The defense lawyer in the Pirate Bay file-sharing case says he will demand a retrial after the judge admitted he was a member of copyright-protection organizations.A Stockholm court last week convicted four men behind the Web site of helping others commit copyright violations and gave them one-year prison sentences. They also were ordered to pay […]
RealNetworks has said it wants to help increase DVD sales by allowing people to copy their movie discs. Hollywood studios say that idea will only hurt their already struggling business. The two sides are now squaring off in federal court. The case is ostensibly about RealDVD, a $30 software program that allows users to save […]
From David Del Valle in Madrid Sogecable, owner of Canal Plus and digital DTH platform, Digital Plus, has accused commercial TV channel La Sexta of pirating the signal of its premium channel Canal Plus, by broadcasting a review of the football match between Real Madrid and Getafe, offered by the pay-TV channel. The pay-TV company […]
SES has reported a 12.2 per cent rise in its first-quarter core profit, maintained its full-year forecast and said it signed a E2 billion credit facility. SES, the world’s second-largest satellite operator, said that EBITDA rose to E308.9 million. SES repeated its forecast of revenue growth between 3 per cent and 4 per cent on […]
Richard Li has thrown in the towel on a proposed $2bn buyout of PCCW, his Hong Kong telecommunications company after a protracted legal battle, saying the saga has been "unnecessarily divisive to society". Li and state-owned China Unicom, PCCW's second-largest shareholder, said they would let the controversial HK$4.50 a share offer lapse and pay investors […]
Nordic telco TeliaSonera has revealed that it added 32,000 IPTV subscribers in the first quarter of 2009 across all its markets, including 9,000 new customers in Sweden alone, to reach a new total of 509,000.
UK creative industries will fade into insignificance in five years unless the government rapidly steps up its anti-piracy efforts, a leading trade body warned today. In a survey of more than 30 directors of TV and film companies, the Industry Trust found that 94% believe the damage cannot be repaired without stronger support from government […]
Orange has signed a deal with Wikimedia to provide its users with co-branded content that will be accessed through specific Wikipedia channels on Orange’s mobile and Internet portals. Orange will place ads alongside Wikipedia content and the two will share the ad revenues.
Orange is broadcasting an experimental 3D broadcast of a football match. The Ligue 1 game between when Olympique Lyonnais and Paris Saint-Germain will be broadcast live to 3D screens in Parc des Princes and Gerland stadium for supporters and football fans invited by Orange and the two clubs. Orange will deploy six stereoscopic cameras, a […]
With US households reluctant to cancel home services despite the down economy, growth in cable and IPTV VoD services will remain strong, with revenues exceeding $11 billion by 2013, according to Parks Associates. “Currently 37 per cent of US digital cable customers use premium VoD regularly, up from 21 per cent in late 2004,” said […]