Virgin Media has partnered with Spotify to offer its customers the streaming service via its web, TV and mobile offering. The long-awaited partnership is the first deal Spotify has done with an Internet service provider. The streaming service will be integrated into Virgin’s web and mobile offering using the same price brackets of £4.99 and […]
By 2014 consumer spend on digital content will reach nearly $52 billion, accounting for 46 per cent of total global spend across media. This compares with the 24 per cent share in 2010. “While packaged media is declining, it certainly isn’t falling off a cliff,” explained Futuresource Senior Analyst, Mai Hoang. “The decline in packaged […]
ESPN has bought the live US media rights to screen Wimbledon tennis in a $400 million deal, becoming the first non FTA to win the rights to the tournament. The 12-year deal ends NBC’s 43-year run of broadcasting the Championships in the US. ESPN’s winning bid will be a big blow to Comcast, NBC’s new […]
Netgem its new software solution, the @Cloud. This innovation enables operators to meet customers’ demand for a simple and consistent access to all content, including live TV and video on demand, from any connected device within the home. Monaco Telecom, Netgem’s partner in innovation, will be the first to deploy this new offer. Taking into […]
Food Network UK has launched a four-hour primetime programming block on Freeview – it will broadcast the network’s premium food entertainment content to more than 22.6 million homes on Channel 49 during the key primetime slot of 18:00 – 22:00. Food Network UK offers a combination of credible cooking, new ideas and high-energy lifestyle entertainment […]
Ed Vaizey, the UK Minister for Culture, Communications and the Creative Industries, has criticised the continued legal action by ISPs BT and TalkTalk in respect of implementing aspects of the Digital Economy Act. Vaizey, in a keynote speech at the Intellect Consumer Electronics Conference in London, noted that in cross-industry discussions his department had facilitated […]
Although soon-to-be-released figures suggest that video consumption has slipped into third place in terms of consumer spend behind cable and satellite subscriptions and ISP subscriptions, Lavinia Carey, Director General of the British Video Association contends that with appropriate actions, the sector’s position can be restored. Participating in the Industry Leadership Debate on ‘Owning a slice […]
Germany’s ProSieben Group has extended its HDTV offering over Austria with 4 HD channels dedicated to the Austrian market. Pro7 is using a newly-leased transponder on SES Astra to carry the channels. The new channels are HD versions of existing standard-definition services: SAT.1 Österreich HD, ProSieben Austria HD, kabel eins austria HD and PULS 4 […]
State broadcasters ZDF and ARD have been awarded the German broadcast rights for the 2014 and 2016 Olympic Games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has confirmed. “ARD and ZDF have acquired the broadcast rights across all media platforms, including free-to-air television, subscription television, internet and mobile,” the IOC said in a statement. This was the […]
Universal Networks International (UNI) has confirmed that E! Entertainment Television, the Hollywood entertainment and celebrity lifestyle channel, has launched in the Philippines through a carriage agreement with SKYCABLE, the leading pay TV provider in the country. E!’s content will now be consolidated in one place, initially available to SKYCABLE Gold and Silver digital subscribers. The […]