AT&T's U-verse TV service is to deliver international programming via SES Americom’s IP-Prime platform. SES Americom will also provide international programming for AT&T broadband and wireless platforms. “Providing AT&T U-verse TV with international programming reflects the extensive relationships and agreements we have with leading programmers throughout Europe, Asia, Latin America and the rest of the […]
Thomson is to provide DVB-H broadcast technology to Sistema Mass Media (SMM), a branch of Russia's AFK Sistema which is set to launch a mobile multimedia service. For this service, initially available in Moscow and in 16 other Russian cities with populations over one million, Thomson has provided the technology to distribute the content by […]
Motionbox, the website that allows users to share their personal videos, has introduced a new service that delivers a complete, secure solution for uploading, storing and sharing video memories. Motionbox has also introduced TV-quality iPod downloads and new video flipbooks for sale, called Motionbooks, to coincide with the launch.
Channel 4 has unveiled proposals to contract out to Red Bee Media a range of broadcast and production services currently being carried out in-house by its Channel Operations and 124 Facilities divisions. The proposal would give Channel 4 access to flexible purpose built facilities. It affects more than 100 staff and encompasses the channel's broadcast […]
The European Union is set to launch new reform proposals for the telecoms sector in a bid to increase competition and create a single market. Draft proposals are expected to include plans to create a regional watchdog and give Brussels greater power to change the decisions of national regulators. The plans, set to be announced […]
Bebo, the global social network unveiled Open Media, that gives media companies free and open access to Bebo’s 40 million users worldwide and the Bebo community free and open access to thousands of hours of premium entertainment content. Launch partners include CBS, MTV Networks, ESPN, the BBC, Channel Four, ITN, Yahoo! and BSkyB, as well […]
John Pluthero will assume management control of both the international and the Europe, Asia and US divisions of Cable & Wireless following the departure of Harris Jones, the international chief executive, this week. Richard Lapthone, group chairman, said Pluthero was the ideal choice to oversee the division now that the recovery phase in the Europe, […]
The lacklustre new subs number for EchoStar's Dish (110,00 for the quarter) saw its stock take a pasting on Wall St despite profits being over forecast. Of particular concern was the churn that rose to 1.94 percent in the quarter from 1.76 percent in the same period a year ago. EchoStar said itself this was […]
Warner Bros. Television Group is set to unveil its new online portal, sMomLogic.com,. The site will provide content ranging from news and original scripted Web series to how-to info and user-contributed material, all targeted at mothers. "This is not a parenting site but rather a site for women who are moms," says Hilary Estey McLoughlin, […]
Disney plans to launch mobile phone services in Japan early next year to become the newest entrant in an ultra-competitive market. Disney, which plans to halt its US-based mobile phone service in December, is now eyeing demand for its online contents in the world’s biggest market of third-generation phones. Disney would use local mobile phone […]