Chellomedia, the European content division of Liberty Global, has launched its new production company- Mojo Productions for its Central European operations, Chello Central Europe. The new entity will be the main production arm for Chello Central Europe and will support the current portfolio of seven owned and operated channels and also the production needs of […]
The Digital TV Group, the industry association for digital television in the UK, has appointed Keith Wilkinson as Commercial Director and Chief Operating Officer. Keith joins the Group from the BBC where he held the position of Project Director.
blinkx, the online video search engine, has formed a partnership with CelebTV.com, the real-time entertainment video news channel created for, and distributed exclusively on, digital platforms. Under the terms of the agreement, blinkx will transcribe and index video content from CelebTV.com.
Sky has announced details of its plans to offer broadband, telephone and digital terrestrial television services under a new brand to customers across the UK. It says the new business will operate under the Picnic brand and will offer customers a variety of flexible options to combine the services that they want. Sky claims key […]
TIOTI ('Tape it off the Internet'), the media aggregator has opened its one-stop source for TV content – www.tioti.com – to the general public. Following its successful beta-testing of the service with more than 18,000 users, TIOTI has made its search gateway to TV content available to everyone, providing links to a wide range of […]
From David Del Valle in Madrid Spain’s largest cable company ONO is the market leader in terms of audience ratings in the Spanish pay-TV market. The company pulled in an average share of 7.4 per cent in September, well ahead of Digital Plus, with 4.06 per cent, or Imagenio and other pay-TV operators, with 5.17 […]
Chellomedia, the European content division of Liberty Global has acquired three new channels for Chello Central Europe. The latest acquisitions, TV Paprika, TV Deko, and Filmmuzeum, have been acquired from their respective local founders under separate transactions, bringing Chello Central Europe's channel portfolio to a total of seven in the region. The portfolio already includes […]
RawFlow, peer-to-peer technology provider and the company behind the user-generated broadcast platform Selfcast, has revealed that former CEO and co-founder of Babelgum, Erik Lumer, has been appointed Chief Executive. Lumer will lead the company into a new phase of development with the launch of Selfcast as a disruptive free Web TV platform that lets anybody […]
Sony has confirmed that its OLED (organic light-emitting diode) TVs, touted as an eventual successor to plasma and LCD, will be available in Japan from 1 December. The first model, the XEL-1, has an 11 inch screen and is just 3 millimetres thick. The TVs will relay video 1,000 times faster than LCD, eliminating the […]
BBC Worldwide has bought a majority stake in travel guide company Lonely Planet. The corporation’s commercial arm has acquired a 75 per cent stake in the privately owned company. The Lonely Planet operation will boost BBC Worldwide’s travel output, which includes over 500 hours of travel programming such as Michael Palin’s New Europe and Planet […]