Blockbuster's net income has more than tripled in the fourth quarter. The movie-rental company said 2007 was a year of “transition” as it slashed costs and made changes to its online service that competes with Netflix. The company said it expects to return to profitability in 2008 — forecasting net income where analysts had seen […]
The Walt Disney Company will begin showing some of its classic back catalogue television shows through the Internet, its chief executive, Robert A. Iger has confirmed. “In the near future, you'll see more of that product available on Disney.com, either for free or through some sort of subscription,” Iger, said. “Providing physical goods on DVD […]
M:Metrics, the mobile media analyst, has unveiled M:Ad, its competitive tracking service for mobile advertising, in the UK, revealing the first definitive metrics for measuring mobile advertising inventory. The measurement firm reports that online retail companies such as Electronic Arts, Glu and Ebay are placing the bulk of mobile ads, with the category comprising of […]
Russia may limit foreign ownership of ISPs, broadcasters and publishing houses, extending a list of industries deemed strategic, a senior lawmaker told Reuters. Russia’s parliament is set to debate the controversial law this month amid a row between government officials and the security services over what industries should be deemed sensitive and how much to […]
Digital video recorder maker TiVo reported a narrower Q4 loss, beating expectations as it cut marketing costs and pushed its high-definition product. Its net loss decreased to $6.4 million from a year-earlier $19.5 million. TiVo is trying to drive sales of its $299 TiVo HD box rather than the free, standard-definition offer from a year […]
Free Internet TV channel Viewmy.TV has officially gone live, following a trial launch last summer. The site aggregates free web TV channels from around the world and combines them with an online community. The London-based portal offers free membership and grants access to more than 1300 channels from 100 different countries. It currently features a […]
M6 will offer the first unlimited TV plan for mobile phones in France with “M6 Mobile by Orange,” available from this week. Subscribers will have unlimited, 24/7 live mobile access to six of the M6 group’s channels including main terrestrial network M6, DTT channel W9 and cable stations M6 Music Hits, M6 Music Rock and […]
Kate Burns, one of Google’s first UK managing director, has been hired to run the British operation of YouTube competitor Dailymotion. Burns has the job of increasing the online video website’s user numbers, the amount of user-generated and official content uploaded, and boosting revenues.
Pirelli Broadband Solutions announced the creation of OpenSet, a complete hardware and software platform of Set Top Boxes for IPTV applications, with an associated SDK package that allows third parties to access Pirelli's state-of-the-art embedded middleware for service customisations. With the OpenSet platform, operators, service providers and system integrators – whether in the Telco or […]
The Tele Columbus Group, Germany's third-largest cable operator, will protect its independent networks with conditional access technology from solutions provider NDS. The digital TV portfolio which Tele Columbus will offer on its own platform in cooperation with Eutelsat as of May, will be primarily secured with NDS' VideoGuard technology. The operator's existing subscribers will not […]