Lynne Frank, the senior vice-president and managing director of ESPN for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, who oversaw the grab for Setanta’s Premier League rights, is leaving. Frank plans to return to her native California for family reasons, with a successor due to be appointed by September. She will stay on to oversee the […]
YouTube wants viewers to stay on the site for much longer giving the video platform the opportunity to garner more TV advertising spend. Chad Hurley, CEO, says he wants users to become more like TV viewers with the ultimate aim of getting them to spend nearer five hours at the site, rather than the current […]
From David Del Valle in Madrid Spain's National Competition Commission (CNC) has limited to three years the duration of contracts between TV operators and football teams to broadcast the matches “to guarantee free competition in the market”. The CNC has imposed fines of E150,000, E100,000 and E25,000 on Sogecable, Mediapro and Audiovisual Sport, respectively for […]
From Branislav Pekic in Rome The European Union has decided to lend a helping hand to countries in the Western Balkans seeking to introduce digital terrestrial television. A E13 million project has been approved by the European Commission in Serbia which has set a deadline of April 2012 for the analogue switch off (ASO). According […]
Eircom ‘s wish to bring in pay-TV are fading as telco’s One Vision consortium apparently reached the end of the line in its crucial negotiations with RTE’s networks division. The consortium has spent almost a year locked in negotiations with RTE in a bid to secure a transmission contract for the pay TV part of […]
The High Court in Dublin has ruled that an agreement between the Irish music industry and the country’s ISPs to address online piracy does not violate data protection laws. The ruling lays the foundations for the introduction of new graduated response measures to stem file sharing in Ireland. The High Court’s ruling considered the terms […]
TalkTalk has confirmed that content from its TV service – TalkTalk TV – will be available on the Project Canvas TV when the platform is launched and added it wouldn't be “pushing further sales of TalkTalk TV”, and is instead waiting for the launch of Project Canvas, on-demand TV service. Meanwhile, TalkTalk will open a […]
Set-top box maker Pace has predicted a World Cup sales boost as pay-television firms rush out HD technology ahead of this summer’s football tournament. Pace said sales for the first six months of 2010 would outstrip the second half of 2009, although trading for the overall year will be in line with expectations. The firm […]
BlackArrow, a global provider of advanced advertising solutions for New Television platforms, has closed $20 million in Series C financing. The round was led by strategic investor NDS Group – and included existing investors Cisco Systems, Comcast Interactive Capital, Intel Capital, Mayfield Fund and Polaris Venture Partners. This financing provides new capital to expand product […]
Paramount is to offer some of its films preloaded onto external hard drives, as it looks to offset declining DVD sales. The new FreeAgent Go 500GB device from Seagate will have 21 movies preloaded, including a free offer of the new Star Trek film. Users can unlock the other 20 by paying for a pass […]