ESPN has been awarded the exclusive UK mobile highlights rights to all 380 English Premier League soccer matches per season over the next three seasons, starting with the 2010-11 season from August. The rights will allow ESPN to deliver in-match, post-match and customised highlights, including goals, to football fans in the UK. Lynne Frank, senior […]
Walt Disney will offer applications from all of its businesses on Apple’s new iPad electronic tablet, offering popular TV shows, video games and interactive books. One new application will extend its ABC.com’s full episode player onto the iPad, enabling users to watch ad-supported episodes from 20 popular ABC series through a wi-fi connection. The application […]
From Colin Mann in London BSkyB launched its Sky 3D channel on Saturday April 3 with coverage of the high-profile English Premier League football match between top-of –the-table Manchester United and challengers Chelsea. The service, currently available to some 1,500 pubs and clubs in the UK and Ireland, initially aired a showreel of the best […]
In preparation for the launch of Sky 3D, Europe’s first 3D TV channel, Sky has unveiled its first original 3D commission: a pioneering feature documentary about the prehistoric world – ‘Flying Monsters 3D’ – written and presented by Sir David Attenborough, one of the UK’s best-known broadcasters. The film will be released theatrically in both […]
Hollywood studios have warned that Spain could become a 'non viable market' for them because of movie piracy. “People are downloading movies in such large quantities that Spain is on the brink of no longer being a viable home entertainment market for us,” Michael Lynton, chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment, told the Los Angeles Times. […]
Sky has launched an online pub finder so consumers can locate 3D-ready venues for watching the satellite broadcaster’s new channel. On April 3rd, Sky will officially commence 3D broadcasts to pubs, kicking off with the Premier League clash between Manchester United and Chelsea. Around 1,500 pubs and clubs in the UK have already signed up […]
LG has revealed details of its first passive 3D TV. Launching in the UK in May, the LG LD950 promises to offer sharp 3D images at a cut price compared to the active 3D sets it currently touts. Passive tech is widely perceived as being inferior to active, palpitating the image using an overlaying filter […]
Jeremy Philips, one of Rupert Murdoch's most senior Internet executives, has confirmed he is leaving News Corp, highlighting the media empire's reduced appetite for the digital deal-making he had been hired to oversee. Philips vetted possible deals, working on the group's on-off talks with Yahoo before the Internet company's search agreement with Microsoft.
Nagravision has announced the execution of a ten-year Conditional Access System agreement with Cyfrowy Polsat, Polands leading DTH platform. Through this new agreement, Nagravision underlines its long-term commitment to Cyfrowy Polsat and its confidence in the on-going growth of digital pay TV in Poland. Cyfrowy Polsat will benefit from Nagravision's innovative security solutions. The contract […]
HITS, a business unit of the Comcast Media Centre that provides content management and distribution solutions for MSOs, and Arris have announced that Cass Cable TV, Mediastream, MTC (Margaretville Telephone Company) and Plantation Cable have selected VOD In a Box to deliver VOD to their subscribers. Jointly offered by HITS and Arris, VOD In a […]