Teachers TV will be back free for anyone to view from May 11th, when producer Ten Alps is relaunches the channel as online service SchoolsWorld. The UK government cut its public funding for the broadcast channel last October, as part of the spending review and Teachers TV stopped broadcasting last week. Ten Alps was the […]
Time Warner announced lower first quarter profits despite higher revenues from its TV business because of lower earnings at is movie unit. Net income was $653 million down 10 per cent from $725 million a year ago. Revenues rose 6 per cent to $6.7 billion. Advertising revenues were up 20 per cent, driven by a […]
Google is making a very rare move into advertising on TV. The ads, in the US, are for its Chrome browser. It believes that people who use its Chrome Web browser will be more likely to keep using Google search. The 90-second ads show off Chrome, which it introduced in 2008. “As people look for […]
Almost all of Telenor’s broadcasting divisions came under pressure during Q1. Its numbers saw pay-TV outfit Canal Digital make modest progress from last year’s (Norwegian Kroner) NOK 1.045 billion to NOK 1.05 billion, and improved EBITDA from NOK 98 million (same period last year) to NOK 106m, which translated into an operating profit of NOK […]
Intelsat’s ‘New Dawn’ satellite launched April 22 but has a major in-orbit problem. One of a pair of C-Band reflector antennas has failed to open. Intelsat has decided to pause an attempt to open the second antenna while attempts are made to dislodge the jammed device. New Dawn is intended to serve Africa. Unfortunately, this […]
In his first Washington address since becoming Chairman/CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), Senator Chris Dodd has described illegally acquiring movie content as “looting”. In an address to the Media Institute, Dodd said that in the seven weeks since he joined the MPAA, he had learned a great deal about the American […]
Optical transport solutions provider Aurora Networks has acquired digital headend solutions specilaist GoBackTV, as part of a planned expansion of its offering for cable operators. “GoBackTV fills expertise in evolving areas that represent timely opportunities for Aurora Networks to expand its technology in line with the needs of cable operators,” said Guy Sucharczuk, chairman, president […]
The global Digital Rights Management (DRM) market is projected to witness significant growth in the near future due to the continuously growing media and entertainment sector. The global market for DRM is projected to grow threefold by 2014 with rising spending on DRM software and hardware to protect entertainment, commercial software, and other information. RNCOS’ […]
According to official numbers from Uruguay’s communications regulator, the nation had 491,000 pay-TV subs at the end of last year, up 9.5 per cent on 2009. This represents a 36.5 per cent penetration. Clarin Group-owned cable outfit Cablevision has a 25 per cent market share in the city of Montevideo, although only about 10 per […]
Motive TV has won a US pilot trial for its ‘television anytime, anywhere’ place and time-shifting technology. San Francisco’s KOFY-TV, owned by Granite Broadcasting, is to test-run the service in order to “identify the most attractive features…for all of Granite’s US markets,” according to a statement. Len Fertig, CEO of Motive Television PLC said: “Motive’s […]