Walt Disney is in talks with Yahoo over making videos from its television networks available through the Internet media company’s TV software. Disney is looking to create online channels, or widgets, for its ESPN, ABC and Disney networks that would broadcast content to Yahoo-connected TV sets. The content would be available for free. The ability […]
Foxtel is close to finalising a deal to supply Internet television channels to Telstra’s T-Box digital recorder in Australia. This is seen as a significant move for the pay-TV company and its largest shareholder, according to reports in the Australian press. The deal, which would allow Telstra to show selected Foxtel channels to T-Box customers, […]
Icon Film Distribution has inked an exclusive distribution pact with European online film and TV subscription service LOVEFiLM. LOVEFiLM will offer a selection of Icon’s movies, exclusive to the site for a year, including ‘The Road‘,‘Edge of Darkness‘ and ‘A Single Man‘. Dozens of titles from Icon’s back catalogue will also be added to the […]
Sky has confirmed the eagerly awaited launch of Sky Atlantic HD – a new entertainment channel – to Sky customers across the UK and Ireland. Bringing together original productions from home and abroad, Sky Atlantic will be free and exclusive to all 10 million Sky customers from its launch on February 1st 2011. Following Sky’s […]
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios (MGM) and Weigel Broadcasting have unveiled plans for the national launch of Me-TV, a television network offering classic television sitcoms, dramas and classic commercials and targeted for digital broadcast stations. Me-TV (Memorable Entertainment Television) is already a proven commodity on the local level with its daily dose of classic shows. A local version […]
FilmOn has been halted by a restraining order from the four US networks but now founder Alki David is attacking one of the plaintiffs, CBS with YouTube addresses including ‘CBS You Suck.’ He claims CBS is hypocritical on rights in Internet distributed video and says that through its subsidiary CNET, it has distributed over one […]
Filipino On Demand, a video on demand television service from ABS-CBN International, the largest Filipino entertainment and broadcast company in the US, has launched on AT&T U-verse TV. Filipino On Demand is available for no extra charge to AT&T U-verse TV customers that subscribe to The Filipino Package or The Filipino Channel.
The Karaoke Channel, a property of Stingray Digital, has finalised an agreement with Walt Disney Records to distribute Disney songs through its multiple services and products including VOD online streaming, download services and mobile applications. The addition of Disney songs allows customers of The Karaoke Channel services to enjoy high quality entertainment with karaoke songs […]
Global trade association the Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA) has urged the US Department of Commerce and other government agencies to take concerted action to enhance effective online copyright protections. It contends that online piracy has put at risk future production by harming independents’ ability to recoup minimum guarantees. IFTA submitted the comments in […]
Following their tough fight over football TV rights, which has gone as far as involving Courts actions, Mediapro, the main shareholder in the commercial TV channel La Sexta and owner of pay TV channel Gol TV, and Prisa, owner of pay TV channel Canal Plus, are again the main figures in a fierce battle to […]