From Colin Mann in Amsterdam Rich media specialist Akamai Technologies has revealed that trend research conducted with attendees of this year's IBC2008 shows that 82 per Rich media specialist Akamai Technologies has revealed that trend research conducted with attendees of this year's IBC2008 shows that 82 per cent of European broadcast organisations have plans to […]

All3Media International, the producer has struck a major online distribution deal to make its programmes available via video service BlinkBox. The deal will see 56 BlinkBox, the online video service that fashions itself as a cross between iTunes and Facebook, will provide all of All3Media’s content free of charge using an ad-supported model. The company […]

Tesco Digital is in talks with content providers including BBC Worldwide, ITV Worldwide and Fremantle Media to launch TV and film content via its digital Tesco is understood to be negotiating direct deals with content providers rather than via a third-party aggregator. One TV company said the popularity of the Tesco website, coupled with its […]

News Corp has moved to replace outgoing Premiere CEO Michael Börnicke with Mark Williams, a senior News man and one of the company's recent appointments Börnicke is said to have resigned for personal reasons. Earlier this week News Corp COO Peter Chernin said the company was looking to further increase its holding in Premiere, but […]

Morgan Stanley has won the contract to market the prime broadcast spectrum that will become available for sale once all television stations switch from analogue The auction, which could raise up to £5bn (E6.3bn) for the Treasury, will make available up to eight packages of wavelength in a "sweet spot" on the spectrum. About 128Mhz […]

From Colin Mann in Amsterdam Pace plc is demonstrating the first set-top box capable of receiving and displaying DVB-T2 HD content at IBC 2008. Pace's prototype consists Pace plc is demonstrating the first set-top box capable of receiving and displaying DVB-T2 HD content at IBC 2008. Pace's prototype consists of the world's first DVB-T2 front-end […]

Sirius XM has provided its first performance guidance. On the customer side, the company said it expects to end 2008 with about 19.5 million subscribers Sirius XM said it expects to post pro forma revenue of about $2.4 billion in 2008 and revenue of approximately $2.7 billion in 2009. Also, it said it could incur […]

BSkyB has appointed former Burger King executive Andy Brent as its group brand marketing director. Brent will report to BSkyB chief executive Jeremy Darroch and “The Sky brand is a critical factor in our growth,” Darroch said. “Its strength has allowed us to reach out to new customers and to enter new product categories and […]

Microsoft, working with tuner manufacturer Hauppauge Computer Works, has launched the first Freeview-certified, PC-based TV solution. With Windows Media Centre, Microsoft will now be able Freeview support is one of the major Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) enhancements of the Windows Media Center TV Pack. Other enhancements of this update include support for Digital Video Broadcasting-Satellite […]

NBC Universal has confirmed that it will sell advertising time on "several" of its cable networks through the Internet company. The announcement comes 18 months The announcement comes 18 months after Google reached its first deal to broker television ads on behalf of Dish Network. NBCU and Google characterised their ad-selling move as part of […]