US satellite broadband providers — Dish Network, EchoStar Technologies, ViaSat/Wildblue Communications and Hughes Network Systems – have told the Federal Communications Commission that they should be allowed to participate in the Connect America Fund. The FCC is reforming the Universal Service Fund, which has been supporting traditional phone, to subsidising broadband in unserved areas via […]
Two Way Media says it has done a “development and funding deal” from the Ingenious Media investment fund and advisory. The funds are said to be earmarked for social gaming investments but as Ingenious owns the majority of TwoWay after a 2007 deal it amounts to the provision of further working capital. Two Way already […]
Viacom International Media Networks has formed a partnership with Bulgarian entertainment broadcaster, TV7, to launch the first localised Nickelodeon branded block for TV viewers in Bulgaria. Starting from 25 April, Bulgarian viewers will be able to enjoy four hours of Nickelodeon’s content every day with two hours of preschool animation in the morning and two […]
The tablet market will grow to a $49 billion business by 2015, research firm Strategy Analytics said. This will make it the third largest consumer electronics sector, after televisions and personal computers, the research firm said, forecasting 149 million units will be sold in 2015, growing eightfold from 2010. “Tablets are a high-value casual-computing segment […]
Apple is suing Samsung Electronics for allegedly copying the design of its iPad and iPhone. In the latest of a flurry of patent breach and copying law suits between technology firms and CE makers, Apple claims Samsung’s Galaxy range of mobile phones and tablet “slavishly” copy the iPhone and iPad, according to the filing. Apple’s […]
ITV, PACT, Channel 4 and BSkyB have jointly commissioned an independent report into the contribution made by the UK audiovisual industry to the economic growth and cultural success of the nation – and how that momentum can be sustained. The Chief Executives of all four organisations have also written to the Prime Minister, David Cameron, […]
US phone giant AT&T has an impressive 95.5 million wireless subscribers, and is offering them a $45 a month discount for 6 months if they switch to AT&T’s U-Verse IPTV service from cable or satellite. The offer is open to those taking at least AT&T’s Mobility Nation 450 cellular pricing plan and clients need to […]
Despite unit shipments remaining relatively flat over the last year, worldwide set top box revenues were actually up in Q4 2010 over Q4 2009. Total revenues for the quarter were $5.7 billion as compared to $5.3 billion in the same period the previous year, according to In-Stat. “Even though overall growth in the market was […]
LoveFilm, the UK DVD and online video rental business, has confirmed a deal to stream Disney films. LoveFilm subscribers will be able to watch more than 50 Disney titles. The company will also make new releases available to non-members around five months after their box office premiere for between £2.49 (€2.84) and £3.49 a film. […]
LG Electronics (LG), has revealed that over a third (37 per cent) of Brits say that the 2012 Olympics would tempt them to buy a 3D TV next year, with another 25 per cent saying that the Euro 2012 would also make them consider moving to a new dimension. The survey of 2,000 people, conducted […]