Two of the OTT and DVD service’s most important content providers have changed their distribution agreements with the company, reflecting growing anxiety about the pace of growth at the DVD subscription and movie streaming company. Showtime, the pay-TV service owned by CBS, this said it would remove all of its first-run programming from Netflix’s streaming […]
TV technology specialists NDS says it now has more than 45 million active encryption smart cards in Latin America. Enzio Sanchez, NDS sales director for the region, says new agreements and extensions signed in the past 3 months, including a contract renewal with DirecTV, means that the region is now one of the main markets […]
Channel 4 and energy giant E.On are to co-fund a major cross- platform series called Future Family. The show will centre around a real-life family which lives in a house furnished entirely with energy-saving gadgets and technologies. The five-part series will follow the practicalities of the various energy-saving inventions, which will include futuristic kitchen appliances, […]
The proliferation of online video services is boosting global broadband subscriptions and provider investment in fibre according to ABI Research. “Broadband Subscribers Market Data,” found that worldwide fixed broadband subscriber totalled 503 million at the end of 2010 with nearly 48 million subscribers added in the fourth quarter. South Korea, Hong Kong and France were […]
Discovery Networks International has confirmed that TLC International will be available in the Netherlands on July 4th with full distribution across analogue and digital TV platforms reaching 7 million homes. The announcement marks the one-year anniversary of the global launch of TLC International, the company’s new flagship entertainment and lifestyle network, which is now available […]
Eutelsat has been awarded a ‘Crystal Antenna of the World of Media’ for spearheading Poland’s first live satellite transmission in 3D for Canal+ Cyfrowy, operator of the Cyfra+, premium TV platform in Poland. The Crystal Award recognises Eutelsat’s achievement in May 2010 of live satellite broadcasting in 3D of a football match between Wisla Krakow […]
YouView has announced the names of the 29 organisations with which it is working closely to shape and test the processes for making content available via the platform. The content providers working with YouView are Blinkbox, Blinkx, BSkyB, Film4oD, Golant Media Ventures, Guardian News & Media, IndieMoviesOnline, LOVEFiLM, Pushbutton, Radioplayer, Stream UK, STV, Travel Channel, Tvinci, […]
Netflix is targeting mobile devices as its next big market says to Bill Holmes, vice-president of business development. Holmes told the IP&TV World Forum that mobile represented a huge market opportunity but the service would have to adapt significantly in terms of pricing and perception, as mobile was a much more personal media. Holmes also […]
Satellite operator SES Astra is currently carrying eight 3D-TV channels, and is expecting more. Ferdinand Kayser, president of SES Astra, says the pattern of 3D launches is very similar to the early days of HDTV. “In Year One of HDTV we carried six channels. That number more or less doubled every year. We believe in […]
The government of India must re-think its approach to satellite services and start treating DTH and cable TV suppliers as a mass market communications providers rather than a luxury sector — and adjust tax levels appropriately. This was clearest message from the CASBAA India Satellite Industry Forum this week. “With 120 million multichannel TV viewers […]