Kangaroo, the Internet TV joint venture between BBC Worldwide, ITV and Channel 4, is set to launch this autumn. The ITV chief operating officer and finance director, John Cresswell said the partners were hoping it would launch in September or October. Cresswell said that the BBC’s outgoing director of future media and technology, Ashley Highfield, […]
A jury in a US District Court in California has exonerated NDS Group companies in the lawsuit brought by satellite operator EchoStar and Nagrastar, a joint venture company between EchoStar and Kudelski Group. The level of damages claimed by the plaintiffs, widely reported as amounting to over $1 billion, has ultimately resulted in an award […]
US cable giant Comcast has bought the website Plaxo as part of a strategy to bring social networking into the mainstream. The deal is estimated to be worth around $150 million. Plaxo offers an extensive online address book, as well as a sister social networking site branded Pulse, and claims 50 million user accounts and […]
From David Del Valle in Madrid Prisa's takeover of Sogecable, owner of Digital Plus and Canal Plus, has lead to reports of four candidates in play to buy the DTH platform Digital Plus, which has two million subs. The likely buyers are seen as Telefonica, News Corp, Vivendi and the Mexican TV mogul Carlos Slim. […]
With significant growth in the Chinese market, the forecasts for User-Generated Video (UGV) use and revenue have shifted upward since last year, reports In-Stat. With expectations of higher quality content (e.g. HD video) and increasing file sizes, the demands on bandwidth will likely continue to grow at a faster rate than the number of files/videos […]
Vodafone has emerged as a surprise frontrunner to acquire Tiscali after submitting a £1.1 billion (E1.37bn) bid for the group. A possible deal would give Vodafone a fixed-line broadband presence in the UK, and allow it to merge Tiscali’s Italian operation with its Tele 2 business there. BSkyB, BT, Swisscom-owned Fastweb, and Italian mobiles group […]
From Branislav Pekic in Rome Portugal Telecom has teamed up with national commercial broadcaster TVI to offer live coverage of the upcoming Euro 2008 in high definition to the subscribers of its pay-TV service Meo. All subscribers of the Meo IPTV and DTH service will be able be to follow, for no additional costs, from […]
The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in the US has chosen thePlatform to power its new online video initiative that will significantly increase the amount of PBS video available on both pbs.org and local PBS station Web sites. PBS will use thePlatform, the broadband video management and publishing company, to publish and manage its national broadband […]
Vilma Marciuleviciute has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Viasat Baltics, and will be responsible for the digital satellite TV platform in the region. She is returning to the Baltics after three years in Moscow as CEO of the free-TV channel DTV. Vilma has worked within Modern Times Group MTG AB for more than […]
BSkyB’s plans to launch a pay-TV service on digital terrestrial television (DTT) will remain on hold following Ofcom's decision to launch a fresh consultation. The regulator has decided that an inquiry into the Sky/National Grid Wireless DTT proposal feeds into the wider pay-TV investigation and is effectively linking the two: “In the consultation Ofcom recognised […]