To coincide with the launch of the fourth season, Sky customers can now watch full episodes Lost via Sky Anytime on PC, as well as catch up on content on Sky.com, and watch clips from the series on their mobile phone via Sky Mobile TV. In addition, Sky+ and all Sky HD viewers will be […]
From Branislav Pekic in Rome The European Court of Justice has ruled that the way TV broadcasting frequencies have been distributed in Italy breaches European Union law. Judges said that a succession of laws regulating the country’s TV had effectively favoured existing broadcasters Mediaset and RAI, barring access to would-be competitors. In short, the process […]
Microsoft has launched a $44.6 billion takeover bid for Yahoo in an attempt to challenge Google. Microsoft’s chief executive, Steve Ballmer, claimed that combining the two companies would create a stronger challenger to Google in the online advertising market. Hesaid the deal would create a “more efficient” company with total annual synergies of $1 billion, […]
Dish Network said it plans to fight a federal appeals court ruling that affirmed the $94 million jury verdict assessed against the satellite TV company in connection with the patent infringement lawsuit pushed by TiVo.The companies have been embroiled in litigation over alleged violations of TiVo’s DVR patents by Dish Network. The appeals court ruled […]
Sales of set-top boxes (STBs) for IPTV video services will show strong growth through 2010 in North America and Europe, fuelled by increased deployment of consumer video services by telephone companies, with STB revenues for the two regions peaking at about $765 million in 2010, according to a report from Light Reading. “The North American […]
Mobile television signals broadcast over the Digital One national multiplex has ceased. The move means more space is now available where the BT Movio service once transmitted live pictures in conjunction with Virgin Mobile. Quentin Howard, chief executive of Digital One said: “BT’s innovative use of DAB digital radio to broadcast mobile TV confirmed that […]
Continental Airlines contracted with LiveTV, allowing Continental to offer 36 channels of live, in-flight satellite-based television programming provided by DirecTV, at every seat on Continental’s new generation aircraft. The service is expected to be available to customers on flights operating within the US beginning in January 2009.
Filing its response on the deadline for the Ofcom consultation period for upgrading Freeview to HD, the Digital TV Group has said “the regulator's current proposals could seriously compromise DTT's long term viability.” Dermot Nolan, the new director general at the DTG, believes there should be a comprehensive national strategy for HDTV encompassing all TV […]
China will take new measures to further tighten control of the Internet when rules go into force limiting online video-sharing to state companies. But regulators, wary of hurting a fast-growing industry, are expected to let private operators work around the restrictions. The rules are part of China's censorship balancing act that tries to block Internet […]
Spanish cable operator ONO improved margins and costs in the last part of 2007, with fourth-quarter core earnings up 7.3 per cent to E162 million. Operating cash flow turned positive over the year thanks to more efficient management, ONO said, coming in at E106 million after an outflow of E32 million euros in 2006. Average […]