Univision Communications, the Hispanic America media company, and Hulu have announced a multi-year content agreement that will bring hundreds of hours of top-rated Spanish-language novelas, variety shows, comedies, and reality series from the Univision family of networks to Hulu and Hulu Plus. Launching later this year, the offering will include current season primetime programming from […]
The investment into Australian content by subscription television platforms and channels has increased to $578.4 million in 2010 from $541.4 million in 2009, show figures released by the Australian Subscription Television and Radio Association (ASTRA). The seven per cent increase in content investment includes all STV genres covering news, sport, drama, light entertainment, movies, lifestyle, […]
CTC Media, Russia’s leading independent media company, has announced the launch of an interactive subscription service to CTC Media content on VimpelCom’s IPTV platform Beeline TV. Its subscribers can now view content broadcast on the CTC and Domashny channels using a new application launched from Beeline TV menu. Beeline viewers will also have access to […]
British developers are increasingly choosing to release their games as apps on smartphones and Facebook, rather than traditional players such as the PC or games consoles. Almost half of UK developers now produce games for mobile devices and social networks – with two-thirds opting for Apple’s iPhone – according to the survey of 104 businesses […]
Intelsat-18 was successfully placed into orbit late on October 5th by a Land Launch rocket from the Baikonur space centre in Kazakhstan. Land Launch is a sister company to Sea Launch, although as the name suggests uses a conventional land-based rocket system in the shape of a Zenit-3SLB rocket. Intelsat-18 will replace Intelsat 701 at […]
SES has added two Turkish channels from Istanbul media company Istanbul FM. The new customer will use SES satellite capacity at 31.5 degrees East for the free-to-air transmission of the two TV channels plus two radio services. They can all be received in Turkey with standard Direct-to-Home (DTH) satellite dishes. “The agreement is a significant […]
Red Bee Media, the media management company, has confirmed a multi-year deal to provide broadcast services for the new PBS channel which launches in the UK on November 1st. Under the terms of the agreement, Red Bee Media will provide media management, playout and continuity services for the channel, which will be available initially in […]
Highwinds, a specialist in content delivery, network and cloud-based IP services, has announced the expansion of its managed services portfolio to include a Licensed CDN (content delivery network) offering for ISPs, telcos and MSOs. It enables last-mile providers to create new CDN-based revenue streams by delivering advanced CDN capabilities to their customers, while alleviating the […]
Italian broadcaster Mediaset has announced that it will appeal against the decision of the EU Court of Justice, which said European countries mustn’t ban decoders for services available anywhere in Europe. Speaking on the sidelines of a conference on the protection of intellectual rights, Mediaset president, Fedele Confalonieri, said they are still examining the ruling, […]
Online content drives demand for broadband, bringing fixed and mobile revenues of €155 billion in Europe in 2010, according to a report commissioned by the BBC, Channel 4, Blinkbox, Skype and Yahoo. The report, by Plum Consulting has been published to help lobby the Government that the existing open internet and their content helps drive […]