July 30, 2008
Articles
NBC, Fox file sue Redlasso
The lawsuit, comes two months after the television networks complained in a letter to the closely held website that it violated copyright laws by running unauthorised clips and full-length programs. After receiving the letter, the lawsuit charges, “Redlasso, in fact, did not stop reproducing, publicly performing or publicly displaying the network’s programming and content.” Redlasso […]
July 28, 2008
July 28, 2008
July 28, 2008
BBC look to mobile again?
In its proposal, the BBC argues that it is “uniquely placed to drive mainstream use of mobile television”, in a similar way that the BBC iPlayer has sparked the online catch-up TV market or Freeview has promoted takeup of digital terrestrial television. This despite the fact the trials proved tiny amounts of usage. ITN has […]
July 28, 2008
Canal+ has 80% of TPS subs
Canal+ Group's total subscription portfolio now stands at 10.4 million, an increase of almost 140,000 compared to June 2007. Canal+ premium channel had 5.25 million subscribers and the combined CanalSat/TPS pay packages stood at 5.19 million. Home revenues grew E23 million as ARPU and advertising increased. Group revenues reached E2.254 million, an increase of 4.6% […]
July 28, 2008
Microsoft aligns with Facebook
Display advertising provided by Microsoft is already expected to account for a big chunk of Facebook's sales this year forecast to rise to about $350 million this year, up from about $150 million last year. Attracting a higher volume of search traffic would boost the effectiveness of Microsoft's search technology and help it deliver more […]
July 28, 2008
July 28, 2008
New CEO for Thomson
Rose, a French-American national, was formerly president of Alcatel-Lucent's Europe, Asia and Africa business and a member of the telecoms equipment-maker's executive committee.
July 28, 2008
Ofcom relaxes ad rules
Following a consultation on the UK implementation of Brussels’ new Audio Visual Media Services (AVMS) Directive, Ofcom is changing its code on the rules for the distribution of TV advertising. Ofcom has ditched the 20-minute interval rule and the new code will also allow for one advertising break for every 30 minutes of a film, […]
July 25, 2008