A Madrid court is preparing to hear arguments for and against industrial action that could lead to the postponement of next weekend’s La Liga matches. The Spanish professional football league (LPF) have threatened to suspend the 30th round of matches on April 2/3 in an attempt to force the government to scrap a rule that […]
IMS Research estimates that at the end of 2010, 13.2 per cent of the world’s digital pay-TV subscribers were requesting VOD content via their set-top box. The number of pay-TV households using VOD services is forecast to triple over the next five years, from 53.9 million at the end of 2010 to 157.3 million at […]
Time Warner Cable is in a row with networks over who controls the rights to stream live content to consumers’ mobile devices. The spat broke out last week when TWC released an application for Apple’s iPad that lets its customers watch linear programming on the tablet. Users can only watch the live channels while connected […]
A licensee has had a conviction for screening foreign satellite football overturned by the High Court in London. A pub in the Midlands was originally convicted and fined £500 (€600) in June 2009 for showing games using an Arab Radio and Television (ART) Network system, after the case was brought by Media Protection Services (MPS). […]
Asia’s leading satellite operator Asia Satellite Telecommunications (AsiaSat) has revealed that Phoenix TV has signed a contract to distribute a new free to air Cantonese language channel ‘Phoenix Hong Kong’ through its MCPC (Multiple Channels per Carrier) platform on AsiaSat 3S. Utilising C-band capacity on AsiaSat 3S, located at 105.5oE, and the MCPC and uplinking […]
France’s leading pay-TV operator, Canal+, is to launch a free-to-air channel by the end of the year. The move would create a new competitor to major French broadcasters TF1 and M6 at a time when TV advertising is slipping in favour of digital and online ads. Chief Executive Bertrand Meheut told Le Figaro the channel […]
Two of the OTT and DVD service’s most important content providers have changed their distribution agreements with the company, reflecting growing anxiety about the pace of growth at the DVD subscription and movie streaming company. Showtime, the pay-TV service owned by CBS, this said it would remove all of its first-run programming from Netflix’s streaming […]
Channel 4 and energy giant E.On are to co-fund a major cross- platform series called Future Family. The show will centre around a real-life family which lives in a house furnished entirely with energy-saving gadgets and technologies. The five-part series will follow the practicalities of the various energy-saving inventions, which will include futuristic kitchen appliances, […]
Discovery Networks International has confirmed that TLC International will be available in the Netherlands on July 4th with full distribution across analogue and digital TV platforms reaching 7 million homes. The announcement marks the one-year anniversary of the global launch of TLC International, the company’s new flagship entertainment and lifestyle network, which is now available […]
One of the star attractions of Sky Atlantic has been delayed. The fifth series of the critically acclaimed US drama Mad Men could be held up until next year because of a financial dispute. AMC, the US cable network which broadcasts the show, has so far failed to strike a deal for the new season […]