Showtime Networks has launched Showtime Anytime, a broadband video-streaming service that will be free to Showtime subscribers through the network’s cable, satellite and telco affiliates in the US. Showtime Anytime gives subscribers the flexibility to watch more than 400 hours of the network’s programming, hit movies and sports offerings online, whenever and wherever they’d like […]
Racing UK TV will be available via IPTV from next week following a deal between the leading horseracing channel and internet broadcast company Vision IPTV . Race fans can now receive the channel by purchasing a Freeview and Internet SmartBox from FetchTV through a heavily-discounted one-off payment. As a special joining offer, any residential customer […]
Major studios, cable and technology companies announced the launch of an Entertainment Identifier Registry (EIDR) to track movies, TV shows and other. Likening it to the International Standard Book Numbers (ISBNs) system used to identify books, members of the initiative said the registry was developed to make it easier for businesses to search, track and […]
BinWeevils, the immersive 3D online entertainment platform for children, has launched an integrated “social video-on-demand” service which will allow children to watch major TV hits from Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon. Available immediately, members of BinWeevils’ ‘Bin Tycoon’ subscription service will be able to pick from over 200 hours of on-demand TV content and communicate and […]
Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) is announcing its first fully integrated High Definition channel launch with Outdoor Channel throughout Asia and the Pacific. ABS is providing Outdoor Channel with a comprehensive, integrated broadcast solution including content library management, HD and SD playout, subtitling, encryption, and transmission services for Outdoor Channel, using its ABS-1 and ABS-5 satellites. […]
According to an annual piracy survey by CASBAA and Standard Chartered Bank – is that over $2 billion will have been lost to piracy this year. CASBAA noted that this loss, while high, does not include revenues lost to Internet piracy. Also research undertaken by PwC reveals that at least $262 million is lost annually […]
Arqiva has reached an agreement with EchoStar Broadcasting , a subsidiary of EchoStar Corporation, to extend its long-term contract for global contribution. The multi-year deal consists of full-time delivery of more than 30 international channels from Europe and Asia to EchoStar’s teleports in Cheyenne, WY and Gilbert, AZ. The EchoStar contribution deal includes full-time downlinks […]
Virgin Media has confirmed a deal with NBC Universal International Television Distribution for the video-on-demand rights in the UK to a selection of NBC Universal series. Under the terms of the agreement, these titles will be offered as new content across Virgin Media’s three entertainment platforms; TV, online and mobile. From December 1st Virgin Media […]
The HD version of RTL2 will debut on SES Astra’s HD+ service in December. It takes the platform to seven free-to-air channels. SES Astra says that 300,000 HD+ set-tops and 1.2 million smart cards have been sold since launch. “The launch of RTL2 HD will further extend the programme choice of HD+ and make it […]
AEPOC, the European Association for the Protection of Encrypted Works and Services, has reported a breakthrough judgement against Pay-TV piracy. Belgian prosecutors, joined by AEPOC member Sky Deutschland, have won a lawsuit against pirates, who sold illegal viewing cards to Germany and Austria from 2006 to 2008. The First Instance Court of Tongeren, Belgium ruled […]