Sky Deutschland is targeting a rise of 400,000 subscribers in the next twelve months as it aims to reach profitability but the News Corp owned platform lost 1,000 subscribers in Q1 this year. Chief executive Brian Sullivan briefed investors that it was looking to grow its subs base from 2.47 million to 2.8 million in […]
Peter Chernin, former number two at News Corp, is reported to be in the early stages of assembling his own studio intended to meld original content, like feature films and television series, with cutting-edge technologies for delivering entertainment. Plans include a traditional production company, Chernin Entertainment, that will make films and TV series, and a […]
Intelsat reported revenue of $621.1 million and a net loss of $102.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2010. “First quarter 2010 performance was as anticipated in light of the previously reported events that are restraining our growth in the first half of 2010,” said Intelsat CEO, David McGlade. “Our confidence in our […]
Hungarian telco Magyar Telekom has reported it now has 677,932 customers for its pay-TV services delivered within its home market via IPTV, cable and satellite – up 34 per cent from one year previously. This makes it the second largest pay-TV operator in Hungary. The telco said that it had 78,980 IPTV customers in Hungary […]
UK TV-and-video news producer ITN Productions is hiring its first head of mobile – mobile ad net 4th Screen Advertising's Miguel Tatay. Through ITN On, ITN has been providing video news to other services and through apps for the last two years.
Avail-TVN, the largest digital media services company in North America, has confirmed plans to launch a suite of 3D programming services by the end of 2010 for both VOD and linear. Operators will have access to transactional 3D-VOD content and a companion free on-demand service, both in stereoscopic 3D. In addition, Avail-TVN is planning two […]
Ericsson has unveiled the OpenStream Catalogue Gateway to help operators better promote the content in their VOD libraries and help differentiate their TV offerings. The OpenStream Catalogue Gateway is part of a complete Ericsson on-demand solution that features the award winning OpenStream Digital Services Platform. The gateway is an open interface that works with third-party […]
SeaChange has confirmed the availability of its Intelligent Video Platform 2.0, which includes support for Adobe's new Flash Player 10.1 software and Flash Access 2.0 content protection, integrates Envivio's 4Caster C42 encoders and enables HTTP live and on-demand streaming to the Apple iPad. The open Intelligent Video Platform combines SeaChange's Axiom On Demand content delivery […]
From David Del Valle in Madrid SES Astra in Spain has condemned the Spanish Government for the “inadequate” deployment of DTT and in particular its “a very costly” deal with Hispasat for satellite DTT distribution. Luis Sahun, director of Astra Spain, says Hispasat “will not allow viewers to have access to pay DTT channels and […]
France's broadcasting regulator, the Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel (CSA), has issued a call for applications for three pay channels and two free channels in HD. It has also endorsed extending the coverage of the France O (overseas) service to any metropolitan area in the coming weeks. The CSA opened a public consultation in June 2009 […]