Avail-TVN, the digital media services company, has announced an expanded, long-term agreement with Stingray Digital, a specialist in interactive music services. The agreement builds on the success of the Karaoke Channel On Demand, owned and operated by Stingray Digital and licensed and delivered exclusively through Avail-TVN. The expanded agreement continues Avail-TVN’s role in providing a […]
Discovery Networks has signed its first 3D deals outside the US with its biggest UK distribution partners Sky and Virgin Media, to provide their customers with access to a range of 3D content. The content deals cover a number of key genres including Natural History, Engineering, Extreme Sports and Crime documentary. The deal includes several […]
Platform ‘n’, Poland’s leading satellite TV platform, will bring Romance TV Polska to its line-up from September 1st. The news marks the 28th HD channel in Platform ‘n’s growing line-up. Its subscribers will be the first to enjoy a mix of romance fiction featuring some of the genre’ best productions and adaptations in high definition. […]
After the failure of Gioco Calcio and Dahlia TV, a third pay-TV operator could challenge the dominance of Sky Italia and Mediaset Premium in the field of Serie A football TV rights. Lega Calcio, the governing body of Italy’s professional football leagues, is seriously considering the possibility of setting up its own pay-TV operation and […]
Applications have dominated the news in the smartphone and tablet worlds for some time but with the advent of ‘smart TVs’ consumers are now rapidly adopting online TV applications that are integrated into their connected TVs with. In-Stat research survey estimates that over 60 per cent of these connected households will use a TV app […]
SmarDTV, a Kudelski Group company, has started shipping its latest SmarCAM-3 CI Plus modules into the Austrian retail markets in collaboration with a number of distribution partners. These modules provide secure access to ORF and pay TV services, as well as all services in the region relaying on the Irdeto Conditional Access. Subscribers can now […]
India multi-system cable operator Asianet has reportedly switched off transmissions from ESPN’s local channel in an argument over carriage fees. Asianet says it is being asked for “unjustifiable commercial terms”. ESPN’s Star Sports channel is directly affected, and is currently the source for the England vs India cricket contest. ESPN’s contract expired back in May […]
Sky Ireland has confirmed that new and existing Sky Sports subscribers will soon have access to even more great sports at no extra cost, as it adds ESPN and ESPN America to its existing dual sports package from 1st August. Followers of the Barclays Premier League will be able to watch 138 live games on […]
CJ HelloVision, Korea’s largest cable provider and subsidiary of conglomerate CJ Media Group, has revealed it will provide its ‘tving’ application for Samsung’s Smart TVs. With this partnership, Samsung’s Smart TV users will be able to easily access the wide array of content on the tving platform, which will start its service in Korea at […]
Horror Channel, the home of horror films and supernatural TV series, will launch in Italy on September 6th. The channel, owned by international broadcaster Chello Zone, will replace Fantasy in the region. Launching on Sky Italia, the channel will be dedicated to the dark side of cinema and TV, with films, series and special events […]