The Digital Watermarking Alliance (DWA) has released key findings from a commissioned survey on piracy deterrence. The study, conducted by Interpret, aimed to determine whether the inclusion of Digital Serial Numbers (DSNs) in online content would deter illegal file sharing. The results showed that DSNs would deter illegal downloading among 33 per cent of the […]
With judgement set to be made on the legality of RealNetworks' DVD copying software, RealNetworks has filed a new charge against the Hollywood studios, alleging they violated antitrust law by banding together to fight the video-copying software. Real filed its amended complaint in a federal court in San Francisco. It claims that the six major […]
Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) Chairman and CEO Dan Glickman has called for governments around the world to increase efforts to protect intellectual property. Glickman noted that dealing with escalating IP theft is especially needed during these difficult economic times as the creative industries generate millions of jobs each year, including 2.5 million jobs […]
The move to two-way networks is driving a shift towards cardless conditional access systems, according to TV Conditional Access Systems In Two-Way Environments, a report from Farncombe Consulting. The consultancy says that although the traditional CA vendors have been developing their own cardless solutions, they have encountered competition from technology providers that originally entered the […]
BBC Worldwide and YouTube have renewed their global partnership for BBC Worldwide YouTube channels and short-form videos. In addition, BBC Worldwide has debuted its new YouTube channel Explore with clips from BBC factual shows. In the coming weeks, BBC Worldwide will unveil dedicated channels for comedy and natural history clips and a US only channel […]
Deutsche Telekom has released details of its Liga Total live football package for its IPTV platform T-Entertain. The telco will charge E14.95 a month for access to live coverage of all 612 games during the 2009/2010 season – including both the First and Second league games of the Bundesliga, as well as the Konferenz matches. […]
BitTorrent has extended its dominance as the most popular file sharing application for unauthorised content, and while infringements in the US have dropped, Spain, Italy and France have surged, according to an annual report on digital piracy issued by BayTSP. The report is based on cumulative data from all of BayTSP's clients, which include movie […]
The agreement, negotiated between UKTV and BBC Worldwide, the owner of Good Food magazine, permits UKTV to rebrand its channel, associated website, as well as commercial and promotional activity to the new brand name. Launching with the strapline “We have fun with food”, Good Food aims to target upmarket 25 to 44 year-olds searching for […]
Leading figures from across Britain’s biggest media companies have banded together to advise Lord Carter on how to tackle online piracy before his Digital Britain report is released on June 16th. The “copyright squad”, including Neil Berkett of Virgin Media and Michael Lynton of Sony Pictures, are urging Carter to include draft legislation that will […]
MGM Worldwide Television, a division of Metro-Goldwyn Mayer Studios, has concluded its first pan Middle Eastern Pay TV and VOD agreement with Showtime Arabia, the leading Pay TV network in the Middle East and North Africa, and its Show On Demand, the region’s first video on demand service. The licensing agreement marks MGM’s first VOD […]