Amazon has revealed that its subsidiary, The Internet Movie Database (IMDb), will now allow users to watch feature films and TV shows for no charge Over 6,000 titles will be available, the company said, citing recent episodes of popular television shows such as 24 and Heroes and classic films such as Some Like It Hot. […]
Tiscali UK is the latest to see "significant issues and competition concerns" in Project Kangaroo. UK CEO Mary Turner told the Competition Commission's Like other correspondents, Tiscali said TV producers could be forced to grant Kangaroo exclusive VOD rights to their shows or to accept low prices, because the Kangaroo JV partners hold all the […]
Bharti Airtel, India’s leading telecom company, has reported that it intends to launch its IPTV and DTH services before the end of the year. “We have “We have been conducting IPTV trials in a thousand households in Gurgaon and our strategy is to deliberately go slow, rolling out in the NCR region first in a […]
From Colin Mann in Amsterdam UPC Netherlands will begin the commercial introduction of its so called UPC Fiber Power broadband access product, says CEO Diederik Karsten. UPC Netherlands will begin the commercial introduction of its so called UPC Fiber Power broadband access product, says CEO Diederik Karsten. The service will offer consumers high-speed internet up […]
From Colin Mann in Amsterdam Telcos adopting a hybrid solution to video service delivery need to go further than just integrating digital terrestrial or DTH services Telcos adopting a hybrid solution to video service delivery need to go further than just integrating digital terrestrial or DTH services into their platform, according to Andrew Burke, CEO […]
BT Vision is to keep its children's channels ad free after its research reveals a majority of parents want ads banned from children's TV programming
The technology arm of Cable Europe is also adopting a new corporate identity that is closely aligned with the brand of its parent organisation. This
Turner Broadcasting has become the first broadcaster to strike a deal with MiCard to create an interactive loyalty card scheme for lads channel Nuts TV, MiCard is a viewer relationship management (VRM) scheme with the infrastructure to create a Nuts TV branded loyalty environment called "Nuts Loyalty". This is the first time that a third […]
SBB, Serbia's leading cable and satellite operator, has inked a contract with Eutelsat Communications for a fourth transponder on Eutelsat's W2 satellite. The new capacity The contract covers a lease of a 36MHz transponder for seven years at Eutelsat's 16 degrees East neighbourhood. The new capacity will be used for improving Total TV's regional offer […]
Set-top box develooper ADB has named Strong as a new distributor of its IPTV set-top boxes in Europe, the Middle East and Africa markets. Strong