Jana Bennett, president of BBC Worldwide Networks and Global BBC iPlayer, has confirmed that the Global iPlayer app, currently in trial phase on the iPad, is to extend to further Apple devices She told delegates at the Digital TV World Summit in London that from December 8th, the app will be available on the iPhone […]
French financial newspaper Les Echos says that Qatar-based Al Jazeera Sports has – bizarrely – won the French broadcasting rights for the 2012-2015 Champions League football games. Al Jazeera outbid Canal Plus, says the newspaper. Still to be sold, however, are the TV rights to 13 so-called premium Champions League games each year – including […]
Freesat is adding a range of channels from Channel 5 to the platform, effective immediately: Channel 5+1 , 5 USA , 5 USA+1 , 5* and 5*+1 . Freesat viewers will be able to watch comedy, sport, classic American action movies and popular dramas on 5 USA, whilst the addition of 5* to the service […]
Cox Communications has announced that many of its customers in the US can now use their iPad as an additional screen to watch live, streaming video in their home at no additional charge. The Cox TV Connect application includes access to national cable television channels that offer a variety of news and entertainment programming. The […]
Rogers Communications has confirmed that the Rogers On Demand app on Xbox 360s in Canada will be coming to the Xbox LIVE dashboard this Christmas. The app is the first time Rogers On Demand will be available on a gaming console. The app, free for Rogers customers, will include over 1,000 hours of video content […]
Microsoft has announced a major update for Xbox 360 consoles. It has signed up 40 media firms to provide both live and on-demand movie and TV services for the console. The update also lets people control their TVs by talking into the Kinect motion-control. The most noticeable change made by the update will be to […]
Watch with eBay is a new feature in eBay’s iPad app that lets users buy items related to the programme they’re currently viewing. “The idea is to provide a new form of TV watching entertainment that includes the possibility of shopping and discovering interesting products people never would have discovered otherwise,” said Steve Yankovich, vice […]
Following confirmation that a bipartisan group of US House and Senate lawmakers had released a draft proposal to address their concerns over controversial House and Senate anti-piracy bills comes news that a senior executive of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) is to “come forward” with language for the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act’ […]
People across the Middle East have increasingly turned to the BBC during the Arab revolts, prompting a record rise in audiences. Research from the Broadcasting Board of Governors’ International Audience Research Programme (IARP) shows that overall audiences to the BBC’s Arabic services have risen by more than 50 per cent to a record high of […]
Chellomedia’s premium Dutch sports TV channel, Sport1, has again secured the broadcasting rights for the Spanish Primera División football – which will also be broadcast exclusively on Sport1 for the coming three seasons. The broadcasting rights include both live games and edited highlights for television and online. For each Primera División round, Sport1 will broadcast […]