Software security and media technology specialist Irdeto is to acquire BayTSP, a search, discovery and anti-piracy company based in Santa Clara, California. Irdeto purchased BayTSP to expand its security portfolio and complement its Irdeto ActiveCloak solution. Following its recent acquisition of BD+ technology from Rovi Corporation, Irdeto suggests the BayTSP deal further demonstrates its commitment […]
The association representing the majority of teams competing in Grand Prix motor racing – Formula One Teams Association (FOTA) – has hired Evolution Media Capital, a boutique investment bank, to assess the value of its media rights before it negotiates a new funding agreement with CVC, the private equity firm that owns the sport, reports […]
Microsoft has recovered access to its You Tube channel after it was hacked over the weekend. Graham Cluley of security firm Sophos has reported that Redmond’s YouTube page had been hacked. All of Microsoft’s videos were taken down and replaced with videos calling on other YouTube users to upload their own or provide sponsorship. While […]
BBC Worldwide has confirmed that all episodes of The Office are now available to purchase and download in the UK, the US, Australia, Canada, France and Germany for the first time on iTunes. The seminal British comedy classic first aired back in 2001, and to date, video viewing of the seminal British comedy classic has […]
DirecTV is threatening to pull the plug on Fox cable networks next week unless a new carriage fee agreement is made. On the DirecTV site, CEO Mike White says that Fox parent News Corp. “has demanded that DirecTV customers pay nearly 40 per cent more for the same channels they already received. If a new […]
Measures to combat illegal accessing and sharing of copyright material online should reflect actual consumer behaviour, rather than impose ‘carrot and stick’ remedies, according to panellists at the Westminster eForum Keynote Seminar on implementing provisions of the the UK’s Digital Economy Act relating to site-blocking and termination of Internet access . Campbell Cowie, Director of […]
Raising public awareness will play a significant role in ensuring the success of digital rights ecosystem UltraViolet, according to panellists at the Digital Hollywood conference in Marina del Rey. “True ownership of purchased content in the digital space, and the ability to use that content mostly anywhere you want, is the message the industry needs […]
Discovery Networks International is launching FTA channel Discovery MAX on January 12th that will be available throughout Spain on the DTT platform on the channel 69 currently occupied by Veo TV. The launch of this new channel on Spain’s DTT is the result of a recent agreement between Discovery Networks and Unidad Editorial in the […]
Modern Times Group (MTG) has acquired the exclusive distribution rights to the National Hockey league (NHL) in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland from Medge Consulting. The rights include, but are not limited to, exclusive live coverage on free-TV, pay-TV and the Internet, until the end of the 2015-16 season. MTG has held rights to NHL […]
The US creative community is coming together in a national effort to protect jobs and American creativity by fighting back against the online theft of TV shows and movies. Creative America, a grassroots coalition formed by labour unions, guilds, studios and networks, has unveiled a nationwide campaign to unite the more than two million Americans […]