Blip.tv, the video Web site, said that it had raised another $10.1 million in funding, its third round of venture investment since it debuted in 2005. The company said it would use the latest funding to “accelerate the growth of the independent Web shows that Blip.tv hosts and distributes.” The company also hopes to expand […]
ASA, the UK advertising watchdog, has made its first ruling against a VOD ad, banning a zombie film trailer that ran in The X Factor final on the ITV Player. The Advertising Standards Authority received a complaint that the ad was frightening and inappropriate for display during a family programme because it had distressed young […]
UKTV is launching its first online-only series, FC Dave, on joindave.co.uk, the portal for its Dave channel brand. The mockumentary series, hosted by David Baddiel, will follow the misfortunes of a five-a-side football team called FC Dave. It will launch on June 3rd to capitalise on the build-up to the World Cup, which kicks off […]
FetchTV has selected Envivio's Three Screens solution as the delivery platform for its subscription TV offering. The FetchTV service employs Envivio 4Caster C42 video encoders, featuring Extreme codec technology, to deliver standard and HD content over capacity restricted broadband networ high quality alternative to incumbent services that can be delivered by Australian ISPs over consumers' […]
From Colin Mann in London UK regulator Ofcom has said it will address net neutrality in the coming months describing the issue as of 'significant resonance' in the era of digital deregulation. Ofcom board member Tim Gardam, now an academic but former C4 programme director, told the Broadcasting and Beyond conference “it is becoming increasingly […]
From David Del Valle in Madrid Spain's largest cable company, ONO, ended the first quarter of the year with a net profit of E17 million, up 39.4 per cent, on a lower total turnover of E372 million, down 4.1 per cent. As of March 31, ONO had 1.904 million clients, of which 1.7 million are […]
Video search-and-ads firm blinkx nearly doubled its income last year – but cost still outpaced revenue for a significant loss. Suranga Chandratillake CEO and founder says blinkx is well-positioned in the fast-growing space – it's got 720 content providers, its video searches are up 169 per cent to 22.6 million a day and the number […]
Ofcom has confirmed that only fixed line ISPs with more than 400,000 subscribers will be forced to comply with the Digital Economy Act’s controversial anti-file sharing provisions. The communications regulator has informed the Internet Service Providers’ Association of the benchmark, and said it intends to publish rules within the next two weeks. It means mobile […]
Canoe Ventures has announced Comcast Networks, Discovery Communications, NBC Universal and Rainbow Media as its initial partners who have separately agreed to launch Canoe's national interactive television (ITV) solutions across their individual programming networks. Once integrated with Canoe's national platform for advanced television, these network partners can offer the company's suite of standards-based ITV marketing […]
SES World Skies has unveiled plans for an intricate set of orbital manoeuvres later this month aimed at steering its AMC-11 satellite clear of interference from Intelsat’s 'free falling' Galaxy 15 spacecraft, now known as Zombie, or living dead, satellite. As the stricken satellite nears AMC-11’s orbital location at 131 degrees west, SES plans to […]