Dish Network has launched its Dish Remote Access service to customers across the US. The service – free to Dish Network customers with a broadband-connected ViP Series DVR – gives customers total access to all the features of their DVR from any Internet connected device, allowing them to manage their programming from anywhere in the […]
DirecTV has reported that first-quarter earnings fell 46 per cent even as subscriber growth hit a four-year high. Chief Executive Chase Carey said he expects intense competition to continue in the pay-TV business, as providers fight for consumers who have become more sensitive to price. Still, he predicted that customers will cut their spending to […]
Hulu, the US online JV owned by NBC Universal, Fox and Walt Disney, has signed its first batch of content deals with international television producers, the first step towards a full global launch of the service. Currently still only available in the US, the group has now confirmed it is in talks to launch the […]
MGM Worldwide Television, a division of Metro-Goldwyn Mayer Studios, has concluded its first pan Middle Eastern Pay TV and VOD agreement with Showtime Arabia, the leading Pay TV network in the Middle East and North Africa, and its Show On Demand, the region’s first video on demand service. The licensing agreement marks MGM’s first VOD […]
Carphone Warehouse is set to become Britain's second largest broadband provider after it agreed to pay £236 million (E264m) for the UK assets of Tiscali. Carphone said it would be funded by its existing debt facilities and would raise its earnings in the current financial year to March 2010. The move will also see Carphone […]
European broadcaster RTL said sales dropped 11 per cent in the first quarter due to a continued TV advertising slump and core profit shrunk more than 50 per cent on restructuring and start up costs. RTL, owned by media giant Bertelsmann, reported that revenue in the first three months of the year fell to E1.188 […]
All3Media International, one of the UK's leading independent distribution companies, has announced the appointment of Selma Turajlic as Head of Interactive Media and Licensing. Turajlic's role will be to further develop interactive elements within formats and programmes and exploit opportunities in interactive, merchandising and licensing. Initial focus will be given to broadcast related interactivity, mobile […]
OpenTV reported a 13 percent drop in first quarter revenues to $29.4 million, down from $33.8 million in the first quarter of 2008, but it was upbeat about the company’s long-term prospects. Net income for the quarter was $1.2 million, down considerably from the $7.6 million in profit that OpenTV reported this time last year. […]
Figures from UK Rajar (Radio Joint Audience Research) show that DAB digital radio ownership is up 19 per cent year on year, with 32 per cent of adults – more than 16 million people – now living in a DAB household. At 20.1 per cent, more than a fifth of all radio listening is via […]
BSkyB has heavily criticised the BBC Trust’s decision not to conduct a full market impact review of Project Canvas, the broadband TV joint venture with ITV and BT, and says the Trust needs to demonstrate it is genuinely independent of the service it is meant to regulate. Sky also believes the project, which aims to […]