The chairman of Egypt’s giant public broadcaster Egypt Radio & Television Union (ERTU) is under arrest and facing charges of misusing public funds. Osama el-Sheikh, the ERTU chairman, has joined his former boss, Egypt’s minister in charge of information, Anas al-Fikki, who was arrested on Feb 23 on charges of corruption. Egypt’s attorney general has […]
RTL Group and Modern Times Group have submitted bids for ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG’s units in Belgium and Scandinavia reports Bloomberg. RTL Group bid for assets in Belgium and Modern Times, Sweden’s largest private broadcaster, made an offer for the Scandinavian division. Meanwhile, Telegraaf Media Groep NV, which owns 12 percent of ProSiebenSat.1, is interested in […]
A report from Knowledge Networks indicates that more people are consuming video from TV networks online, and that their tolerance for pre-roll or embedded ads within that video has not diminished since 2006. Knowledge Networks’s most recent TV’s Web Connections report demonstrates that more people are choosing to consume TV network video through free or […]
Chinese computer maker Lenovo Group said that it will launch its own television product in the “near future”, as part of its recent efforts to expand outside the PC industry. Yang Yuanqing, chief executive officer, said that the company is working on an Internet-connected television platform that could be linked with its smartphones and tablet […]
UK media regulator Ofcom is to review how advertising deals are handled. The review is the first in-depth look at the UK airtime trading system as Ofcom admits there has been “perennial anxiety” over whether the system is being abused. Ed Richards, Ofcom CEO, said “The time is now right to consider whether there are […]
VOD service, Voyo, will be rolled out across all six Central and Eastern countries, over the next eight months by CME. First launched at the beginning of 2011 in the Czech Republic, the Voyo video portal currently offers users catch-up content of local shows and series as well as the free streaming of live events […]
Despite the phenomenal growth in smartphone technology, there are still significant barriers to making mobile television a viable and sustainable industry, according to new research from Ovum. In a new report, the technology analyst claims that most attempts to deliver television services via mobile handsets have been unsuccessful, and this trend will continue due to […]
Two small shareholders in News Corp are suing the company for “paying for nepotism” in its $675 million deal to buy Rupert Murdoch’s daughter Elisabeth Murdoch’s production business Shine. Amalgamated Bank of New York and the Central Laborers Pension Fund filed a lawsuit in a Delaware court alleging that the deal was a case of […]
Shaw Direct announced today the launch of its new online Video On Demand library, accessible anywhere in Canada. Shaw Direct customers can now watch hundreds of movies and TV shows on-the-go, on their computer, with Shaw Direct Online VOD. “The entertainment landscape is changing and more than ever consumers want to access content on the […]
ACCESS CO announced that AirTies has selected ACCESS’ NetFront Living Connect 2.0 as its DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) software solution of choice. NetFront Living Connect will be integrated into AirTies’ Media Gateways and STB (set-top box) devices, providing customers with advanced, DLNA-compliant media sharing capabilities. NetFront Living Connect is a DLNA Certified software solution […]