UK subscription-free satellite TV service Freesat has revealed that it has sold its 3 millionth product, taking gross retail sales to well over £1 billion, four years after the service first launched in 2008. It also confirmed that YouTube will soon be available on the platform, claimed as a first for free British TV. Freesat […]
Eutelsat and Luxembourg-based SES are involved in a bitter dispute over who owns the 28.5 degrees East orbital slot. On February 8th, Eutelsat’s CEO Michel de Rosen declined to add any sort of update to the problem other than to remind analysts that the dispute was now before the International Chamber of Commerce. Two separate […]
Video search engine blinkx has provided a brief trading update. In November 2012, blinkx announced that it had an exceptional first half, driven by the early integration of recent acquisitions and the effects of the US elections and London Olympics. blinkx is now reporting that trading in the third quarter continued to be strong. Therefore, […]
Karin Ahl, President of the FTTH Council Europe says “The FTTH Council Europe is very disappointed that the EU Member States did not agree on the digital part of the Connecting Europe Facility. By reducing the financial envelope down to €1 billion for telecommunications there will be no room for the support of fibre infrastructure […]
Rightster has acquired Preview Networks, a European distributor of movie trailers, allowing Rightster to roll out YouTube services out across Europe and to establish itself as having one of the largest YouTube Multi Channel Network footprints in the world. Preview Networks will add more than 300 rights holders and 2,500 publishers including Disney, MTV and […]
NBC Universal has concluded a deal with Hearst Magazines to rebrand the G4 network as the Esquire Network. The idea is a channel that’s “an upscale Bravo for men.” G4 currently concentrates on video games and gadget reviews. NBC is hoping to capture a more educated, affluent, sophisticated male viewer, who is not being served, […]
Aereo has hired Alex Moulle-Bertreaux, formerly global head of marketing for Rockstar Games, to help market its service as it expands beyond the New York market. “As chief commercial officer, Moulle-Berteaux will oversee the company’s marketing initiatives, customer care, distribution partnerships and product management, playing a critical role in helping develop Aereo’s overall business and […]
Controversial Iran-backed news channel Press TV has been removed from Intelsat’s Galaxy-19 satellite (97 degrees West), meaning that cable headends in the US and Canada can no longer pick up the channel. The channel has, one way or another, been banned over Europe and taken off the air by satellite operators as varied as Eutelsat, […]
Channel 4 has been rewarded for its well-received coverage of the London 2012 Paralympics by being granted the UK television rights to the Rio 2016 Paralympics and the Sochi Winter Paralympics in 2014. As part of the deal – the first two-Games TV deal agreed by the International Paralympic Committee – Channel 4 has committed […]
Liam Keelan, currently Controller of BBC Daytime is now joining BBC Worldwide in a newly created position as Global Editorial Director. Keelan was appointed the new director of Sky1 in December, but has decided not to take up role Keelan will be responsible for developing a strong editorial and creative vision for BBC Worldwide across […]