Holland’s largest cable operator, Ziggo, has launched on-demand services across its entire network. Viewers will require a new set-top box to access the service, with Samsung and Cisco currently offering devices. Ziggo, currently connected to 3.2 million homes, has signed a number of on-demand deals, including ones with Disney and Warner Bros. Ziggo will offer […]
The BBC has begun delivering live TV broadcasts to mobile users. The live TV service, currently in beta and launched as part of a revamped BBC Mobile homepage, provides mobile users with the ability to tune into live simulcasts of BBC channels – including BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Three, BBC Four, CBBC and BBC […]
SBS Broadcasting has closed an exclusive contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios (MGM). With this agreement, SBS in the Netherlands has acquired the free to air TV premieres of high profile titles like the latest James Bond film, Quantum of Solace. The contract also includes TV rights for an assortment of MGM's library feature films and a […]
Dutch premium sports channel Sport1 has extended its international sports rights package. The UEFA Champions League rights have been renewed for another three-year period, including the rights to live TV, Internet and mobile phone services.
Virgin Media has appointed its first head of music in a bid to develop its music strategy including new services across mobile, TV and online. Richard Wheeler is joining the company from Orange UK where he was head of music and film partnerships.
Synacor, a leader in enabling cross-platform delivery of content and services, announced that Bresnan Communications has deployed Web solutions that leverage Synacor¹s content and technology portfolio to cable broadband subscribers in the Western United States. Bresnan has launched an enhanced broadband presence that includes Synacor¹s customizable portal and toolbar, and plans to add Family, Educational […]
Viasat, the Scandinavian satellite broadcaster, has joined the list of sport media brands globally that use Piero. The 3D virtual graphics system puts a new graphically enhances video content and provides sophisticated analysis graphics, from live or archive footage, showing play from angles that cannot be captured by conventional cameras. Viasat will be the first […]
Irish sports pay broadcaster Setanta has held a fresh round of talks with private equity firms in a bid to raise up to £100 million (E110m) following the pay-television company's failure to retain both its Premier League football rights packages beyond 2010. In February, Setanta won the auction for only one of the six available […]
An MPs committee has heavily criticized the BBC's commercial arm for damaging independent company's business with an aggressive sales tactics and a low priority on the bottom line. It was particularly scathing of the recent acquisition of the Lonely Planet guides. The committee was also deeply sceptical about the proposed tie up between BBC Worldwide […]
According to German press reports the federal compeition authorities are set to block any putitive merger of the country's major operators. There has been much specualtion that the major three networks, KDG, Unity and Kabel BW – all owned by private equity and all derived from the former Deutsche Telekom network – want to 're-merge' […]