France’s highest legal authority struck down a key provision of the controversial law that would have cut off Internet access to people who repeatedly download copyrighted content illegally. The council rejected the core portion of the measure, under which a newly created agency, acting on the recommendations of copyright owners, would have been able to […]
A year after placing shares worth £32 million (E37m), Phorm, the ad targeting company, wants to sell 19.4 percent of the company through a new share offering for £15 million. In 2007, it burned through $22.4 million cash and made a $32.8 million loss. So far the controversial system has several trials but no confirmed […]
BT has told video streaming sites that they will have to contribute to the cost of upgrading its broadband networks if they want consumers to enjoy a good level of video quality in future. BT Retail MD John Petter told the FT: "We can't give the content providers a completely free ride and continue to […]
More than 70 per cent of UK homes without Internet access have no interest in getting broadband or feel it would be too expensive to do so, according to research published from Ofcom. With Internet takeup in the UK running at about 70 per cent, and only another 5 per cent promising to get connected […]
Setanta co-founders Michael O’Rourke and Leonard Ryan have won additional breathing space to try to push through a last minute refinancing rescue package to save the company from going in to administration. The Irish pay-TV broadcaster’s next pressing deadline is a £30 million (E35m) payment to the English Premier League due next week. Setanta’s founders […]
The Board of Directors of CableLabs has named Paul Liao, the chief technology officer at Panasonic, the next CEO of Cable Television Laboratories Inc. Liao will take over from long-time head Dick Green.
The 'round robin' on the OpenTV non-takeover by its biggest shareholder continues. The Kudelski Group, has commented on Discovery Group's recommendation that OpenTV buys out Kudelski Group's stake in OpenTV: "The Kudelski Group confirms that it is not interested in selling its shares of OpenTV…Kudelski Group reiterates its commitment to remain OpenTV's controlling shareholder and […]
Turner Broadcasting is launching a new UK website for its kids' channel Cartoon Network on June 16th, putting community interaction and personalisation at the heart of the site's offering. Visitors to the site will have the option to customise their own versions of the site from a selection of backgrounds, choose avatars from a range […]
Ofcom announced that it has made a provisional decision to reserve capacity in principal to the broadcaster, to provide new HD services on DTT from 2010. Ofcom's decision to award a HD licence to Five is subject to it resolving certain key criteria related to its application. These must be resolved before the year end. […]
According to Instat Harmonic Inc. led the industry in encoder shipments in 2008, with 28 percent market share, according to research from industry analyst In-Stat. In 2008, Harmonic shipped more than 12,000 encoding channels to broadcast, cable, satellite and telecom video service providers. The analyst's findings, published in a new report entitled "Worldwide Real-Time Broadcast […]