With the annual March Madness college basketball tournament set to get under way, US broadcasters CBS and Turner behind are making it easier than ever for viewers to tune in to games on the web. The pair will next week start broadcasting a string of games culminating in the NCAA men’s basketball championship final on […]
Spanish broadcaster Antena 3 is launching a new app, ‘ANT 3.0’, for Android and iOS smartphones that combines second-screen interactivity with audio watermarking technology from Intrasonics inserted into broadcast shows and adverts. The Antena 3 app, developed by marketing agency La Moderna, will enable audiences to interact directly with TV programmes in a range of […]
The UK government has been given the green light to implement the Digital Economy Act after the final legal challenge by BT and Talk Talk was thrown out at the Court of Appeal. The two ISPs lost their appeal against last year’s judicial review of the government’s anti-piracy legislation on all but one ground. The […]
Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset has announced the launch of a new TV channel dedicated to the estimated 60 million Italians living abroad, and offering a selection of the best programmes aired by terrestrial TV channels Canale 5, Italia 1 and Rete 4. Mediaset Italia will be available from March 7th, both on satellite and cable, […]
Sky Deutschland is readying another batch of HD channels to its portfolio. It has leased an additional satellite transponder from SES (which transmits from 19.2 degrees East) and which takes Sky Deutschland’s total transponder count to eleven. The contract kicks in from June 1st. Wolfgang Elsässer, MD of Astra in Germany, said: “Sky Deutschland has […]
MPAA Chairman and CEO Senator Chris Dodd has suggested that universities should play a role in educating students as to the importance of IP rights and reiterated his belief that the technology and entertainment communities need to work together to address issues of legal access to content. Speaking at the National Association of Attorneys General […]
Jeff Kupsky is standing down from his president/EMEA role at Turner Broadcasting System, after some 31 years with the broadcasting giant. Reports suggest that his decision to retire pre-dated the appointment of former RTL CEO Gerhard Zeiler to president of TBS International last month. Kupsky has been with TBS since 1981, and has been president […]
UEFA has announced the award of media rights for the 2012–15 UEFA Europa League in Belgium to RTL, VRT and Telenet. Free-to-air broadcaster RTL has won the French-language rights to the best match in each kick-off slot every match-week. RTL will show both live matches as well as a highlights programme each match-week on Club […]
blinkx, the advanced video search engine, has formed a partnership with sports media group Perform, owner of one of the largest digital sports rights portfolios in the world. This partnership will give blinkx users access to a wide array of original and high-quality college sports content, allowing fans to keep up with plays and players […]
Sony has confirmed a number of Michael Jackson tracks have been stolen after its website was hacked. In 2010 Sony Music paid $250 million to the late singer’s estate for a seven-year deal for the rights to his remaining songs. The singer, who died in June 2009 at the age of 50, had recorded unreleased […]