Time Warner Cable and Viacom have counter-sued each other in an escalating battle over whether cable companies have the right to distribute TV shows to devices such as Apple’s iPad. TWC asked a court for a declaratory judgement regarding Viacom’s demand that the cable company stops delivering its programming on devices such as the iPad. […]
Netflix has bought the rights to stream all seven series of the acclaimed TV show Mad Men, in a deal reported to be worth $90 million. It will pay close to $1 million per episode to show the 91-part series, after signing a deal with producer Lionsgate. Under terms of the the deal, Netflix viewers […]
Jesta Digital has signed contracts with a broad range of entertainment partners for the launch of Bitbop Germany the company’s wireless subscription service for TV and movies delivered on-demand to consumers’ personal computers, tablets and mobile devices. Initial content partners for Germany include: MTV Networks Germany (MTV, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon), Sony Pictures (Sony Pictures Television, […]
Six Hollywood studios are suing an Internet movie-rental site, Zediva, claiming the Silicon Valley start-up infringes their copyright by streaming films over the web directly from DVD players. Zediva streams movies shortly after they are available on DVD – but weeks before legitimate sites such as Netflix have them available. Its members pay as little […]
Google is preparing a bid of up to $900 million for legal patents to safeguard against potential future lawsuits over its Android ecosystem. The bid for Nortel’s patent holdings, which are expected to be auctioned in the US or Canada by the end of June. The announcement was made via a post on Google’s official […]
UK lower tier clubs are to suffer a reduction in television income after the League signed a TV deal for £23 million(€26.3m) a season less than the previous contract. The new agreement, for the three years from 2012-13, will lead to 75 live Football League matches and the Carling Cup returning exclusively to pay TV […]
The new Nordic entertainment channel TNT7, which was recently launched by Turner and NonStop Television, has concluded a package deal with movies and series from HBO. The new titles will premiere on the channel during April. The Scandinavian launch of TNT7, on March 22nd, is a step in Turner Broadcastings acquisition of Millennium Media Group […]
The new Nordic entertainment channel TNT7 which was recently launched by Turner and NonStop Television concluded a package deal with movies and series from HBO, such as Big Love and In Treatment. The new titles will premiere on the channel from April. From April, new content will be rolled out on TNT7 as the channel […]
Time Warner Cable has bowed to pressure from rights holders and removed several channels from its app for sending linear channels from subscriber bundles to their iPad. The cable company withdrew channels including MTV and FX, after receiving complaints from Viacom, Discovery Communications and the News Corp. They claim that the iPad app is a […]
Four Hollywood studios have agreed to make their films available on pay-television two months after their theatrical release. Warner Brothers, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Universal Studios and 20th Century Fox have agreed to release their films on a “premium video-on-demand” basis with DirecTV. The move sets up a showdown with movie theatre chains. Subscribers will have […]