Liberty Media has confirmed plans to spin-off two of its units — investment arm Liberty Capital and pay TV and studio unit Liberty Starz. Liberty, which has been criticised for its opaque structure, currently trades under three tracking stocks: Liberty Starz and Liberty Capital, and Liberty Interactive, which holds assets including interests in QVC, internet […]
Reliance Media World plans to enter into a joint venture with CBS Studios International to own and operate a portfolio of television channels in India. The venture—in which Reliance Media World and CBS will own equal stakes—initially will broadcast English language general entertainment channels. The companies plan to explore Hindi language and regional-language entertainment channels […]
BBC Worldwide is to make its first foray into pay-to-play gaming linked to TV programming with an online version of The Weakest Link. It already offers a free version of the Anne Robinson-fronted BBC knockout quiz, and will now charge players a variety of amounts from £1 (E1.2) to play. BBC Worldwide has teamed up […]
At E3, the video-game industry's annual showcase, the star of the show was Nintendo's 3DS. The 3DS displays true 3D images without the use of special glasses. Unlike many 3D movies with objects that might appear to come whizzing out at you, the 3DS images appear to have depth that recedes into the screen. The […]
The State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) has begun formulating industry standards for 3D TV broadcasting. Seven or eight domestic TV stations have plans to launch stereoscopic channels or programmes, according reports. The China Electronics Standardisation Institute, an affiliate of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, is said to be compiling a […]
Ofcom has approved the use of DTT spectrum freed up by DSO for Sky Sports 1 and 2 paving the way for BT to offer the channels as part of BT Vision. Like Virgin, BT will a (more) aggressively priced package reflecting the regulated wholesale prices imposed on Sky in March. Both Virgin and BT […]
By a party-line split vote of 3 to 2 the FCC has moved toward giving itself the authority to regulate the transmission component of broadband service, a power the commission's Democratic majority believes is central to expanding the availability of broadband. The next step is invite public comment on the proposal to overturn a previous […]
OnLive, a potentially revolutionary online gaming service, has been launched at the annual E3 video game trade show to cautious support from the industry. The first large “cloud gaming” service aims to stream console versions of games over the Internet to tens of thousands of players at once, removing the need for the console or […]
The OIPF (Open IPTV Forum) has announced the successful completion of its second Interoperability Event which culminated in demonstrations of end-to-end IPTV delivery across interoperable equipment and services from OIPF members. The OIPF specifications segregate the IPTV delivery chain into three key areas: terminal, gateway and head-end. The terminal function was represented in the interoperability […]
John Malone has stepped down as chairman at DirecTV and slashed his control over the company in a previously announced stock swap meant to satisfy the Federal Communications Commission Greg Maffei, CEO of Liberty Media Corp, and investment banker Paul Gould, a director at the Malone-chaired Liberty Global cable TV giant, also have left the […]