Rupert Murdoch has vowed not to make a new bid for BSkyB after the division of News Corp, saying he would focus his media empire on the US because “the English” had made him unwilling to invest any further in the UK. The News Corp chairman’s outburst came in an American television interview with Bloomberg […]
Sony’s recently appointed CEO Kazuo Hirai told shareholders at Sony’s AGM in Tokyo that the electronics giant’s turnaround plan would work, helped by new products such as Sony’s new Xperia smartphone, gaming and digital imaging, plus a newly established medical division. Hirai explained that group sales would expand by about one third to more than […]
Google is getting help from shock jock Howard Stern to revive its Internet TV software, which has languished since its debut 19 months ago. Sirius XM will make all of its programming, including Howard Stern, available on Google TV, through a new app that will let listeners pause live programmes and play back up to […]
Espial, a specialist in on-demand TV software and solutions, has appointed Philip Poulidis as its new vice president of Smart TV. In his new role, Poulidis will lead Espial’s Smart TV initiatives, enabling consumer electronics vendors to add TV Web browsing, interactive TV content and applications, as well as over-the-top web video to devices such […]
Jana Bennett, President of Worldwide Networks and the Global BBC iPlayer, has decided to leave BBC Worldwide in late autumn following implementation of a major reorganisation of the company, as BBC Worldwide reconfigures the business from divisional to geographic lines. As a result, P&L ownership will move from the existing global divisions to a number […]
Chris Shaw, executive vice president of sales and marketing for Cobalt Digital, manufacturer of award-winning 3G/HD/SD-SDI conversion gear for broadcast environments, has announced the appointment of Gencom Technology as Master Distributor for the Southeast Asia region. “As our customer base expands in Souteast Asia, we recogniwe the need for a strong, local presence,” states Shaw. […]
Mark Thompson, the outgoing director-general of the BBC, is said to have held talks with the New York Times Company with a view to becoming the US publisher’s next CEO. Thompson is due to step down from the BBC after the Olympic and Paralympic Games end in London this summer. The job of chief executive […]
Despite an upbeat note being sounded by an earlier panel debate at the Future of Entertainment Summit in London, Rob Salter, Category Director of Entertainment for UK supermarket giant Tesco, has suggested that the UltraViolet digital locker ecosystem will not be implemented any time soon by his company, describing the ecosystem as “too complicated” for […]
Founded in December of 2011, the Connected TV Marketing Association (CTVMA) was established to serve as the trade body of the Connected TV industry, helping facilitate the emerging commercial opportunities of the platform. With business initiatives flourishing in the space, the CTVMA has been rapidly setting forth their planned and future endeavors along with a […]
Mike Fries, President and CEO of Liberty Global, has said that German cable needs scale if it is to compete against other market players, many of whom are “twenty times larger”. “Cable is small,” Fries told ANGA Cable TV Summit delegates, when asked to comment on redundancies arising following the Unity Media/KBW merger. “Pulling companies […]