Chinese Television IT services provider China Television Information Technology Company, or CTVIT, has joined the Marlin Partner Program (MPP). The MPP is a technology solutions development and marketing program consisting of over 40 leading technology solutions providers and system integrators who provide solutions based on the open Marlin DRM standard. CTVIT’s joining the MPP is […]
The Wall Street Journal reports that VoD streaming site Hulu is “considering its options” including a possible sale of its assets after an unidentified potential buyer approached the company. The LA Times says that approach was from Yahoo. Hulu is owned by NBC Universal, Disney ABC, News Corp/Fox and Providence Equity Partners. Providence chipped in $100 million […]
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:” […]
Belgacom is increasing the number of free football matches available to its TV customers. Previously customers could watch one free match from the Jupiler league per day. From the 2011-12 season, they can watch every match which Belgacom holds the rights for, including five matches each Saturday and some of the play-off matches. No additional […]
New films and high quality TV dramas are becoming increasingly reliant on projected video entertainment sales revenue in order to be green-lighted for production, according to an independent survey conducted by Oxford Economics. The study, commissioned by the British Video Association, shows that video revenues account for 47 per cent of revenues of feature films […]
Steve Jobs returned from medical leave to reveal iCloud the web-based service to synchronise content users store and share across their Apple devices – but not TV or movies yet. Anyone buying an app, book or music track for one device will see it replicated on the other Apple devices they own. “We are demoting […]
Hard on the heels of the expected announcement later today (Monday 6th June) of an Apple TV service, US media is reporting ‘last minute negotiations’ with content owners in preparation for a full Xbox Live TV service announcement at the E3 games fest in Las Vegas later this week. According to those reports the service […]
A survey by CASBAA has provided new insight into the issues of most concern for platform operators of cable TV, DTH, IPTV and other forms of video delivery to consumers across the Asia Pacific. Conducted amongst the 24 members of the CASBAA Operators Group, the seven-question survey provides an indication of the concerns that platforms […]
Foxtel chief Kim Williams has hit back at claims made May 31 by telco Optus that the pay-TV group’s proposed A$1.9 billion merger with Austar could threaten competitive access to content. Optus CEO Paul O’Sullivan used a keynote speech at a the CeBIT conference to call on the competition regulator to consider creating “must-share provisions” […]
Telekom Austria Group has confirmed that A1 Kabel TV, the IPTV offering of its Austrian subsidiary A1, will be expanding its service to include more regional and foreign-language channels. Effective immediately, A1 Kabel TV will provide additional Serbian and Turkish channels, as well as 10 new foreign-language stations. The number of channels in A1 Kabel […]