Global film and television studio Miramax and multichannel broadcaster UKTV have reached a licensing agreement under which a number of the studio’s hit films will be made available to UKTV subscribers across its basic pay and DTT channels in the UK and Ireland. “UKTV has a proven record of delivering high-quality feature films to its […]
Data from the MAVISE TV database developed by the European Audiovisual Observatory shows that in the context of national economic crises and competition from new modes of content delivery, the development of television channels in Europe remains stable. At the beginning of 2012, the MAVISE database contains information on a total of 8,900 television channels. […]
Richard Hooper –a former Deputy Chairman of Ofcom – has published his diagnostic report on how fit for purpose is copyright licensing for the digital age. Hooper was appointed by Business Secretary Vince Cable to lead an independent feasibility study into a Digital Copyright Exchange (DCE) on 22 November. The report is based evidence collected […]
Brian Cox – who has brought astronomy to a new audience with his TV shows in recent times – has launched an iPad app. The app, branded Brian Cox’s Wonders of the Universe, is by book publisher HarperCollins which struck a deal with the BBC to include footage from Cox’s TV shows Wonders of the […]
For the first time Microsoft says that Xbox Live members are now spending more time watching TV, music and films on the Live platform, than playing multiplayer games. Microsoft has revealed that Xbox Live Gold members in the US are now spending an average of 84 hours per month accessing content through apps on Xbox […]
Channel 5 is to launch its TV catch-up Demand 5 to Android devices, connected TVs and the PS3 this summer. The broadcaster says it has seen viewing across Demand 5 double over the past 12 months. James Tatam head of digital said syndication remains a core part of its strategy, and has helped drive “huge” […]
Disney studios have made transactional video-on-demand deals with online video services YouTube and Google Play in the UK. These first deals in Europe mean that users can buy or rent movies. “This launch will offer UK viewers further choice and flexibility in how they enjoy our must-see films at home or on the move – […]
In Australia, News Corp’s pay-TV platform Foxtel has denied any involvement in promoting piracy following allegations that a covert unit within NDS set out to sabotage rivals. The Australian Financial Review (AFR) had reported that a unit within News Corporation hacked smartcards of Austar – a competitor to the partly News Corporation-owned Foxtel. The allegations […]
England is the only one of 53 European countries still to sign a final agreement with Uefa over broadcast rights. Uefa has not finalised an agreement with the Football Association (FA) over selling the rights on a pan-European basis – and the European body plans to go to tender in two weeks. The FA signed […]
The Mad Men season five premiere drew an audience of close to 100,000 for Sky Atlantic on Tuesday evening – up 300 per cent on the slot average for the channel. Season four’s first episode, which aired on BBC4 in September 2010, had 355,000 viewers. The much-hyped US drama, which debuted with a double episode, […]