YouTube is to offer the first of about 25 professionally aggregated linear channels this January. The gossip is that Google is spending a total of about $150 million with the likes of FremantleMedia, Elisabeth Murdoch’s Shine/Reveille group, Warner Bros and others to acquire its programming at a rate of about $5 million per channel – […]
Sesame Street’s YouTube channel has been taken offline after hackers uploaded pornographic videos. A message posted alongside the adult videos stated: “Who doesn’t like porn kids?” The Sesame Street account was taken offline within 20 minutes of the problem being spotted. YouTube said: “Our Community Guidelines prohibit graphic content. As always, we remove inappropriate material […]
ITV has signed a deal to be the lead UK broadcaster of Uefa Europa League games in a three-year deal that ends Five’s coverage of the event. The broadcaster has struck a deal to air the first- and second-pick Europa League games for the 2012/13 to 2014/15 seasons, with ESPN picking up the rights to […]
A leading member of Australia’s Federal Attorney-General’s department is backing the creation of a self-regulated industry code between Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and rights holders to combat piracy issues. A growing number of rights holders, service providers, user groups and copyright experts consider an industry code would be preferable to further litigation or copyright legislation. […]
James Cameron’s Avatar is the most pirated film of all time. Website Torrentfreak.com has compiled a list of the top 10 most downloaded movies, and Avatar came top with 21 million downloads – easily beating The Dark Knight and Transformers by two million downloads. Given the piracy was all in 2D this somewhat undermines the […]
UltraViolet, the technology that bridges a single piece of content to a variety of devices, is unlikely to launch in the UK until the end of 2012, according to Michael Comish, CEO of Internet video streaming service blinkbox. The first US movie title to be released physically with Ultra Violet digital ownership rights – Horrible […]
UK broadcasting regulator Ofcom is understood to be about to take Iranian-backed Press TV off the air. Ofcom on October 13th confirmed that a decision to revoke Press TV’s broadcast licence is imminent. Press TV has previously been cautioned against what Ofcom sees as a lack of balance in its reporting. However, the main reason […]
Internet video streaming service Netflix is ramping up its TV content inventory by securing a licensing agreement with CBS and Warner Bros. TV allowing US members of Netflix instantly to watch previous seasons of scripted series that air on The CW from its current schedule through the 2014-15 season. As part of this four-year […]
The first Sky 3D content has arrived on the Nintendo 3DS, in the form of a trailer – giving users their first glimpse at Sky’s 3D content on their glasses-free handheld. The one minute video is to promote Sky’s new wildlife show, Meerkats 3D, which debuts on Sky 3D this week. A 3D content deal […]
The BBC says BSkyB should cancel the £10 million a year it charges the corporation for the retransmission of its stations on the DTH platform. There is currently a deal in place for the next five years. Research carried out by consultants for the BBC shows the corporation pays about £10 million a year for […]