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 […]
An entertainment industry coalition representing the major studios and the independent motion picture and television programming industry has filed an amicus (interested party) brief in the case of Viacom versus YouTube. The brief filed by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and the Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA) urges the Court of Appeals […]
Following its invitation for expressions of interest to run a pay-TV channel on France’s R3 digital television multiplex, the Conseil supérieur de l’audiovisuel (CSA) has selected the ‘Cfoot’ proposal from the Ligue de football professionnel (Professional Football League). The CSA considers that the proposal contributes to the diversity of operators and is in line with […]
UEFA, the European ruling body for football, is moving ahead with plans to centralise the sale of broadcast rights for European Championship and World Cup qualifiers. It means national associations – in particular England’s FA – may suffer a drop in revenue, the FA currently makes over €200 million selling these rights. If the move […]
Comcast International Media Group (CIMG) has signed a number of multi-platform deals in Asia Pacific, making content available to E!, Style, G4 and Golf Channel fans via such distribution systems as on demand, mobile and DVD, as well as TV. “We’re pleased to make some of the most loved titles from CIMG’s catalogue, available everywhere […]
Google is to make major changes to the way it deals with copyright infringement on its search engine in the coming months, aimed at making it tougher for websites that flaunt the law and making it harder to find pirated content. Noting that there are more than one trillion unique URLs on the Web and […]
Reuters annual Global Media Summit heard plans from the US Olympic Committee (USOC) to launch their own cable channels for Olympic Games coverage. Currently NBC has the sole US television rights for the Games, but the 2014 Winter Games and 2016 Summer Olympics have yet to be offered to broadcasters. Scott Blackmun, Chief Executive of […]