BT Sport will show Rio Ferdinand’s testimonial match live on its new sports channels and the match can also be watched online worldwide, following an agreement with the player and Streamworks International. The game between Manchester United and Sevilla at Old Trafford on August 9th will be made available at www.riotestimonial.com in as many as […]
Spanish pay-TV is outperforming FTA TV in terms of revenues. For the first time in its history, pay-TV turnover exceeded FTA TV revenues in 2012, according to the annual report from the CMT, the Telecommunications Market Commission. Total pay TV turnover amounted to €1.7 billion in 2012 surpassing FTA TV revenues of €1.6 billion. Pay-TV […]
Portugal’s Competition Authority has recommended more free-to-air TV channels on DTT, both public and private, as well as national and regional. In a report on the state of the DTT market in Portugal, the Authority concludes that the current channel offer is “manifestly beyond the means” of potential operators and it recommends evaluating the interest […]
Freeview’s research into consumer views and attitudes about television reveals that viewers believe in subscription free television. The research finds that 90 per cent of Brits say the main Freeview channels should be free for everyone to access – a percentage that is similar among those who currently subscribe to pay TV like Sky (90 […]
As the tournament reaches its final stages, the BBC has announced it will broadcast selected matches from this year’s Wimbledon Championships live in 3D to homes across the UK, as part of the BBC’s two-year trial experimenting with 3D production and distribution. The matches included in the trial coverage will include: The Ladies’ Singles semi-finals […]
A study into how people watch TV has revealed some key differences between watching TV live and on-demand and between different types of VoD. It has also explained why live viewing continues to thrive alongside VoD. The study – Screen Life: TV in demand – was commissioned by Thinkbox, the marketing body for commercial TV […]
The forthcoming film release – A Field in England – is coming out simultaneously July 5th in the cinema, on DVD, Freeview and Video on Demand, the first British film to do so. The English Civil War-set film was commissioned by Film4.0, with Film4, Picturehouse Entertainment, 4DVD and Film4 Channel partnering for this ‘watch-it-where-you-want’ experiment. […]
Internet TV streaming service FilmOn has reacted to a lawsuit filed in March by a group of broadcasters by filing its response and a counterclaim. FilmOn founder Alki David is seeking a declaratory judgement that providing technology that allows consumers to receive free over-the-air broadcast signals via the Internet is not a violation of TV […]
Internet TV streaming service Aereo is to launch its technology in the Chicagoland area on September 13th, continuing the company’s nationwide rollout. The expansion to Chicago will cover 16 counties across Illinois and Indiana. Aereo’s technology is currently available to consumers residing in the New York City, Boston and Atlanta designated market areas (DMA). “There’s […]
Ralph Rivera, the BBC’s Director, Future Media, has suggested that the Internet needs to become a creative platform to build on the early successes of broadcast and online convergence. “The Internet as a distribution platform needs to shift to be the Internet as a creative platform,” he said during a keynote address at the IEA […]