Contract Rights Renewal, the rules which dictate how much ITV1 can charge advertisers, will stay for now says the Competition Commission. In its provisional report into CRR the watchdog has proposed “variations” which, for example, could allow ITV1 to capture more commercial impacts, such as rolling in high-definition and time-shifted channels into the definition of […]
A federal judge in the US has ruled that the Digital Millennium Copyright Act’s safe harbour provisions protected Veoh, the video-sharing site – from liability for hosting pirated clips uploaded by users. “The DMCA does not place the burden of ferreting out infringement on the service provider,” the judge said. Universal Music had sued Veoh […]
Channel 4’s £50m (E56.7m) public service digital media investment fund 4iP has engaged business advisory and investment company Pembridge Partners to advise its key projects. Pembridge’s role will be to provide advice to help the projects that 4iP invests in transform from the launch stage to become commercially sustainable businesses with long-term growth potential. The […]
The results of an extensive study titled "Exploiting the digital dividend: a European approach" led by Hogan & Hartson LLP, media consulting firm Analysys Mason, and economics consultancy DotEcon, have been published. The consortium was tasked by the European Commission with ascertaining what coordinated action is needed at the EU level in order to maximise […]
Chile will adopt the Japanese digital television standard ISDB-T, which is high-definition capable, joining neighbouring Peru and Argentina. “Following a rigorous study and consulting with several universities, we have decided to adopt the ISDB-T standard,” President Michelle Bachelet said. Santiago’s decision came after it had also considered US and European standards. Peru adopted the standard […]
SES has confirmed that the public Polish television Telewizja Polska (TVP) will launch a free-to-air platform on Astra. TVP has therefore extended its satellite capacity contracts for the use of two transponders at Astra's main orbital position 19.2 degrees East. TVP has been using this capacity since 2005. TVP is the largest public TV broadcaster […]
Digiturk will launch a push and subscription VOD service on its digital-satellite platform, following a collaboration with four of the leading TV technology suppliers – Irdeto, OpenTV, Pace and TeleIDEA. Using the "highly complex broadcasting solution", subscribers will be able to select, download and store feature films and television shows directly on to their set-top […]
On Demand Group announced another video-on-demand customer in southern Europe, PrimeTel PLC in Cyprus. PrimeTel is the third telco to partner with On Demand Group to develop its IPTV on-demand service since it launched its regional expansion strategy. ODG is providing thousands of encoded video-on-demand titles from the major Hollywood studios and a full range […]
Intelsat, the world's leading provider of fixed satellite services, has confirmed that South African direct-to-home (DTH) television operator, MultiChoice, has signed a long-term, multi-transponder agreement for satellite capacity. The agreement extends and expands MultiChoice's existing contract on the Intelsat 7 satellite at 68.5º E to the follow-on satellite, Intelsat 20 (IS-20), which is slated to […]
Two of the partners in Hulu — News Corp. and NBC Universal hinted at an investor conference that they are investigating the possibility of further monetizing the online video venture, including charging a subscription for the service. “Are we looking at it with a view toward adding subscription services and pay per view? Yes we […]