AT&T is rolling out a satellite video service with DISH Network Corp and has stopped marketing rival DirecTV Group's rival satellite television service. AT&T said the company was still in negotiations with both DirecTV and DISH over a long-term partnership, which allows for bundled phone, Internet and video services. A decision is reportedly due by […]
Carphone Warehouse has emerged as a potential suitor in the running for Tiscali, the Italian broadband operator that was put up for sale this week. The Times reports that Carphone could be interested in Tiscali's UK arm “at the right price.” Tiscali has hired JPMorgan Chase to evaluate strategic options aimed at boosting value for […]
Korean telecom firms are to invest around 1.57 trillion won (E9.9bn) on IPTV services this year according to the Broadcasting and Communications Commission (BCC). KT, the country's dominant telephone and broadband Internet service provider, alone plans to spend 1.3 trillion won, and LG Dacom and Hanarotelecom respectively allotted 146.4 billion won and 122.1 billion won […]
AT&T is launching mobile television services in May with MediaFLO from Qualcomm. AT&T, the biggest US mobile service, said it would offer MediaFLO to users of the Vu phone from LG and the Access from Samsung and plans two exclusive channels. It did not reveal service pricing. AT&T’s service arrives about a year after Verizon […]
Australia’s Macquarie Group and private equity house MBK Partners have completed a $2 billion joint acquisition of South Korea’s number 2 cable TV operator C&M. The deal made the unlisted company the first Korean cable TV operator owned by private equity funds. The country’s adoption of digital and broadband TV services raise hopes for further […]
The US-India Business Council (USIBC) has released a study showing huge job and revenue losses to the Indian economy as a result of piracy in India's burgeoning entertainment industry. The study – prepared for USIBC by Ernst & Young India, shows as much as Rs.16,000 (E253m) are lost each year due to piracy. As many […]
Satellite companies gained a victory when the Federal Communications Commission voted to allow them to phase in a requirement that they carry all HD signals in any market where they carry any after the February 2009 switch to digital TV by all full-power TV stations. The commission also ruled that DirecTV's and Dish Network’s requirement […]
Private Media Group has launched its content for Video-on-Demand on the Neuf Cegetel IPTV platform in France as part of Neuf's Triple-Play offer. Neuf VOD will provide access to hundreds of titles from Private's extensive proprietary movie library.
Online video portal YouTube has released YouTube Insight, a free software tool allowing users who upload videos to see a breakdown of viewing figures, including chronological and demographic audience trends.
Modern Times Group (MTG), the international entertainment broadcasting group, has confirmed that the Swedish Radio and TV Authority has awarded Viasat Broadcasting two new channel broadcast licenses in the Swedish digital terrestrial network and renewed Viasat's existing four licenses. Premium channels 'Viasat Sport 1' and 'TV1000' will join Viasat's TV3, TV6, TV8 and ZTV free-to-air […]