MTV Networks International (MTVNI), a division of Viacom, and MBC Group, the leading pan-Arab, free-to-air satellite broadcasting company, have confirmed the signing of a multi-platform deal spanning TV, digital media and consumer product rights to Nickelodeon’s renowned portfolio of hit content in the Middle East. Viewers can now tune in to MBC 3, the premier […]
The US Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill that would give US law enforcement more tools to crack down on websites abroad engaged in piracy of movies, television shows and music. The Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act, which has the support of the entertainment industry but has been strongly criticised by digital rights and […]
SES Astra has confirmed that sixx HD will launch in high-definition (HD) quality on HD+ on December 1st. HD+ is SES Astra’s technical platform for the transmission and reception of TV programmes in HD quality via satellite in Germany. sixx HD is a channel of the ProSiebenSat.1 group targeting a female audience. It is the […]
When you are organising the nation’s favourite musical talent show then only the very best audio broadcast equipment and studio solutions will do. That’s why for the seventh year running Talkback Thames have awarded the radio microphone and audio equipment contract for their ratings topping flagship show to broadcast solution specialists Gearhouse Broadcast. In conjunction […]
The proposed legislation to combat Internet counterfeiting that has pitted Hollywood and television networks against Web giants Amazon, Google and Yahoo over how law enforcement authorities should prevent digital theft. The bill, sponsored by Senator Patrick Leahy with the backing of 17 senators, would allow law enforcement to scrap infringing sites by taking down the […]
MTV has launched an app on the Samsung Galaxy tablet. The app will come preloaded on the device and MTV hopes advertisers will want to use the partnership to reach its young audience on another device. The content on the app will include five full-length videos from popular MTV shows. Users will also be able […]
On the heels of buying the BBC out of its international business, Discovery now seems the favourite to buy UKTV from Virgin Media. The channel line up has been on the block for some time, and not for the first time, but reports say the same old problems in closing a deal persist: the complexity […]
ITV’s revenues and profits are resurgent, proving again that it has the world’s simplest business model and that you are just unlucky if you end up running it (or any other FTA commercial channel) in an advertising down turn. But the new management team says it doesn’t want to ride its luck and has set […]
BBC Worldwide has sold its 50 per cent share in its global TV channels joint venture with Discovery for $156 million. The sale comes nearly 12 months after a BBC Trust review said the corporation’s commercial arm should sell its non-BBC branded international channels. The BBC sold its 20 per cent interest in Animal Planet […]
Richard Horwood, once head of Mirror Group newspapers, has talked to government UK advisers about a national channel with multiple local opt-outs. Horwood, who once managed Trinity Mirror Television which included Live TV, is thought to be proposing to launch Channel 6, which would serve 25 million homes with a skeleton of national programming and […]