Music channels NME TV and Bliss are joining the Freesat line up. Freesat’s Head of Channels, Mark Briggs said, “The launch of NME TV and Bliss are fantastic additions to the Freesat music genre, reflecting even more diversity and choice for Freesat customers. In other genres, Freesat customers also enjoy more great subscription-free channels from […]
Comcast and Time Warner have signed a long-term agreement that provides Comcast digital cable customers with access to TV shows and movies from Turner Broadcasting System, networks, including TNT, TBS, CNN, HLN, truTV, Turner Classic Movies, Cartoon Network and Adult Swim. The content will appear shortly after initial airing at no additional cost to Comcast’s […]
National tourism agency VisitBritain has launched an online TV channel that will stream major events live, including the Royal Wedding. The company has partnered with GeoCast TV to create visitbritain.tv. Viewers will also be able to see video coverage of the 2012 Olympics and Paralympic games. The tie-up is aimed at encouraging tourists to pick […]
Four groups have ‘friended’ ivi.tv, the Seattle company streaming TV signals online without broadcasters’ consent. Public Knowledge and three other organisations filed an amicus brief with the US District Court in New York backing ivi.tv. The streamer is the subject of a copyright infringement lawsuit brought by broadcasters seeking to shut it down. Public Knowledge, […]
Ofcom will review some parts of the much criticised Digital Economy Act, which was rushed through parliament by the previous Labour government before the general election in May, to see if they are feasible, the UK government has confirmed. Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has asked the communications regulator to assess whether the Act’s reserve powers […]
Consumer expenditure on entertainment content is expected to have reached close to $320 billion worldwide last year, with online and mobile media segments experiencing the largest percentage growth. Research carried out by Futuresource Consulting indicates that consumer expenditure on online entertainment grew by around 23 per cent, while expenditure on mobile media grew by more […]
Research from ecommerce platform and strategic ecommerce consulting firm Elastic Path Software has revealed that a surprisingly large portion of online video viewers (75 per cent) are willing to pay for certain content, while 40 per cent have paid to access online content in the past year. Gen Ys (18 to 34 year olds) are […]
A study carried out by brand and trademark monitoring firm Envisional found that 23.8 per cent of global Internet traffic involves digital theft, with BitTorrent accounting for almost half (11.4 per cent). And traffic numbers for the United States, showed that over 17 per cent of the US Internet traffic is estimated to be infringing, […]
Viasat Broadcasting will launch three new HD channels in Sweden at the beginning of March. First out is Viasat’s core brand – TV3 – which will be available also as TV3 HD on March 1st. The premium sports channels Viasat Fotboll and Viasat Motor will get their HD versions on 10 March. TV3 HD will […]
Dailymotion, the world’s second largest video site, has announced the integration of the Livestation multi channel service. The news service will enable Dailymotion users to access the international news channels available on the Livestation service directly from the Dailymotion website