French video platform Dailymotion has lost an appeal against unauthorised use of content and ordered to pay €1.38 million to broadcaster TF1. The case concerned a complaint that it had not removed the offending content of Gad Elmaleh’s one man show in 2007 sufficiently quickly. The Court did not agree to TF1’s request demanding all […]
Channel 4 has launced its new TV programme sales website which feature the content the broadcaster offers for sale to other linear broadcasters in the UK and Ireland. The site includes a searchable catalogue together with programme information and links to view programmes via 4oD for screening, enabling broadcaster programming teams to more easily explore […]
America TV and Channel 4 Uruguay will televise live coverage of the FIA Formula E Championship – the electric single-seater car race series inaugurated by motorsport’s governing body – for the upcoming South American races in Uruguay and Argentina. America TV, a free-to-air public channel in Argentina, will broadcast live action of the Buenos Aires […]
Samsung Electronics Co. UK has confirmed the availability of a refreshed and improved Curzon Home Cinema Smart TV App on the Samsung Smart Hub, giving users access to select films, including recently acclaimed titles Joe starring Nicolas Cage, and Ida from director Pawel Pawlikowski, the day they are released in Curzon cinemas. Widening its cinema […]
AOL has acquired Vidible, a specialist in cross-screen video management and exchange platform for buyers and sellers of digital media, for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition further extends AOL’s leadership position in video content management and syndication, and creates the most comprehensive set of video content management tools in the marketplace for creators and publishers. […]
Fox International Channels (FIC), 21st Century Fox’s international multimedia business, continues to extend the distribution of its main TV brands across Africa with the launch of eight FIC channels on the new Nigerian pay-TV platform, African Cable TV (ACTV). The partnership between the two companies increases FIC’s reach in Africa to more than 17.3 million […]
Two men arrested on suspicion of leaking action movie The Expendables 3 online before its official release date have been questioned by detectives from the UK’s Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) and released on bail until May 2015. Detectives from the City of London Police unit arrested a 36 year old man at his […]
BBC Monitoring is reporting that Moscow-based REN TV is to add two more TV channels, REN TV International and Military Secret. According to the company, the international version of REN TV (REN TV International) is a specially licensed version of REN TV specifically designed for a Russian-speaking audience abroad. The content of the channel will […]
Five films distributed by Sony Pictures appear to have been leaked online following a reported cyber-attack on the company last month. The FBI has been called in. Among the titles is a remake of classic film Annie starring Cameron Diaz, which is not scheduled for release until December 19th. The company was reported to have […]
The market is full of rumours that this or that that telephony operator wants to buy, merge or somehow absorb a rival or two, especially if that rival has TV-related assets. Widely talked about are discussions between Vodafone and Liberty Global’s European operations. BT (the former British Telecom, and which used to own cellular operator […]