Broadcast specialist Vision247 has confirmed the expansion of its UK connected FreeviewHD package of channels with the inclusion of global Christian broadcaster, GOD TV. This new channel further expands Freeview’s faith based programming following the successful delivery by Vision247 of Christian TV on Channel 228, and Muslim programming on Vision TV Network 2, on channel […]
Going round the bars will now be easier with the launch of Tapas TV channel, the first TV station dedicated to the famous Spanish tapas that will be available soon on all platforms (satellite, cable, DTT, mobile TV and the Internet). The Tapas TV channel will have programming entirely dedicated to tapas, showing how they are made, […]
beIN SPORT, the new independent 24-hour global network dedicated to live and exclusive coverage of the world football and international sports, has announced it will be carried by Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks. Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks will offer the network in English and a separate network in Spanish on […]
CBS Corporation and Internet subscription streaming service Netflix have extended their international licensing agreements to stream select CBS Corporation shows in Canada, Latin America, the UK and Ireland. Terms of the agreements were not disclosed. As part of the extended agreements, Netflix members in each of these territories will enjoy previous seasons of Showtime’s Dexter […]
Dreamworks Animation has confirmed it will launch a number of branded kids channels internationally and use Fox as global distributor. Chief executive Jeffrey Katzenberg said that it would look to partner with Fox to launch a Dreamworks channel. “They are a very, very, very strong, powerful force internationally in TV distribution. I think they have […]
Kim Dotcom has confirmed plans for Mega, a service to replace his shut down file-sharing website Megaupload. Mega is expected to use encryption methods which will mean only users will know what they are uploading. Dotcom is awaiting a decision in March whether Dotcom should be extradited from New Zealand to the US to face […]
Hurricane Sandy generated more than a half-billion page views during Monday’s bad weather in the USA. It came from some 450 million page views on the channel’s various mobile and on-line sites, as well as another 298 million page views on Weather.com, a sister-site. The numbers were records for the channel, and were double those […]
US consumer electronics trade association the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) has confirmed it is joining an ‘amicus brief’ in respect of the ongoing copyright violation case involving online television service Aereo. Stating that the CEA is filing the brief on the side of ‘disruptive innovation’, Gary Shapiro, president and CEO of the CEA said the […]
UK viewers could soon watch post-watershed programmes before 9pm under proposals being put forward by a lobbying group for cable and satellite broadcasters. Peak-time shows are currently not allowed to be shown before the watershed, unless they are cut to remove swearing, violence and sex. However, pay-per-view programmes and content on premium film subscription channels […]
Global Smart TV provider NetRange, in cooperation with sports rights agency Sportfive, has secured the exclusive global rights to broadcast qualifying matches for the 2014 football World Cup live on Smart TV. Effective immediately, over 140 meetings between the European national teams will be broadcast via the “Qualifiers 2014” app. All matches will subsequently be […]