Apple has announced that new movie releases from major film studios and premier independent studios are now available for purchase on the iTunes Store on the same day as their DVD release. New releases and catalogue titles will be available from 20th Century Fox, The Walt Disney Studios, Warner Bros., Paramount Pictures, Universal Studios Home […]
SES-Astra looks certain to give up on marketing the Entavio 'platform' direct to the German public. Instead it will work more closely with Premiere. “The offer was not attractive enough, there is too much overlap with Premiere Star,” said CFO Mark Rigolle. The introduction of the Entavio platform has always been controversial, politicians and consumer […]
From David Del Valle in Madrid Sogecable is launching Digital Plus Movil, the mobile version of its digital DTH platform, to all Orange’s 3G customers. The initial offer is composed of 27 TV channels from all TV genre, including, from May 8th, a specific channel dedicated to bullfighting, Canal + Eventos Movil. Amongst the channels […]
Indian telcos planning to offer IPTV services want telecom regulator TRAI to fix prices for channels. BSNL, MTNL, Reliance and Bharti, have all urged the telecom regulator to fix channel prices. TRAI chairman Nripendra Misra confirmed: “Several telecom operators providing IPTV services or planning to do so have approached us on this issue. They have […]
SES Astra has launched a new High Definition (HD) bouquet on Astra targeting the Dutch and Belgian markets. CanalDigitaal and Belgian sister company, TV Vlaanderen, will broadcast their new HDTV package via the Astra satellites at the 23.5 degrees East orbital position. With the addition of the CanalDigitaal/TV Vlaanderen High Definition offering, there are now […]
Polish incumbent telco TPSA has reported in its Q1 results that it added 9,000 subscribers to its IPTV service during the period to reach a total of 49,000. The company also reached 405,000 Livebox subscribers and a total of 2,079,000 retail broadband subscribers. Total revenues for the period increased 2 per cent year-on-year, while net […]
ITV has reportedly threatened to take legal action against departing executive Dawn Airey, who quit her job as managing director of global content to rejoin Channel Five. However, with wider business interests at stake – such as the relationship between ITV and Five’s owner, RTL Group, and the key programmes the latter produces for the […]
AT&T plans to launch a television service for mobile phones next week, following in the footsteps of rival Verizon. The service, which will be available in 58 markets, will offer programmes from several major TV networks, including CBS, Comedy Central, NBC and Fox. While some of the network programming will air simultaneously with what is […]
Google’s top priority this year is to make money off YouTube, Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said in a TV interview that sent Google’s shares up 4.7 per cent. “I don’t think we’ve quite figured out the perfect solution of how to make money, and we’re working on that. That’s our highest priority this year,” Schmidt […]
Sky is to launch a new online electronic programme guide to offer UK viewers what it calls the most comprehensive TV listings service available anywhere online. Sky Guide will enable viewers to browse and search thousands of TV programmes from more than 600 channels up to 7 days in advance; whether they are on a […]