KidsCo has confirmed the addition of VOD to its existing package on Imagenio. The contract renewal ensures KidsCo will continue to be available to subscribers across Spain on both linear and VOD platforms. Paul Robinson, CEO at KidsCo, said: “This is an example of our continued focus and investment in the Spanish market. As we […]
Boom TV, a struggling DTH operator in Romania owned by Israel’s DTH Television Grp, is being bought out of liquidation by Romtelecom. Boom was a late-starter in the over-crowded Romanian television market and has always struggled to make headway. Its signals are carried on the Amos satellites, owned and operated by Spacecom. Romtelecom is paying […]
Jeff Zucker, who stood down as President and CEO of NBC Universal earlier this year upon completion of the merger with cable giant Comcast, has admitted that when he took on the top job at the media group, the names of such online players as Netflix and Hulu weren’t part of the company’s lexicon, but […]
As expected, Jeremy Hunt, culture secretary, has cleared the News Corp takeover of the 61 per cent of Sky it doesn’t already own. In a compromise to avert concerns on plurality in the UK news market, Sky News will be spun off as a separate UK PLC with shares distributed to BSkyB stockholders on their […]
Jeremy Hunt, Culture Secretary, who approved the deal says: “Informed by advice from the regulators, I believe that these will address concerns about media plurality should the proposed News Corporation/BSkyB merger go ahead. The undertakings offered would ensure that shareholdings in Sky News would remain unchanged, and indeed offer it more independence from News Corporation […]
BSkyB intends to connect with its viewers in ways other than via the TV, according to CEO Jeremy Darroch. He told delegates at the FT Digital Media and Broadcasting Conference in London that advances in technology were creating new possibilities in the content the broadcaster could offer, with Sky’s future success being based on content […]
Ofcom has published its advice to Jeremy Hunt, Culture Secretary, that finally recommended accepting the Undertakings in Lieu (UILs) offered by News Corp as a condition of approval of its takeover of Sky. Hunt has given approval and nominated a further period of public consultation on his decision through to March 21st. The letters show […]
US reports say DirecTV is in advanced talks to be Hollywood’s first partner for early video-on-demand. The satellite TV company may be the first distributor to launch so-called premium VOD, through which consumers would pay about $30 to rent a movie via the Internet or cable 60 days after it opened in theatres and at […]
IMS Research study IPTV: A Global Market Analysis – 2011 Edition, indicate that the worldwide IPTV subscriber base in 2015 will exceed 70 million. Currently, the market size stands near 36.5 million. John Kendall, IMS Research Market Analyst and author of the study states, “Most of the current growth for the platform is centered in […]
The movie industry needs to move more quickly in introducing business models, according to Kevin Tsujihara, President, Warner Bros Home Entertainment Group. “The lack of speed to introduce innovative business models within the film industry is frustrating,” he told delegates at the FT Digital Media and Broadcasting Conference in London, revealing that Warner is looking […]