Multi-screen video software specialist SeaChange International and media content technology and solutions provider Civolution have agreed an integration and distribution collaboration to offer NexGuard forensic watermarking for premium video-on-demand (VoD), critical for cable operators looking to launch Home Premiere services, as mandated by the Hollywood studios to grant access to early window content. Paul de […]
ESPN Star Sports (ESS), Asia’s biggest sports content provider, has secured live and exclusive rights to broadcast the Spanish La Liga for the 2012/13 to 2014/15 seasons, on multiple distribution platforms in 18 markets across Asia. The acquisition allows for exploitation in standard and HD television, as well as via online and mobile platforms. The […]
New research says that fewer than half of the 11 million 3DTV-ready homes in the UK in 2016 will be active and regular users of 3DTV content. In 2010, almost 90 per cent of homes with 3D-ready sets were ‘active’ users, according to the research. This much higher proportion results from early-adopters being significantly more likely […]
A computer science student from the UK faces extradition to the US on copyright infringement charges. Richard O’Dwyer, 23, appeared before Westminster magistrates as part of the extradition process and was bailed. As a condition of his bail, O’Dwyer, must not access the website or register another domain name. The accusations relate to a website […]
Discovery Networks is launching its Investigation channel in Holland – just one week after AETN brought the Crime & Investigation Network to the country. Investigation Discovery will launch in Holland on July 1st, taking the place of the Travel and Living channel, which is currently available to digital TV subscribers in the region. AETN also […]
BravaHDTV, the pan-European opera and culture HD channel, has been added to the HD TV packages of the French ADSL-provider Orange, as part of its new “Musique Classique” package. It is the latest strategic addition to BravaHDTV’s footprint in France, which besides Orange now includes the ADSL operators Bouygues Telecom, SFR and FREE/Alice, the cable […]
A study released by NPD and commissioned by the Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing (CTAM) shows that movies still rank as the consumer favourite in the 3DTV viewing experience, with 93 per cent of 3DTV owners reporting they had watched 3D movies at home. This unsurprising finding is in line with 2010 findings, where […]
The US Senate Judiciary Committee has approved a measure that would make illegal streaming of video over the Internet a felony offence in some cases, and has sent the proposed legislation to the full Senate. The Bill, S. 978, would make illegal video streaming for commercial purposes a felony punishable by as much as five […]
Modern Times Group (MTG) has acquired the exclusive broadcasting rights in Sweden for the XXII Olympic Winter Games in 2014, and the Games of the XXXI Olympiad in 2016. The rights include, but are not limited to, broadcast coverage on free-TV, pay-TV, mobile and the Internet. A minimum of 100 hours of coverage from the […]
LBC America, a special TV channel tailored for Lebanese and Arab expats living in North and South America, is being transmitted over the web as part of the ‘myTV’ portfolio ofIinternet channels. LBC America carries the best of LBC’s output plus music and movies from Rotana’s archive of material. LBCI Chairman Pierre El Daher said:” […]