The BBC is cracking down on re-streamers of its iPlayer services like TVCatchUp and Zattoo. "We took them [BBC channels] down and they will remain down and we will link to the iPlayer instead," CEO of Zattoo Beat Knecht told the Guardian. "This is to comply with a request of theirs; and it frees us […]
Weekend press speculation has it that Adam Crozier, newly installed CEO at ITV, could be contemplating a bid for Channel 5. Gerhard Zeiler, chief executive of Five’s parent company, RTL, said a few weeks ago: “To take part in the consolidation, as I’m 100% sure Five will, is a valuable asset. So it is the […]
Fox International Channels (FIC) Europe has hired Ã…se Ytreland as the new MD for Nordic and Baltic regions. Ytreland will be based in the FIC Nordic's local offices in Copenhagen and Oslo and report directly to Jesús Perezagua, FIC Europe president. Over the last two years, she has been partly based in London as EMEA […]
Nickelodeon UK has appointed Turner Broadcasting's chief content officer to head its UK operation. Tina McCann becomes the new senior vice president and chief content officer for Nickelodeon UK replacing Howard Litton who left in January. She has previously been acting chief content officer for Turner's children's entertainment brands in EMEA, including Cartoon Network, Boomerang […]
It has been revealed that at an FCC meeting last week Chairman Julius Genachowski’s called for a new video interface to replace the CableCARD policy. Genachowski envisions “a small adapter on the customer’s premises that would present a standard interface to all consumer devices. The adapter could be connected to the customer’s TVs, computers, or […]
Cable Europe is taking the opportunity of the launch the European Commission investigation into transparency in the collective management of copyright, to call for a full scale review of the rules that govern relationships between rights owners, collecting societies and users of copyright content across Europe. “The cable industry calls on the Commission to take […]
Virgin Mobile France and broadcast services provider TDF plan to launch DVB-H mobile TV services in the second half of 2011. The groups revealed that they had signed a deal on the CSA approved plan allowing Omer Telecom, the parent company of Virgin Mobile France, Tele2 Mobile France, Breizh Mobile and Casino Mobile, to be […]
Netflix’s stock rocketed past $100 a share – a doubling in three months – after the company reported another phenomenal quarter. The online movie rental company logged a 44 per cent surge in first-quarter profit on a 25 per cent jump in revenue. Even more impressive, the company gained a net 1.7 million subscribers in […]
SES, the world’s second-largest satellite operator, cut its forecast for 2010 revenue and core profit growth after weaker-than-expected first-quarter results. SES, which sells transmission capacity to the likes of BSkyB, Canal Plus, Premiere and NBC, said the delay of a satellite launch and the reduction in revenue from another satellite meant it had to cut […]
Sony Corporation has signed a deal to bring Major League Baseball's live streaming service to PlayStation3 video game consoles. PlayStation owners will be able to sign up with MLB.TV to watch out-of-market baseball games transmitted over the Internet. It is the latest in a series of digital distribution deals recently announced by sports franchises. Sony […]