The shutdown of popular file hosting platform Megaupload.com on January 19th of this year may have resulted in a negative impact on box office revenues, according to an academic study – Piracy and Movie Revenues: Evidence from Megaupload – carried out by the Munich School of Management and Copenhagen Business School. The authors, Christian Peukert […]
A strong digital infrastructure is a key factor in supporting Europe’s cultural and creative sector, according to Neelie Kroes, Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for the Digital Agenda. Speaking at the European Parliament in Brussels to update Culture Committee on the Commission’s work, Kroes said that with Europe facing difficult times, the creative industries […]
ITN, ITV and C4’s news provider, has launched TruthLoader — a YouTube channel that will carry amateur coverage of hotspots around the world and whose investigations will be led by discussion a dedicated discussion group on the Reddit community. TruthLoader is funded by YouTube’s originals programme (which gives UK producers up to £500,000) and brings […]
Netflix and Warner Bros International Television Distribution have agreed an exclusive licensing deal allowing Netflix members in Canada instantly to watch previous seasons of serialised dramas and feature films from Warner Bros. The first two seasons of The Vampire Diaries, the hit teen supernatural drama, are now available on Netflix Canada, with season three following […]
BT has launched a brand new VoD channel on BT Vision dedicated exclusively to the British Museum, the UK’s leading visitor attraction. The on demand channel will be available to all BT TV customers at no extra charge regardless of which package they are on. The channel will show films produced by the British Museum […]
Egypt’s privately-owned Dream TV channel suffered an interruption to its service for a week, restoring transmissions on November 24th. Now, state-backed broadcaster Egyptian Radio & Television Union (ERTU) is demanding that the broadcasts again cease. Cairo’s Administrative Court granted Dream TV permission to resume broadcasts on November 24th pending a full hearing by the court. […]
Brightcove, a global provider of cloud content services, has announced that TVNZ, New Zealand’s national broadcaster, will launch a new TVNZ onDemand catch-up TV app for Apple iOS and Google Android devices using the Brightcove App Cloud mobile app platform. With App Cloud, TVNZ will be able to deliver long-form advertising-supported content experiences to viewers […]
Food Network UK is kicking off the Christmas season this year with a collection of 50 festive, original programming shorts starting November 26. The assortment will feature an inspiring range of recipes, tips and tricks of the trade presented by popular Food Network chefs and some high profile new faces. The programming shorts will run […]
KIT digital’s former CEO Kaleil Isaza Tuzman, who left the business earlier in March, has offered to buy the complete business back at $3.75 a share, valuing the company at some $214 million. In addition, he accused KIT’s current management of deliberately seeking to “scapegoat” the company’s former management, and of wasting cash by moving […]
AMC/Sundance Channel Global has announced carriage deals in Europe that will make Sundance Channel available on leading Pay TV platforms. The network is launching on Digiturk in Turkey, as well as Cyfrowy Polsat and Toya in Poland. This milestone marks the first time Sundance Channel is being made available in Turkey. Bruce Tuchman, President of […]