China Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), China’s national operator of CMMB mobile TV, CBC general manager Sun Chaohui revealed that CBC and China Mobile will officially launch mobile phone TV service in early February. CBC and China Mobile signed an agreement to cooperate by promoting CMMB service on TD-SCDMA handsets in May of last year. Although CMMB-enabled […]
Satellite broadcaster BSkyB has reported strong second quarter results and confirmed that it will launch Sky 3D, Europe's first dedicated 3D TV channel, this April. As part of the final preparations for the launch, and to preview the service, Sky will become the first TV company anywhere to broadcast a live 3D TV sports event […]
From Colin Mann in London One of the longest-running broadcasting appointments sagas has been resolved with the news that Adam Crozier, currently Chief Executive of Royal Mail Group, is to take over as Chief Executive of ITV later this year. Crozier also worked for advertising agency Saatchi and Saatchi from 1988, becoming joint chief executive […]
International cable operator Liberty Global has completed the previously announced E3.5 billion deal to acquire Unitymedia, Germany's second largest cable operator. Gene Musselman, President and Chief Operating Officer of UPC Broadband, will serve as acting Managing Director of Unitymedia in addition to his European role. The move sees Parm Sandhu, current Chief Executive Officer of […]
Existing law would prevent Comcast from denying satellite TV providers and other rivals access to NBC Universal programming on reasonable terms once the cable TV operator takes control of the media company, Comcast’s chief executive Brian Roberts has said. Satellite companies such as DirecTV and smaller cable companies fear that if regulators approve Comcast’s plan […]
The Indian government has accepted the recommendations made by telecom regulator TRAI to hold a bidding process for issuing licences for offering mobile TV services. It has also been decided to allow operators to decide on the technology to be deployed for offering the service. “The methodology for grant of licence through closed tender system […]
ASSOCHAM (The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India) has urged Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee to withdraw five per cent Customs Duty on STBs in Budget proposals for 2010-11 to provide support to the DTH industry. Customs Duty on STBs had been exempted in 2006 to provide impetus to industries involved in digitisation […]
BSkyB has won a five-year legal action against Electronic Data Systems (EDS) for deceit, negligent misrepresentation and breach of contract. The UK Courts found that EDS had lied to Sky in order to secure a contract as part of the company's investment in a new customer relationship management system. In summer 2000, Sky appointed EDS […]
Roku, the television set-top box maker spun off by Netflix, is planning to raise $30 million in private funding this quarter and may sell shares to the public next year, Chief Executive Officer Anthony Wood said. The company, which lets customers stream movies from Netflix and Amazon.com on their TVs, along with music from Pandora […]
Central European Media Enterprises (CME) is in the final stage of acquiring News Corp’s Bulgarian broadcaster bTV for about E500 million, according to reports. The deal is expected to be completed towards the end of February.