MySpace has added more than 1 million new users in the past 30 days, taking it to 25 million registered users and representing a dramatic turnaround for the social network that Rupert Murdoch abandoned eight months ago. The website claims that about 40,000 people a day had signed up to Myspace since it introduced new […]
Granite Broadcasting and Motive Television are forming a joint venture, Broadcast Cloud JV (BCJV), that will pursue the development, implementation, and use of existing broadcast spectrum to provide live television, customised linear TV channels, VoD, and catch-up television directly to portable devices such as iPads, Android tablets and smart phones. In addition, Granite and Motive […]
Red Bull is considering connected TVs as its next major broadcast platform for its host of live-event streaming and video-on-demand content. The brand, which already has a web-based TV channel, redbull.tv, is incorporating connected TVs into the heart of its digital strategy as another key channel to host its content, reports NMA. Red Bull international […]
Google has revealed it will add functionality to the YouTube experience on Google TV, including complete channel pages and the ability to browse by channel. Currently, users can search by topic area, but the search returns individual video results rather than the channels users see on the desktop version of YouTube. Accessed through Google TV, […]
The French Hadopi anti-piracy organisation is beginning to make real progress on alleged pirates. Some 822,000 users (up to Dec 31st) have received ‘warning’ e-mails because they have persisted in downloading copyright films and music content. Multiple offenders have been reported to the courts. As at the end of December 68,343 users had received official […]
AT&T and Starz Entertainment have agreed to a multi-platform, multi-year extension of the Starz-AT&T U-verse TV affiliation agreement. The extension covers Starz Entertainment’s premium channels, HD, on-demand, and authenticated online services. AT&T U-verse TV subscribers currently access 19 Starz Entertainment premium channels and feeds; all 14 distinct Starz and Encore channels (including Encore Espanol, West […]
Sky News Arabia, the rolling 24-7 news channel j-v between BSkyB and Abu Dhabi Media, is undertaking final technical rehearsals in readiness for a “spring” launch. Full studio rehearsals are slated for the end of February. Sky News Arabia is using a fully converted giant studio at twofour54’s broadcasting hub facility in downtown Abu Dhabi, […]
Penthouse Digital Media Productions continues to expand its HD Channel footprint in Europe with the launch of Penthouse HD on Entertain, Deutsche Telekom’s IPTV service in Germany reaching more than 1.6 million customers. The Penthouse HD channel will broadcast daily from 21:00 until 5:00 within the HD Package of Entertain. Deutsche Telekom will also make […]
Chello Central European kids channel Megamax has launched on the UPC Direct DTH platform in Hungary. The channel, available immediately, will reach 1.2 million homes in the country and will also be carried on some cable systems.
South Korea’s leading ISP KT has put itself firmly in the vanguard of network providers that believe service providers must pay for connection to their markets. KT says it will demand a share of the profits companies such as Google and Apple derive from Internet-enabled TV services as network operators. Last week KT took its […]