YouTube has purchased Next New Networks for an undisclosed sum. Based in New York and backed by former television executives from Nickelodeon and MTV, Next New Networks has built a network of videos created both in house and by independent filmmakers. YouTube made clear that it has no plans to dive into the content business. […]
UK Radioplayer, the BBC-backed online player for more than 200 UK radio stations, is set to launch on March 31st . It will be the first time that both the BBC and commercial radio stations have come together on a single online radio player. The Internet radio player has been in development for the last […]
According to a US consumer research study from PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers) consumers are spending about 20 hours per week accessing digital content – including video games and print content – on a mobile phone, computer, or mobile device, with the majority of that TV shows, movies and other videos. That is The study found that across […]
Thirty-six per cent of the people who engage in the piracy of films and TV shows over the Internet say one reason they do it is because they don’t want to “contribute to the profits of big movie companies.” according to a survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers. Those who use the Internet to steal movies and TV […]
Effective immediately, all HBO and Cinemax channels in Poland are now available in HD. The new channels have the same programming offer and scheduling as the ones in SD. HBO and Cinemax are available in HD on DTH platforms Cyfra+, Cyfrowy Polsat and n. HBO is in talks with other operators about introducing these channels […]
Turkey plans to launch two more communication satellites by 2014, Turkey’s transportation minister has said. BBC Monitoring reports that Turkey signed a $571 million deal with Japanese technology firm Mitsubishi Electric MELCO to procure and launch Turksat 4A and Turksat 4B. Speaking at the signing ceremony, Transportation Minister Binali Yildirim said that Turkey also started […]
Youku.com, China’s leading Internet television company, has begun offering copyright holders increased protection against copyright infringement through upgrades to its video fingerprinting system—the biggest upgrade since Youku launched its own copyright identification management platform in January 2010. The update to Youku’s copyright identification management platform comes on the heels of the company’s agreement with major […]
Fidelity Investments, one of the smaller investors in BSkyB, says a fair price for its holdings would be 950p (€1.1) a share, and letting it be known that News Corp should dig deeper into its pockets and pay a big premium over the offer price of 700p already on the table. BSkyB’s share price was […]
YouView, the much-delayed VOD system proposed for the UK, is to get Lord (Alan) Sugar as its new chairman. YouView, formerly known as Project Canvas, is not likely to launch fully until next year. Delegates to the Digital TV Group’s (DTG) annual summit in London on March 4th heard that a ‘beta’ test version of […]
Spain’s digital DTH platform, Digital Plus, is opening up the VOD service, Videoclub, to all Internet users in an attempt to give a boost to its subscriptions. For the first time the platform is launching a TV service for all Internet users. Digital Plus Videoclub, currently under trial, will allow Internet users to rent films […]