Mike Volpi, less than a week after stepping down as CEO of the struggling Joost, has surfaced as a partner at venture capital firm Index Ventures. Index was one of the investors in the $45 million round for Joost, which helps explain why Volpi is staying on as chairman while the company, which failed to […]

The European Commission has adopted a new Communication on state aid for the funding of public service broadcasters. The new Communication replaces the Commission's 2001 Broadcasting Communication. The main changes include an increased focus on accountability and effective control at the national level, including a transparent evaluation of the overall impact of publicly-funded new media […]

Globecomm Systems, provider of satellite-based communications infrastructure solutions, has announced that the company has appointed Keith Hall as President and Chief Operating Officer. Hall will assume the overall responsibilities for both the infrastructure and service operations of the company. Over the last six years, Hall has led the service sector of Globecomm's business, increasing growth […]

Joost the much-hyped OTT video provider is dropping its consumer proposition and reinventing as a "cost-effective" white-label video provider. Along the way it is cutting many staff possibly preparing for a sale as a technology company rather than an entertainment platform. Mike Volpi its high profile CEO is stepping down although will remain as chairman. […]

YouTube confirmed that Steve Chen, a co-founder and most recently YouTube's chief technology officer, was no longer working at the company. Chen left some time ago to work on unspecified engineering projects at its parent, Google. YouTube said: "Steve shifted his focus to help with some Google engineering projects. He's still involved with YouTube and […]

Telairity has confirmed the appointment of Ben Silva, an IP video industry veteran and award-winning entertainment and media industries executive, to the position of vice president of sales for communications, media and entertainment. Telairity is a supplier of real-time MPEG-4 video compression solutions for broadcasting, backhaul, IPTV, and related markets.

Trading blows over Ofcom's plan to regulate pay-TV market prices has started. Mike Darcey, the chief operating officer at BSkyB, has accused public service broadcasters, industry regulators and politicians of breeding a “culture of dependency” that has failed to allow the UK TV industry to explore new business models. Darcey told the Institute of Economic […]

Setanta’s founders and MCD boss Denis Desmond are expected to take full control of the sports giant’s Irish business after agreeing a buyout with original investors, including Doughty Hanson and Goldman Sachs. The deal comes as secured debt holders, who are owed E220 million by Setanta, consider fresh “commercial terms” offered by the Irish team. […]

U.S. Supreme Court handed Cablevision a victory in its remote storage DVR fight when as expected, it refused to hear arguments in the case, instead deferring to a lower court’s decision that the DVR service does not leave cable providers liable for content owners’ copyrights. Cablevision called the decision, which paves the way for a […]

Pace, independent developer of digital TV technologies for the global payTV industry, has appointed Scott Sheldon as Chief Strategy Officer. Sheldon will join the Pace Executive team to drive development of the Group's future strategy in the global market for digital TV technology. Sheldon joins Pace from N M Rothschild & Sons where he was […]