News Corp is nearing agreement with UK regulators over a remedy for concerns about its bid for satellite broadcaster British Sky Broadcasting, reports the Financial Times citing people familiar with the process. Discussions have taken place with the UK’s Office of Fair Trading (OFT), with News Corp reportedly now closer to satisfying objections that combining […]
A UK Government working group is to be formed to try to find a “plan B” to avoid potential litigation arising from the blocking of websites accused of illegal filesharing. The group will comprise rights holders, ISPs and search engines, is being formed after culture secretary Jeremy Hunt referred the Digital Economy Act’s section 17 […]
Belgacomhas reported Q4 earnings before EBITDA and special items rose 6 per cent to €495 million, beating expectations. Belgium’s largest telco added 223,000 subscribers to its IPTV service ‘Belgacom TV’ to reach a total of 975,000 customers by the end of 2010. The company sold a total of 311,000 multi-play packs last year, bringing the […]
While streaming from “the cloud” is all the rage, when it comes to consumers managing and storing their electronic home video libraries, downloading and viewing digital video on the PC still rules the day. According to In-Stat’s consumer survey, nearly 50 per cent of US broadband households report that they store their electronic video home […]
Dish Mexico, the Mexican pay-TV operator owned by local media giant MVS and Charlie Ergen’s Echostar, is predicting a 6m subs base by 2012, a strong growth rate compared with today’s audience of 2.2m subscribers. Dish Mexico has been active in the region since only since 2008, generally targeting lower-income viewers. Its ‘no frills’ service […]
Prosecutors have dealt a blow to anti-piracy initiatives by dropping their case against two men accused of pirating films online. Two administrators of FileSoup – the longest standing BitTorrent community – had their case dropped by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). George Cartledge, from Glasgow, and Stephen Lanning, from Somerset, faced charges of conspiracy to […]
Motorola Mobility Ventures, the investment arm of Motorola Mobility Holdings, is to make a strategic investment in Catch Media, the provider of a patented licensed digital rights locker platform – Play Anywhere. Catch Media’s patented registry, tracking, routing and clearinghouse technology, together with its post-acquisition licence, provides retailers, carriers and consumer electronics vendors the ability […]
Consumers increasingly want to access video content across the various video-capable devices they own, and service providers, content owners, online video distributors and device manufacturers are all keen to provide it. However, new technologies are urgently needed to secure multiplatform video content against piracy and unauthorised access, according to a major new report – Content […]
Eurostar and Pace have been appointed by Etisalat to enable delivery of digital TV services to its customers. To enable the rollout of Etisalat’s eLife triple play services through the fibre-optic network, Pace has developed HD PVR STBs and Advanced Residential Gateway solutions. Etisalat’s eLife triple play services give customers the opportunity to experience value […]
Dish Network posted bigger-than-expected subscriber losses for the fourth quarter because of customers cancelling their service after a dispute with Fox Network in October blacked out sports shows. The second-largest US DTH provider lost 156,000 subscribers during the quarter. The company is losing market share to main competitor, DirecTV Group, which reported a higher-than-expected profit […]