Virgin Media is adding three extra channels to all its pay-TV subscribers just in time for Christmas, with the immediate launch of Sony Entertainment Television, CBS Action and NDTV. The addition of these new channels further bolsters Virgin Media’s line-up with the launch of 13 new channels this year alone, including eight in HD. Sony […]
Increasingly, people are using their Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii consoles to stream movies and TV shows, according to a survey released by the Nielsen Co. Because all three consoles readily connect to the Internet, viewers can use them to access VoD services like Netflix, Hulu Plus, YouTube and ESPN to watch on their […]
A coalition of nine of the largest Internet companies is backing the Online Protection and Enforcement of Digital Trade (OPEN) Act, the anti-piracy measure proposed last week by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore) and Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif). “We write today to express our support for the legislation you are developing,” states an open letter to […]
The US National Football League has signed record-setting television rights deals with Fox, NBC and CBS that will see the broadcast networks pay a total of nearly $28 billion in fees over nine years. That breaks down to an average of $3.1 billion a year, representing a 63 per cent increase over the $1.9 billion […]
Grey Juice Lab, the expert in content for multiscreen TV and on demand streaming solutions, has announced an exclusive deal with Telecom Argentina to provide a full range of content services for Arnet Play, its newly launched premium video streaming service on STBs and PC devices. Arnet Play, which launched in Argentina in October, will […]
Following the launch earlier in December of an ad campaign in support of support of the Stop Online Piracy Act and the PROTECT IP Act from Creative America, the grass-roots coalition uniting those who value American creativity and innovation in the fight against content theft, a collection of technology industry luminaries is planning a campaign […]
MPAA Chairman and CEO Senator Chris Dodd has reaffirmed the entertainment community’s commitment to both free speech and the fight against criminals who steal online content. In remarks to Washington, DC think-tank the Center for American Progress, Senator Dodd said that creative technology and creative content were “absolutely essential to each other” and that those […]
Police have raided the Australian arm of an alleged global piracy outfit that they say sold A$500 set-top boxes and unlicensed pay TV subscription packages offering 1000 channels for A$90 a month. The police brief alleges that the shop, trading as L&D LED Signs, is part of a global piracy operation worth A$150 million a […]
The BBC has made a deal for Comcast to carry the BBC World News channel, opening the door to wider distribution for the channel within the US. “We’re a global news organization for a globalised world,” Peter Horrocks, the BBC’s director of global news. The channel also believes that the US can be a crucial […]
The war of words continues between the movie lobby and Internet interests over proposed anti-piracy legislation, with Michael O’Leary, Senior Executive Vice President for Global Policy and External Affairs at the Motion Picture Association of America rounding on Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt’s comments delivered at the Economic Club of Washington DC. “Today, Google Executive […]