MobiTV, the TV apps maker for smart phones, has pulled its initial public offering to raise up to $75 million blaming “unfavorable market conditions”. MobiTV reported an $11.8 million loss last year even though its revenue rose 27 per cent to $85.1 million. MobiTV must compete for customer attention with companies like YouTube and Netflix, […]
Dutch football channel Eredivisie Live is launching its TV everywhere app in August in partnership with cable operator Ziggo. The “Eredivisie Live Go” service will offer users access to all live matches whilst on the move. Eredivisie Live Go will make all live and on-demand programming from the channel available on tablets, smartphones and home […]
A group of broadcasters has appealed a judge’s ruling against closing down Internet video service Aereo. The broadcasters claim that Aereo, which allows New York City customers to stream television channels on their computers and mobile devices, violates copyright law. “We’re confident that on appeal Aereo will be found to be a copyright infringer,” said […]
AEPOC, the European Association for the Protection of Encrypted Works and Services (Association Européenne pour la Protection des Œuvres et services Cryptés) is set to rebrand as AAPA, the new Audiovisual Anti-Piracy Alliance, according to a web post from Sheila Cassells, the Executive Director of the audiovisual anti-piracy trade association. Further details are to follow, […]
BBC Sport has launched an Olympics application for Android and iOS smartphones in the UK. The free app offers up to 24 streams of live events coverage, catch-up coverage and highlights, comprehensive schedule and results pages, and daily news stories which can be saved for offline reading. Phil Fearnley, General Manager BBC News & Knowledge, […]
The European Commission has proposed measures to modernise collecting societies and put in place incentives to promote their transparency and efficiency. Although noting that digital technologies open up opportunities for creators of works, the EC acknowledges that collecting societies struggle to adapt to the requirements of the management of rights for online use of musical […]
At midnight on July 10th, DirecTV withdrew all of Viacom’s music, kids and comedy channels from its system. DirecTV is refusing to pay increased carriage fees for the likes of MTV, VH-1. Nickelodeon and Comedy Central. DirecTV, in a statement, says Viacom wants 30 per cent more, worth more than $1 billion a year. Viacom’s […]
Pay-TV companies are struggling to keep up with video experiences enabled by connected TVs and iPads, according to analyst firm ABI Resesarch. Their situation, caused by a slow-moving business model, as well as serving less technically savvy consumers, is exacerbated by suffering a hardware disadvantage as they rely on set-top boxes that are typically a […]
According to a market report published by Transparency Market Research, the global mobile content market was worth $6.5 billion in 2011 and is expected to reach $18.6 billion in 2017, growing at a CAGR of 19 per cent from 2011 to 2017. Mobile games are expected to be the largest market segment at $11.4 billion […]
France Télévisions has confirmed it will broadcast the 2012 London Olympics in 3D. France Televisions will launch a channel devoted to 3D transmissions via Orange TV. The service, branded francetvsport 3D, will have daily coverage of the Olympic games in 3D. In total, over 200 hours of 3D footage will be broadcast. The channel 333 […]