Entone, provider of Connected Home solutions, has unveiled FusionTV, a managed service that provides telco operators with the ability to offer over the top (OTT) content blended with linear HDTV programming. With this offering, subscribers get the best of both worlds – the timeliness and quality of live television and the flexibility of online media. […]
Eutelsat’s W3B was declared a total loss on October 29th following the loss of thruster fuel from an oxidiser tank. The satellite will probably be deliberately de-orbited over the Pacific Ocean early this week. However, there are now suggestions that the damage to the satellite was caused on the ground prior to launch. The Arianespace […]
The carriage fee stand-off between Cablevision and Fox, came to an end at the weekend. Cablevision will pay an increased rate to carry Fox programming – though terms of the new deal were not disclosed. Fox had withheld its three public stations and three cable stations from Cablevision since October 16th, when the deadline for […]
Vivendi’s Canal Plus has renewed its interest in buying a stake in Digital Plus, its Spanish counterpart, as it steps up its international expansion plans. Bertrand Méheut, Canal Plus chief executive, told the FT he was “open” to buying the Spanish broadcaster. But he stressed that there had been no talks since last year when […]
News Corp is expected to begin the formal bid process for BSkyB this week with a formal notification to the European Union of its intention to buy the 61 per cent of the company it doesn’t already own. This step will give British ministers about two weeks to decide whether to refer the bid to […]
Online video now accounts for the largest amount of IP traffic worldwide, according to figures from Cisco Visual Networking Index (VNI). Online video – which represents streaming video, Flash and Internet TV – represents 26 per cent of all IP traffic, compared to 25 peer cent for P2P traffic (the former highest – down from […]
Web video service Babelgum has appointed its third chief executive, with current CMO Stefania Valenti replacing Valerio Zingarelli. Funded by Italian telecoms billionaire Silvio Scaglia the founder of FastWeb, the service opted to cut costs by closing its Dublin HQ and Nice office in November 2009 to consolidate at its London, Milan and New York […]
Dish Network and Fox Networks, have confirmed a wide-ranging distribution agreement to provide the third-largest video distributor in the US with continued access to programming from Fox Broadcasting and Fox local television stations in major cities. The agreement also included carriage of FX, National Geographic Channel, and Fox’s 19 regional sports networks, which were restored […]
RTÉ’s new Digital Terrestrial Television service, Saorview, is available now in Ireland on a trial basis. RTÉ One, RTÉ Two, TV3, TG4 and RTE News Now are being broadcast through the service as of this week. RTÉ Director-General Cathal Goan said Saorview will be a major change in Irish broadcasting, adding it will offer more […]
blinkx, the video search engine, has launched blinkx Beat for Google TV. blinkx Beat is a playlist of the latest and most popular online videos – available in full-screen, with single button control. Users can replay videos that they like and share them with friends. “blinkx Beat was designed and built to be watched like […]