Logitech has confirmed plans to launch a STB to bring Google TV content direct to HDTVs. Removing the need to purchase a Google TV-branded HD TV, the Logitech box will also host Harmon Link technology to allow for centralised management of all infrared controlled devices. Unveiled last month, Google Smart TV will allow users to […]
UTV foreign language movies are now available for UK audiences on the IPTV platform BT Vision. UTV has a deal with Shemaroo Entertainment UK which has an exclusive content aggregation agreement with BT Vision.
From Colin Mann in London Following months of speculation, British Sky Broadcasting and Virgin Media have confirmed the acquisition by Sky of Virgin Media Television (VMtv) in a deal worth up to£160 million in cash. The companies have, in parallel, agreed to enter into a number of agreements providing for the carriage of certain Sky […]
Flo TV, a service from Qualcomm that delivers television shows to mobile phones and other portable devices, hasn’t found the audience the company had hoped for, according to Qualcomm Chief Executive Paul Jacobs. Speaking at The Wall Street Journal’s All Things Digital conference, Jacobs said Flo TV hasn’t done well despite Qualcomm’s efforts to build […]
Walt Disney Chief Executive Robert Iger has said it’s too early to discount the ability of media companies to drive revenue from emerging new media platforms, such as Apple's iPad or the online video site Hulu. Perhaps the most aggressive of major media moguls in making content available on new media platforms, Iger defended his […]
Hong Kong's Telecommunications Authority has announced the three bidders for a 'Broadcast-type Mobile TV Services' licence, to operate between 678-686 MHz in the UHF band. They are: China Mobile Hong Kong Corporation Limited; City Telecom (H.K.) Limited; and Hong Kong Telecommunications (HKT) Limited. Even though Hong Kong has adopted the Chinese digital terrestrial system for […]
Miniweb, developer of connected TV experiences, has partnered with Brightcove, the online video platform, to enable Brightcove's media customers to use Miniweb's Connected TV Platform to extend their reach to the TV, with a minimum of integration effort. Brightcove's customers will be able to add their content to the Miniweb platform with minimum integration effort. […]
Australian telco Telstra has come under fire after pay-TV provider Foxtel made an application to the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) to allow its Internet television service to be available only to Telstra’s broadband customers. The move has led to calls of anti-competitiveness against Telstra, with the competition watchdog to review whether Foxtel can […]
Modern Times Group (MTG), the international entertainment broadcasting group, has announced that Viasat Broadcasting has signed an agreement with Norwegian broadcasting group TV 2 AS to distribute TV 2's three Premier League channels – TV 2 Premier League HD, TV 2 Premier League HD 2 and TV 2 Premier League HD 3 – on its […]
The ProSiebenSat.1 Group has completed its US studio majors portfolio for its VOD service maxdome by concluding a new transactional video-on-demand deal with Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. Starting in June 2010 with blockbuster movie Avatar, the long-term licence agreement will grant the Group non-exclusive VOD rights to Fox's numerous new releases, as well as […]