QuickPlay Media, provider of solutions for the distribution of premium video to portable wireless devices, has joined the Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem (DECE), a cross-industry consortium dedicated to creating a consumer-friendly open market for digital content distribution. With DECE’s UltraViolet, consumers will have an easy and consistent way to collect and watch movie and television […]
The BBC is to reduce spending at its Online division by 25 per cent with streamlined structure for the division and the cut of 360 posts from 1,600. Under the restructure BBC Online will be categorised into 10 areas: News, Sport, Weather, CBeebies, CBBC, Knowledge & Learning, Radio & Music, TV & iPlayer, Homepage and […]
South Korea’s largest mobile carrier SK Telecom has confirmed it will release a smartphone that can also serve as a set-top box, playing content on personal computers, tablet PCs and TVs. The smartphone named “Galaxy S hopping,” made by Samsung Electronics, will be available in South Korea this week. Connecting the smartphone to the TV […]
3D TV is not – yet – delivering on its promise, according to a report from Screen Digest. “3D TV set shipments for 2010 will be 3.3 million units globally – a far cry from the 6 million-7 million expected based on projections from just four of the largest companies (LG, Panasonic, Samsung and Sony),” […]
Industry bodies OIPF (Open IPTV Forum) and bmcoforum (Broadcast Mobile Convergence Forum) have revealed plans to join forces and merge the activities of bmcoforum into the OIPF. The pair say the merger will result in a strong single entity with broad representation and influence across the fixed and mobile broadband industries, as the two bodies […]
BSkyB is adding to its range of subscriber services with the purchase of WiFi on-the-go business The Cloud from a group of VCs. The deal, reported in the News Corp owned Sunday Times, is likely to be announced along with financial results on Tuesday – Sky is expected to report a 25 per cent increase […]
BSkyB releases its latest set of results on January 27th and analysts are forecasting further growth of some 150,000 net new customers. Numis Securities’ Paul Richards expects the pay-TV broadcaster to have moved well beyond the 10m subscriber mark achieved last November, and with HDTV now performing strongly for the company Numis expects pre-tax profits […]
Jean-Marie Messier, self-styled visionary and architect of the rapid $77 billion Vivendi/Canal+ expansion in the late 1990s, and Edgar Bronfman Jr, currently running Warner Music, were found guilty in a Paris court on January 21st of insider trading and misleading investors. Messier was also found guilty of an abuse of company funds. Messier was handed […]
Communications minister Ed Vaizey has introduced secondary legislation aimed at enforce anti-piracy plans in the Digital Economy Act, passed shortly before the May General Election. The ‘Sharing of Costs Order’ covers the cost of letters sent to those suspected of piracy, as well as prosecution and appeal costs. These will be split between media rights […]
ProSiebenSat.1 Media’s plans to sell TV channels outside Germany may take from four to six months to complete, Chief Executive Officer Thomas Ebeling has said. Efforts to attract interest in the units are proceeding “in line with expectations,” Ebeling said in Munich, adding talks may not culminate in any divestments. Ebeling said in December the […]