Six US film studios have filed civil complaints against Chinese file-sharing firm Xunlei Networking, part-owned by Google, for copyright infringement and are seeking more than Yn7 million (E0.7m) in damages and costs, the Motion Picture Association said. MPA said that the plaintiffs were also seeking a public acknowledgement of the infringements as well as a […]
BSkyB is to take its case to the Competition Appeals Tribunal and will claim the Competition Commission's findings are mistaken in all material respects. The Commission said BSkyB's purchase of 17.9 per cent of ITV created a merger situation and was prejudicial to competition. The Government accepted the finding and the recommendation that Sky be […]
More than 13 million households with television sets that can only receive analogue broadcasts are currently unprepared for the transition to all digital broadcasting that is scheduled for February 18, 2009, according to the Nielsen Company. Another 6 million households have at least one television set that would no longer work after that date. Neilsen […]
BT believes it may be able to limit rivals' access to some of its wholesale broadband network after the European Commission backed a drive to lift regulation of the division in parts of the UK. Brussels endorsed a proposal by Ofcom, the telecoms watchdog, to scrap controls on internet providers in certain densely populated areas […]
In a move aimed at strengthening its ability to process audience measurement data from set-top boxes, The Nielsen Co. has acquired Audience Analytics and its Audience Watch software. Nielsen said the Audience Watch software will become the primary delivery mechanism for the company's Nielsen DigitalPlus product line, providing analytics on tuning and interactive television usage, […]
State-run telecom MTNL announced the soft launch of its mobile TV service in the capital, which would allow its users to watch live television on their handsets. Initially, MTNL customers would be able to watch seven channels on their GPRS-enables mobile handsets. The commercial launch of the mobile TV service will be in April. The […]
Jim Godfrey, ITV’s director of corporate affairs, is leaving in March after three years to set up his own PR agency. Godfrey, a former Labour special adviser, said he intended to specialise in political campaigns and branding with his new company, which will have ITV as its first client when it launches in July.
Nagravision has announced T-Mobile CZ, the leading mobile phone carrier in the Czech Republic, has selected it for the delivery of a trial OMA BCAST Smart Card Profile system. In partnership with T-Systems and in line with T-Mobile Czech Republic plans to launch a commercial mobile TV service in the near future, Nagravision will set […]
German commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 has opted to halt simulcasting the HD versions of its two main channels, ProSieben and Sat.1, on Astra. No official reason has been given for the termination of the HD broadcasts, but it likely arises from a lack of suitable receivers, the additional costs and the inability to increase advertising revenues […]
Modern Times Group posted a 40 per cent increase in fourth quarter pre-tax profit to a better-than-expected SEK607 million, helped by organic sales growth, acquisitions, and sharply increased margins at its free-to-air Scandinavia and Central and Eastern Europe divisions. For the full year group sales were up 12 per cent year on year to SEK […]