Video rights management specialists MyVideoRights has received a funding injection of £2.75 million, (€3.15m) and is re-branding to Base79. The cash injection was led by MMC Ventures, and will assist the firm’s international expansion. Based in London and New York, the company manages content for companies and artists including the Football Association, Mr Bean and […]
Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN), the world’s largest religious broadcaster, has confirmed launch of iTBN, a new 24/7 online service that brings the best of TBN’s programming – past and present – to one convenient website. In addition, iTBN includes on-demand viewing categories for Christian music, shows for teens and much more. It even allows viewers […]
Getting its defence in early, Google has said it would be unworkable for it to block entire sites. In a speech to the Royal Television Society on Wednesday it has been widely trailed that UK culture secretary Jeremy Hunt will call on search engines, ISPs and transaction companies to play a more active role in […]
AOL and RealNetworks, the digital entertainment services company, have formed an agreement in which AOL UK will provide its content to users of RealNetwork’s RealPlayer . RealNetworks says the new offering with AOL will allow it to invest further in its suite of digital products, as well as continuing to innovate and create applications and […]
On Wednesday, Jeremy Hunt, Culture Secretary, is expected to pile on the pressure to ISPs to block pirate sites. He will exhort them to make ‘life more difficult’ for online pirates telling an audience of media executives that internet companies, advertisers and credit card firms should do more to clamp down on alleged rogue websites. […]
Italian news and information channel Class TV MSNBC is relaunching with a new schedule based on hit movies and TV series from the USA, together with a selection of locally produced series. Thanks to an agreement with NBC Universal, ClassTV MSNBC will offer an attractive prime time line-up, including movies from major American directors. The […]
ESPN Star Sports, the official broadcaster and commercial partner of Nokia Champions League Twenty20, has announced a comprehensive line-up of global syndication partners that will showcase the tournament in more than 174 territories worldwide. ESPN Star Sports’ commitment to broaden the popularity of the sport has also ensured that the cricket spectacle will be televised […]
Dutch anti-Internet piracy group Brein has called on electronic payment companies such as PayPal and iDeal to cease processing payments to websites which facilitate illegal file-sharing. “These providers are providing payment services to websites and if these websites are breaking the law, they should not provide these services,” spokesman Tim Kuik told Tweakers.net. Brein also […]
Research by Sycamore Research & Marketing reveals that 72 per cent of Australian consumers say they would stop illegal downloading activities if they received an educational notice from their ISP. The study also revealed that consumers perceive the ISPs as actively encouraging them to share and download illegal content. The national survey asked respondents, aged […]
PlayJam, the TV Social Games Network, has announced that the PlayJam Games Channel will launch in November this year as an app on Panasonic’s VIERA Connect-enabled HDTVs worldwide. The PlayJam Games Channel will bring hundreds of casual games directly into the e connected living room via a single icon located within the main UI of […]