MTV Networks International (MTVNI), and BSkyB have concluded two agreements which further strengthen the relationship between the two companies. MTVNI has appointed Sky Media as its exclusive advertising sales representative. Under the agreement, Sky Media will manage MTVNI's advertising sales in the UK and Ireland for all its pay TV services across music, kids and […]
Telefónica increased its pay-TV subscriber base by 15% to 2.5 million in the 12 months to the end of September. The bulk of its pay-TV business remains in Latin America where it has over 1.7 million TV customers, up 15.9% year-on-year with operations in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru, and Venezuela. In Spain, the operator […]
Slow subscriber growth hit shares in Sky Deutschland even as the German pay-TV broadcaster reiterated it aimed to be profitable by 2011 after a sweeping restructuring. The company rebranded itself from Premiere to Sky Deutschland in July and launched a huge marketing campaign to win more customers in Europe’s largest TV market. That drive, as […]
MSN Video, Microsoft’s long-form video platform, will come out of its testing phase and be fully available to consumers after Christmas. Ashley Highfield, Microsoft’s managing director and vice- president consumer and online, UK, said he planned a full rollout of MSN Video after Christmas, in response to “a real demand for MSN Video from agencies […]
The number of US broadband households watching premium online content, including movies and TV shows via the Internet, doubled in the last year, according to a study from Parks Associates. Currently over 25 million US broadband households regularly watch full-length TV shows online, while over 20 million watch movies online. It says this shift highlights […]
ITV and Hulu are to sign a deal allowing the platform to distribute full-length ITV shows- some exclusively. As part of the deal ITV will gain an equity stake in Hulu UK, understood to be about 25%. Hulu’s parent company is owned equally by Disney, NBC Universal, Providence Equity and News Corp. ITV is the […]
Dish Network has filed for trademark protection on “TV Everywhere,” which the satellite operator plans to use for its forthcoming Slingbox-enabled set-top box. Dish filed the “TV Everywhere” trademark application with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. Among other things, the filing covers “television transmission services” as well as “providing access to electronic sites for […]
RTL, owner of Channel Five, has reported that revenue declined 6.4 per cent to E1.1 billion in the three months to the end of September. Despite the decline, the pan-European broadcaster and producer – which is majority-owned by German media group Bertelsmann – said that the TV advertising outlook has been improving since late summer. […]
Ofcom has rejected the BBC’s request to introduce encryption to Freeview to limit the illegal copying of high-definition TV shows, until issues raised by organisations including the Open Rights Group are addressed. The BBC is trying to change the Freeview multiplex licence to allow copy protection technology so shows on its HD channel, which will […]
News Corp has confirmed it will launch a free digital terrestrial television channel in Italy next month in a move that will heat up competition with Italy’s Mediaset and state broadcaster RAI. The new Milan-based channel branded 'Cielo', which means 'Sky', will start broadcasting on December 1st on third-party leased bandwidth, reaching 12 million families, […]