The BBC Trust has told the public service broadcaster to slow the pace of its online developments because of competitive tensions with the commercial sector and “poor financial accountability”. In the first of its service reviews under the BBC's new Charter, the Trust, the corporation's governing body, said it would apply stronger scrutiny before authorising […]
UK set-top-box maker Pace has secured a major US contract which will significantly increase its profits for this year. The deal – for the US cable market – is for a low cost digital to analogue converter product that will enable the transition to all-digital networks and will be delivered over the next three years.
VimpelCom-Communications and Microsoft have confirmed a strategic partnership to deliver new connected TV experiences to consumers in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) through Corbina TV, which will be powered by the Microsoft Mediaroom IPTV and multimedia software platform. Corbina TV will be operated by Corbina Telecom, a subsidiary of VimpelCom. Based on […]
Velocix, provider of the Digital Asset Delivery Network, has announced that Telecinco, Spain's number one TV station, is utilising the company's digital delivery services for its recently launched MiTele Internet TV offering. MiTele allows online viewers to catch up on their favorite Telecinco TV programmes after they have aired. The Velocix network provides an Internet […]
French regulator CSA has awarded DVB-H mobile TV broadcast licences to thirteen private channels. There are two new entrants, France Telecom's Orange Sports and film director Luc Besson's EuropaCorp TV. The other eleven are BFM TV, Canal Plus, Direct 8, Eurosport, I-Tele, M6, NRJ 12, NT1, TF1, Virgin 17 and W9. CSA has also reserved […]
Sony has signed a deal with six major cable TV operators in the US that will pave the way for digital TVs that can receive cable programmes without the need for a set-top box. The agreement, which other consumer electronics manufacturers are invited to join, is to create TVs and other devices that can provide […]
blinkx, the video search engine, has revealed that its market share for video search is now 10 times higher than a year ago, as users increasingly turn to blinkx to find video content ranging from premium high definition movies and sports, to breaking news and top quality niche content. According to Hitwise Intelligence, traffic to […]
A new study from ABI Research forecasts the number of viewers who access video via the Web to nearly quadruple in the next few years, reaching at least one billion in 2013. “The rapid expansion of broadband video creates opportunities across a number of market sectors,” comments senior analyst Cesar Bachelet. “A wide variety of […]
The Time Warner UK Advertising Council – a joint venture between, IPC Media, Turner Broadcasting, AOL UK, Time and Fortune magazines and Warner Bros – has failed to strike a single deal since being established in October 2007 reports Media Week. The council was established to act as a hub for campaigns to be run […]
Soon a subset of TiVo users will be able to automatically record a critic's picks of The Chicago Tribune. TiVo announced a partnership with The Tribune that will deliver the recommendations of Maureen Ryan, the TV critic for The Tribune, straight to the TVs of users who sign up for the service. The recommendation service […]