MoMedia International, a digital distributor of VOD services backed by Endemol and Shemaroo Entertainment, an entertainment company from India, have concluded an exclusive five year deal with BT Vision to create and manage Bolly & Beyond, a new South Asian VOD service for the UK.

More than $10bn in advertising disappeared from US media markets in the first six months of this year, according to new data from Nielsen showing a 15.4 per cent year-on-year decline. The study showed sharp differences in the behaviour of different media and product categories, with cable television the only medium on which ad spend […]

ESPN announced it has secured the rights to broadcast the UEFA Europa League for the next three seasons. Formerly known as the UEFA Cup, the UEFA Europa League has a group stage that includes 48 clubs, 10 of which were eliminated in the playoff round of UEFA Champions League qualifiers. The ties will begin on […]

Americans are increasing their overall media consumption, and media multi-tasking is part of the equation, according to data from The Nielsen Company's most recent Three Screen Report. During 2nd Quarter 2009, the number of people watching mobile video increased 70 per cent from last year and people who watch video online increased their viewing by […]

Trender Research, a consumer technology market research and consulting firm, has released a strategic analysis of the over the top (OTT) video industry and its impact on the Pay TV market. The report, entitled "Pay TV and the Growing Over the Top Video Threat", analyses the major trends of online video consumption and how they […]

Spain’s Telefonica is still interested in being a minority partner in the pay-TV group Digital+ the company’s chief operating officer Julio Linares has said. Telefonica previously tabled an offer for Prisa’s Digital+ along with the French group in partnership with Viviendi, but the bid was rejected by Prisa as being too low. Linares said Telefonica […]

SeaChange International, provider of software and hardware solutions for VOD television, has confirmed the acquisition of eventIS Group – a privately owned Netherlands-based company that provides VOD and linear broadcast software and related services to cable television and telecommunication companies primarily in Europe.

From Branislav Pekic in Rome Pay-TV subscribers in Western Europe grew by almost 13 per cent to more than 62 million during the year ending March 2009, or over 36 per cent of total TV households, according to the latest market research by Milan-based e-Media consultancy. The fastest growing platform was IPTV, which was up […]

Time Warner Cable and Verizon plan to test systems to offer shows on the Web to their pay TV subscribers following Comcast's example in the TV Everywhere initiative. Pay-TV companies are concerned that the recession-resistant subscription revenue of cable television could be undermined if cable shows became widely available over the Web, effectively cutting out […]

Talks between TF1 and M6 and pay-TV platforms about carriage of their respective thematic channels have reached a deadlock say reports. DTH operator Canal Plus currently holds exclusive rights to the channels, including Histoire, TV Breizh, Ushuaia TV, Odyssee, Serie Club and Eurosport, for which it pays approximately E60m. The broadcasters have offered their channels […]