Com Hem is up for sale and expected to fetch 13 billion ($1.89 billion) to 18 billion kronor, according to the Dagens Industri newspaper. Swedish telco Telia and Norway’s Telenor are named as the potential buyers, of the private equity owned operator. Telia spun the company off in 2003 in order facilitate its bid to […]
Pakistan media officials are complaining about the number of DTH television boxes being smuggled into the country from India. The set-top boxes give Pakistani viewers access to hundreds of Indian and other international channels. As far as Pakistan is concerned all these channels are illegal and unlicensed. Former information minister Javed Jabbar described the widespread […]
YouTube said that was lifting the 15-minute limit on uploaded videos, beginning with a subset of users. The change comes as YouTube tries to get people to watch its videos on bigger screens via Google TV. Despite concerns it could also mean more opportunities for people to upload longer copyrighted material, YouTube says it is […]
Arqiva’s TV catch-up website SeeSaw is now pitching to collect viewer data with a £0.001p charge. The site last recently started charging viewers £2.99 a month to remove the pre-rolls they are forced to watch as free users and now it’s already dropping that price to just one penny in a short promotion. The theory […]
Youku, China’s largest online video company, has raised $203 million in its initial public offering and saw its shares surge more than 100 per cent in New York trading. Tudou, Youku’s largest rival, has also filed for a US IPO, but there is no date for the offering yet. But Gong Yu, chief executive of […]
The UK arm of LG is rolling out a new campaign to raise people’s awareness and change perception of cinema-tech 3D TV’s. The technology, also known as passive 3D, uses similar glasses to those found in top end cinemas to deliver 3D pictures in a sustainable way in the living room. The campaign has commenced […]
Industry leaders at CASBAA’s “Addressable India 2010” meeting have united to urge the government to move rapidly towards the addressable digitalisation of India’s pay-TV industry. Spearheaded by the Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF), MSO Alliance, News Broadcasters Association (NBA), DTH Association of India, IPTV India Forum, Cable Operators Federation of India (COFI) and CASBAA, the seven […]
UEFA, the European ruling body for football, is moving ahead with plans to centralise the sale of broadcast rights for European Championship and World Cup qualifiers. It means national associations – in particular England’s FA – may suffer a drop in revenue, the FA currently makes over €200 million selling these rights. If the move […]
TV-connected software production company TVBlob and digital entertainment provider Dada have launched the Play.me music service on the Hybrid BLOBbox from TeleSystem. Subscribers to the web/mobile music subscription service Play.me can now access millions of music tracks from major and independent labels via their TV sets. Users pay E4.99 per month for unlimited online streaming […]
Digital broadcast network Babelgum and production company Oktane Media Ventures have announced the creation of FAST Weekly, a custom content-driven programme highlighting must-see films and animation on the network’s Web and mobile platforms. Babelgum will air the show in weekly segments every Thursday through 2010 and into 2011. “With thousands of high-quality films and video […]