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Murdoch Snr to lead Hunt talks

Rupert Murdoch has cancelled a visit to the Davos economic summit to personally lead negotiations with UK culture secretary Jeremy Hunt, as News Corp seeks to offer guarantees to safeguard Sky News independence and win approval for its complete takeover of BskyB. Following publication of the Ofcom report recommending a referral to the Competition Commission, […]

January 26, 2011

Italy’s football league may rescue Dahlia TV

Italy’s Lega Calcio Serie A could end up being the saviour of fledgling Italian pay-TV platform Dahlia TV, after Sweden’s Wallenberg Group decided to call it a day. According to local media reports, the Italian Football League has already obtained a positive opinion, in principle, of the Competition Authority, Ministry of Economic Development, and liquidator […]

January 26, 2011From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Research: CE market boosted by connected devices in 2011

Global unit shipments of consumer electronics (CE) products will climb 2.6 per cent in 2010, partly driven by rising sales of products that play a role in the connected home and that focus on usability—rather than technological wizardry—according to iSuppli research. CE product shipments in 2011 are projected to reach 1.60 billion units, up from […]

January 26, 2011

Prisa to cut 2,500 staff

Spanish broadcasting and media giant Prisa is to lay-off some 18 per cent of its staff, or around 2,500 people in a dramatic restructuring scheme. 2,000 of the headcount reduction will take place in Spain, and another 500 in Portugal and the Americas, says the company. In addition to Spanish daily El Pais, Prisa (Promotora […]

January 26, 2011By Chris Forrester

FilmOn, Catchup link up

FilmOn.com has announced at Natpe that it has formed a strategic alliance with TVCatchup.com, the top UK-based, advertising supported IPTV provider. Both companies are facing continuing legal challenges from broadcasters and studios who claim their services breach their content rights. The strategic alliance will incorporate both subscription and advertising-based revenue models from the two companies […]

January 26, 2011

KPN TV passes 1m

The Netherland’s KPN revealed it had 1.197 million TV customers for its IPTV and DTT services at the end of 2010,  up 22 per cent year-on-year. The numbers were unveiled with financial results posting fourth quarter revenues of €3.371 billion, up 0.5 per cent, and EBITDA of €1.359 billion, up 4 per cent. Revenue for […]

January 26, 2011

Netflix: We are content’s friend

Netflix is the content business’s friend. That was the message from the company’s chief content officer Ted Sarandos, speaking at NATPE. He characterised Netflix’s relationship with studios as “very strong,” and Sarandos acknowledged there is “a lot of anxiety” about the dramatic shifts in customer demand for more on-demand viewing and the question of how […]

January 26, 2011

Oggle breaks cover

Following the launch of the company’s interactive Connected TV and STB platform in December 2010 at the AppsWorld trade event, UK-based Green Button Media has revealed Oggle as the name for the platform’s consumer brand. Green Button’s Founder and Chairman, Barry Rubery, believes Oggle can become the brand name on everyone’s lips when talking about […]

January 26, 2011By Colin Mann

Research: Who’s uploading to p2p networks?

A study done by the Carlos III University of Madrid (UC3M) identifies and characterises users who upload content on the main P2P piracy networks and defines their incentives for doing so. The research study examines the behaviour of the users who are responsible for publishing over 55,000 files on the two main portals (Mininova and […]

January 26, 2011

Al Jazeera Sport nets World Cup rights

Football’s governing body FIFA has confirmed the extension of its broadcast rights agreement with Al Jazeera Sport for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia and the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar. The agreement is the first to be signed in FIFA’s media rights distribution process for the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups, which it […]

January 26, 2011By Colin Mann