From Colin Mann in London Premium sports broadcaster Setanta Sports has launched its first free-to-air channel with the unveiling of Setanta Sports News, jointly owned with Virgin Media. The 24/7 channel will be available on Virgin's UK cable platform and digital satellite via the Sky EPG. It will feature all newsworthy sports items, not just […]
From Branislav Pekic Rome Italian state broadcaster RAI has announced that its international subsidiary, RAI International, will be rebranded as RAI Italia. The name change is intended to call attention to the network’s country of origin around the world. The change will take place soon and will also see the launch of four Italian channels […]
Shares in video search engine blinkx have climbed after ComScore figures showed it had 52.5 million unique visitors in October, and Hitwise data showed it had overtaken Google Video in terms of UK market share.
Virgin Media's Malcolm Wall has claimed that its VOD service has grown to the point that its audience is larger than that for Channel Five. He said Virgin’s VoD service had clocked up 30 million individual clips viewed last month, from 3.5 million subscribers. Wall added that this “put it past” Channel Five’s consolidated viewing […]
Digital video recorder maker TiVo has reported a narrower quarterly loss as its revenue and subscriptions increased, and it issued a forecast that was more optimistic than estimates. The net loss was $8.24 million, for its fiscal third quarter compared with a loss of $11.1 million, a year earlier. Revenue rose to $75.5 million from […]
UK shoppers are being misinformed when buying high-definition TV sets, regulators have warned. A study by Ofcom found that large numbers of people are given incorrect information when buying expensive HD TV sets. According to the survey, however, there were significant errors in the information given to customers by many retailers. Four in 10 people […]
The EU's decision to back DVB-H technology as the standard for mobile TV broadcasts in all member countries is under attack from Germany, Britain and the Netherlands. EU media commissioner Viviane Reding, wants to put DVB-H on a list of official standards, and could compel member states to adopt the mobile technology as early as […]
Verizon Wireless plans to open its mobile network to all devices and mobile Internet applications next year. The company has unveiled a package of free software to try to stimulate the development of handsets that are open to any Internet service. The move marks an apparent reversal of course by the second-biggest US mobile carrier […]
News Corp’s Internet division plans to launch an online network to sell advertising across Rupert Murdoch’s media group and to other media companies as early as the first half of next year. Fox Interactive Media (FIM) President Peter Levinsohn told Reuters that the network, internally dubbed “FIM Serve,” is the subject of discussion across the […]
Spotzer Media Group, provider of multi-media video advertising campaigns, announced the closing of a E10 million financing led by Sierra Ventures of Menlo Park, California. European Directories, operator of leading yellow page publishers in nine countries, also invested. Spotzer will primarily use the new capital to extend its innovative rich media advertising services into the […]