A Texas federal judge has refused to throw out TiVo’s patent claims against Time Warner Cable. The claim centres on Time Warner’s distribution of Motorola Mobility’s set-top boxes where TiVo argues its patents have been violated. Time Warner had counter-sued, and it was this action which the Texas judge declined. The core case has been […]
The anticipated pre-Christmas launch of the Redbox Instant by Verizon online entertainment joint venture formed between US telco Verizon and retail solutions specialist Coinstar is looking one step closer, with the appearance of a customer site in beta. Eric Bruno, Verizon’s vice president of strategy and planning for consumer and mass business markets, stated late […]
Freesat has agreed a deal with Sky to add three new channels to its subscription-free satellite platform – Sky News, Pick TV and Challenge TV. Sky News is now available on Freesat channel 202, delivering 24-hour rolling news coverage produced by an award-winning global operation. Pick TV, the channel that was formerly Sky3, is available […]
Modern Times Group’s Viasat Broadcasting has signed a multi-year licensing agreement for the pay-TV rights in Russia, Ukraine and the other CIS countries to first-run and library NBCUniversal films. The content will be broadcast on MTG’s TV1000 Premium HD and TV1000 Megahit HD premium movie channels across the region, and be made available as subscription […]
Australia’s Quickflix has confirmed the “full support” of its biggest financial backer, HBO, and denied that the US film studio could redeem a $10 million investment. In a statement issued to the ASX, Quickflix said: “Quickflix confirms that the Board and management have the full support of its investor, HBO, to execute the restructuring plan […]
French media giant Vivendi is looking to exit its Brazilian DTH pay-TV operation. Global Village Telecom (GVT) also operates fixed phone and broadband services in Brazil. Vivendi says it is now considering 4 rival bids to buy the business for about $7.75 billion, although the bids are less than originally anticipated. GVT has 312,000 subscribers […]
Modern Times Group’s Viasat Broadcasting has announced the launch of a new package of HD channels, which has now been made available to Rostelecom’s ‘Interactive TV’ subscribers. The ‘Viasat Premium HD’ package comprises Viasat’s two new premium HD movie channels (TV1000 Premium HD and TV1000 Megahit HD), the new dedicated comedy channel (TV1000 Comedy HD) […]
The Viewster team is getting ready to release Qster for Facebook, which is an app that will place movie fans across the globe in a competition against each other to identify films and actors before time runs out. Before the public launch takes place, Viewster is giving users the opportunity to climb up the leaderboard […]
Newzbin2, once one of the most popular sites with links to pirated content, has closed down. It comes 15 months after a UK court ordered ISPs to block the site, and amid global pressure from copyright holders. In a statement, Newzbin2’s owners said it had struggled to cover costs because payment providers had “understandably lost […]
Sky followed up Virgin’s new commitment to targeted advertising with its own promising AdSmart from next summer. Sky AdSmart will launch in seven million homes on Sky’s wholly owned channels, and will offer advertisers up to 90 different attributes including age, region, financial outlook and affluence. Jamie West, director of AdSmart and commercial development, told […]