Following his customer letter Saturday June 28 in which Chet Kanojia, Aereo founder and CEO said the Internet TV streaming service was to pause its operations “temporarily” as it considered its next steps in the wake of the US Supreme Court decision which found for the broadcasters in their copyright case, he has written a […]
Making good on its promise to continue broadcasting and in line with founder Alki David’s assertion that the antenna-based Internet streaming service was willing and able to comply with all the procedural requirements of the compulsory licensing programme, FilmOn Networks has announced that its combination of teleporter technology and remote antennas will operate under Section […]
In the wake of the US Supreme Court decision which found for the broadcasters in their copyright case against Aereo, the Internet TV streaming service says it is to pause its operations “temporarily” as it consults with the court and maps out its next steps. In a letter to its customers published on the Aereo […]
State-owned TV group RTVE has been rescued from bankruptcy by the Spanish government which has injected €130 million into the debt-burdened company through SEPI, an entity that groups all of the state’s public holdings under one umbrella. The president of RTVE, Leopoldo González-Echenique had publicly demanded emergency funds to cover costs as the group, with […]
In a further response to the outcome of the US Supreme Court ruling on ABC and Broadcasters v. Aereo, Internet TV streaming service FilmOn says that the ruling – taken at first as a defeat of cord cutting and innovation in television – in fact contained a hidden boon for FilmOn Networks and other streaming […]
Communications infrastructure and media services company Arqiva is launching two new HD channels – Channel 4 +1 HD and 4seven HD – on UK DTT platform Freeview. The channels – airing on July 1st – will be available to over 70 per cent of the UK population from Arqiva’s newly-launched Freeview HD multiplex. These new […]
In what it says could be a watershed moment in the history of broadcasting, BBC Research and Development is to broadcast certain elements of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games live in Ultra-High Definition (UHD) at a public showcase in the host city. The special R&D production will be shown live in the Glasgow Science Centre […]
Sony Pictures Television (SPT), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Pictures Entertainment, is to buy CSC Media Group (CSC), one of the UK’s largest independent cable/satellite TV channel groups in a £107 million (€134m) deal. Under the agreement, SPT will own and operate the 16 ad-supported channels in the company’s portfolio, pending regulatory approval. The deal […]
Broadcast industry players, consumer bodies and legislators have lined up to offer their views on the decision by the US Supreme Court’s decision that Aereo’s operation violated broadcasters’ copyright licences. One of the more trenchant observations came from Alki David, whose FilmOn service also offers live streaming of some TV stations in addition to other […]
The US Supreme Court has ruled that Aereo has to pay broadcasters when it takes television programmes from the airwaves and allows subscribers to watch them on smartphones and other portable connected devices. The justices voted by 6-3 vote that is violating the broadcasters’ copyrights by taking the signals for free. The ruling preserves the […]