Middle East satellite operator Nilesat has had a long history with problem TV channels: for example, there were the ones selling expensive ‘medical’ solutions to male impotence, or the ones ‘guaranteeing’ huge cash prizes to lucky quiz winners. Nilesat’s latest problems are a couple of channels (Wisal and Safa TV) that beam out sectarianism and […]
FOX International Channels (FIC), News Corp’s international multi-media business, has confirmed the upcoming launch of FOX Movies in Portugal. The new channel will be available 24/7 on the major pay TV operators in the country from July 1st.
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 […]
Telefonica’s Movistar TV has launched a 3D version for pay-TV subscribers in Peru. Telefonica wrapped an agreement with LAPTV’s premium channel Moviecity which will provide its movies. “It is the first and only channel in the region”, said José Miguel Gamero, Telefónica Multimedia – Movistar TV General Manager. Clients who have glasses and TV sets […]
UKTV is strengthening its commitment to its lifestyle genre by launching Really onto Freeview. Moving to Freeview channel 20 on August 2nd, Really will still be available on Sky and Virgin Media. Replacing Dave Ja Vu, Really will sit immediately below its UKTV-stablemate, Dave on Freeview’s EPG. This move will mean that three of the […]
KidsCo, the international children’s channel, has confirmed it will begin airing on the Wananchi Group’s new DTH platform, Zuku TV, from July 1st 2011. KidsCo will be available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, on its basic package, direct to home, making the channel available across the whole of Kenya. KidsCo will extend […]
Cadbury is partnering with ITV for a cross-platform sponsorship of gameshow Minute To Win it. The partnership will include ITV2 branding on Spots v Stripes digital activities and at events, as well as marketing activity for Cadbury across a range of ITV platforms. ITV.com is to host a dedicated Minute To Win It website. Fru […]
Broadcasters have complained bitterly for years about understated subscriber numbers, hence their enthusiasm for digital transmission and secure cable distribution. But some parts of the world, including the Middle East, India, Asia and South America, still suffer unashamed signal theft and piracy of content. Bolivia, in South America, is one such problem area where Cotel, […]
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 […]
Multi-screen digital TV service revenue security specialist Verimatrix has unveiled its latest innovation in user-specific forensic watermarking, StreamMark. The patent-pending solution uses a highly-efficient server-side embedding process to uniquely mark compressed video files during delivery, even if the video files are encrypted. Verimatrix says that mass delivery of uniquely marked content offers a valuable tool […]