A jury in a US District Court in California has exonerated NDS Group companies in the lawsuit brought by satellite operator EchoStar and Nagrastar, the joint venture between EchoStar and Kudelski Group. The level of damages claimed by the plaintiffs, widely reported as amounting to over $1 billion, has ultimately resulted in an award in […]
Sky has overhauled its online VOD service by adding streaming capabilities and rebranding it “Sky Player”. Sky said: “The online service will take on the Sky Player brand in recognition of the public's growing awareness of additional online video 'player' services.” In addition, Sky non-subscribers can now access the same Sky Player interface – Sky […]
A standards war for mobile TV in the UK became a real possibility with Qualcomm winning the latest Ofcom spectrum auction. Qualcomm UK Spectrum Ltd has been awarded spectrum in the L-band (1452-1492) for a licence fee of £8,334,000 (E1.04bn). Qualcomm has previously conducted UK tests in Cambridge and Manchester. Its proprietary Mediaflo system competes […]
A jury in a US District Court in California has exonerated NDS Group companies in the lawsuit brought by satellite operator EchoStar and Nagrastar, a joint venture company between EchoStar and Kudelski Group. The level of damages claimed by the plaintiffs, widely reported as amounting to over $1 billion, has ultimately resulted in an award […]
US cable giant Comcast has bought the website Plaxo as part of a strategy to bring social networking into the mainstream. The deal is estimated to be worth around $150 million. Plaxo offers an extensive online address book, as well as a sister social networking site branded Pulse, and claims 50 million user accounts and […]
Local press report that the California Judge in the NDS v DISH and Nagra CA hacking case is holding a sealed verdict from the jury. The delay in announcing the verdict is because it has been claimed a jury member engaged in conversation with DISH lawyers. Today the Judge will decide if this is a […]
BT has reported that its BT Vision broadband TV service accelerated during the first quarter of 2008, with customer numbers reaching 214,000, that's 94,000 net additions in the quarter. The news came along with BT's financial results showing revenue up 2 per cent at £5.42 billion (E6.77bn) with 'new wave' (i.e. not fixed line voice) […]
Video search engine blinkx posted a net loss of $3.2 million for the six months to end-March on revenues of $3.6 million, but said it is ahead of plan in its move towards profitability. blinkx said content hours have more than tripled since its IPO in May 2007 to 26 million from 7 million, and […]
US broadcaster CBS has beefed up its Internet presence with the $1.8 billion purchase of Cnet Networks, the network of technology and entertainment focused websites. CBS said the deal would make it one of the 10 most popular Internet companies in the US, with a combined 54 million unique users per month, and approximately 200 […]
The European Commission is to review News Corporation's stake in German pay-TV operator Premiere. The Commission stated: “We are examining [News Corp's acquisition of 22.7 per cent] of Premiere on the basis this may give News Corp de facto control.” In an echo of the regulatory difficulties BSkyB has faced in the UK with its […]