH), the largest broadband cable operator in Thailand, to distribute three now TV brand channels on CTH’s pay-TV platform. This new agreement is the second milestone in now TV’s international expansion roadmap, following […]
After a year of successful operations in the 15 former Soviet countries, Kiev-based legal online cinema Megogo.net has is entering the global marketplace. The online video service is offering subscriptions to Russian-language users around the globe. Megogo.net currently attracts around 13 million unique monthly users in the former Soviet Union countries and has more than […]
Modern Times Group (MTG), the international entertainment broadcasting group, has announced that Marek Singer has been appointed as Executive Vice President of the Group’s Central European Broadcasting operations with effect from January 1st 2013. Singer will join MTG’s senior management team and assume responsibility for the Group’s free-TV operations in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, the Czech […]
TDF Group, the operator and provider of audiovisual, new media and broadband services to Radio, TV and telecom operators across Europe, opens its TDF Media Services office delegation in Spain to offer innovative solutions to the media, telecom and corporate industries. As a dedicated broadcaster and designer of telecom networks, TDF Group is positioned at […]
Further strengthening its commitment to produce UK original content, Food Network UK has greenlit, Red, Hot And Yummyfor its 2013 programming slate. The observational documentary programme will showcase the challenging world of high end catering through the eyes of chef Nichola Smith, and will mark the first television project for Britain’s in-demand caterer.Food Network UK […]
At the initiative of President Barroso, the European Commission held an orientation debate December 5th on content in the digital economy and has agreed a way forward for modernising copyright in the digital economy According to the EC, the digital economy has been a major driver of growth in the past two decades, and is […]
A day after announcing a major deal with Disney, Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos said they were determined to secure more exclusive programme rights and develop additional original content. With the Disney deal, Netflix beat out Starz, which currently has the pay-TV rights, for new titles from Disney. Harvey Weinstein, cofounder of The Weinstein […]
Paul Kane, head of product research engineering at BSkyB, told a London conference that it was very much staying abreast of developments on Ultra-HD, and that this ‘next-generation’ video technology was a key part of its R&D responsibilities. “Ultra-HD is the next evolution of high-definition, with four times the resolution of HD. For us we […]