Sony and Sky have confirmed that their handheld video-on-demand service Go! View has gone live, in both the UK and Ireland. Users of the service Partners of the service include Disney-ABC-ESPN, BBC Worldwide, Sony Pictures Television, NBC Universal International, National Geographic and Sky Sports.
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has recommended a separate licensing framework for local cable operators and multi system operators, in its draft recommendations India’s cable television industry, which covered 78 million households at the end of 2007, is facing challenges of technology, resources and fragmented distribution, leading the regulator to examine possibilities of […]
From David del Valle in Madrid Mediapro, main shareholder in the commercial TV channel La Sexta, is finalising the launch of a pay DTT channel to Mediapro, main shareholder in the commercial TV channel La Sexta, is finalising the launch of a pay DTT channel to distribute premium sports events like the European Champions League […]
Top Up TV, provider of content on Freeview, has inked a strategic agreement with Warner Bros International Television Distribution (WBITD) to offer new entertainment on-demand to Top Up TV Anytime subscribers through Warner TV, a VOD channel. Programmes from Warner TV are available immediately. In addition, Top Up TV and Warner Bros have agreed terms […]
The BBC is developing plans to bring its web video iPlayer catch-up service to television screens, in a move that would take its online ambitions to a new level and pit the corporation against technology groups such as Apple. Mark Thompson, BBC director-general, told the FT it was “looking very hard at” forming an alliance […]
Macrovision Solutions has signed a license agreement with Yahoo Japan, the country's largest web portal. Under the terms of the agreement, Yahoo Japan will deploy a syndicated version of G-GUIDE, Macrovision's interactive programme guide (IPG) service in Japan, through Yahoo TV.
James Murdoch, head of News Corp TV in Europe, is said to be considering bids that would bring Premiere of Germany and Digital+ of Spain into the group's European pay-TV family. The two satellite broadcasters together would cost more than E4 billion analysts say. Although News Corp is already a shareholder in Premiere and has […]
Italy’s Piedmont Region, together with Eutelsat, signed a Memorandum of Understanding to leverage satellite technology to accelerate the availability of digital services for all of Piedmont’s citizens irrespective of their location. In order to develop its WI-PIE programme (Wireless Piemonte), the Piedmont Region, in collaboration with CSI-Piemonte, TOP-IX, CSP and IRES, is committed to bridging […]
Thirty-six per cent of Brits questioned in a survey admitted to making illegal copies of DVDs. This is more than in the US, where 32 per cent of people owned up to copying DVDs. Most copies were made from DVDs that had been purchased, though a significant proportion – 30 per cent – were made […]
ITV1’s ad revenue is predicted to fall by about 13 per cent year on year in September, with media buying agencies predicting a bleak month for UK commercial TV. The ad market is expected to fall by at least 10 per cent as worsening economic conditions hit marketing budgets. Ad revenue at ITV’s flagship network […]