As the battle for Americans’ right to congressionally granted free-to-air broadcast access heats up, Alki David, CEO and Founder of Internet television service FilmOn, has responded to rival Aereo’s December 12th brief asking for a Supreme Court hearing (Aereo welcomes Supreme Court battle). “Aereo’s brief asking for a Supreme Court hearing is vital to the […]
Internationally-popular Australian saloon car racing series V8 Supercars has announced a surprise TV deal that will see coverage move from free-to-air network Seven to pay-TV outlets Foxtel and FOX SPORTS. FTA broadcaster Ten Network is also included in the deal, although it is unclear how much coverage there will be on the channel. The six-year, […]
MediaCorp has confirmed that its seven free-to-air TV channels will be broadcast in digital (DVB-T2 format). In addition, four out of the seven channels – Channel 5, Channel 8, Suria & Vasantham – will be broadcast in HD while the remaining three channels – Channel NewsAsia, Channel U and okto – will be upgraded to […]
Digital UK – the company which supports the UK’s terrestrial TV service and its viewers – has called on UK comms regulator Ofcom to ensure that appropriate measures are taken to protect terrestrial television services from interference which could be caused by the use of the so-called White Spaces – the gaps in the spectrum […]
A group of advocacy bodies have filed amicus (friend of the court) briefs requesting the Federal DC Court of Appeals to reconsider a DC District court decision blocking Internet TV streaming service FilmOn. The bodies – Public Knowledge, Electronic Frontier Foundation and Engine Advocacy – are critical of the reasoning of US District Court Judge […]
German public service broadcaster ZDF has renewed its deal for FTA Champions League rights for the next three-year cycle. ZDF has broadcast Europe’s top tier club football competition since 2011, in tandem with pay-TV broadcaster Sky Deutschland, which renewed its deal earlier in the week. The new deal, signed between the broadcaster and Uefa’s agency […]
Internet TV streaming service Aereo has filed a brief with the US Supreme Court saying that it will now not oppose an action brought by a range of broadcasters which petitioned the Court to overturn a denied injunction. In a statement, Aereo Founder and CEO Chet Kanojia said: “We have decided to not oppose the […]
The BBC is to launch five new subscription-free HD channels on December 10th. The new channels: BBC Three HD, BBC Four HD, BBC News HD, CBeebies HD and CBBC HD will be available on Freeview HD, Freesat HD, YouView, Sky HD and Virgin Media. Viewers will also be able to catch-up on HD programmes from […]
South Africa’s Cabinet has approved a number of amendments to the Broadcasting Digital Migration Policy relating mainly to whether the set-top boxes required to achieve the migration should have a control system or not. Among the criteria used to decide on this were the following: the need for speed on digital migration, especially to release […]
Internet TV streaming service Aereo has revealed plans to launch its online television technology in the Baltimore metropolitan region on December 16th. The Baltimore metro area includes 11 counties across Central Maryland. Aereo’s announcement follows its expansion earlier this year to the Boston, Atlanta, Miami, Salt Lake City, Houston, Dallas, Detroit and Denver metropolitan areas. […]