Online US TV platform Hulu, the NBC Universal and News Corp joint venture, has removed its content from CBS-owned rival TV.com. The move follows the relaunch of TV.com last month with increased partnership deals in a bid to take on the Hulu platform. A Hulu statement read, “Hulu has contractual rights with regards to our […]
Pirate Bay co-founder Peter Sunde has pleaded with fans to stop attacking official entertainment industry websites after the Swedish wing of the The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry's (IFPI) site was hacked. Sunde, who is among four men facing prosecutors representing the likes of Sony, MGM and Universal in the Pirate Bay trial said […]
From Branislav Pekic in Rome Italian public broadcaster RAI has become a multimedia operator by relaunching its website and offering users access to all content as well as personalized services. Two new web portals are now available which provide access to a total of 22 live channels. Seven of them are RAI's TV channels (Rai […]
Setanta is said to be seeking an urgent meeting with the Premier League in the hope it will help broker a deal to regain the rights it lost in the recent record-breaking TV auction. The Irish sports pay-TV broadcaster won only one package for the rights to broadcast the Premier League between 2010 and 2013, […]
The second round of bidding for pay-TV rights of Premier League saw Sky secure one of the two remaining TV packages to air live games from 2010 to 2013, meaning it will have one more and Setanta one less than under the current deal. Setanta took the remaining package in the auction that netted the […]
With some analysts doubting Setanta's future after it failed to renew both its Premiere League packages, Access Industries, which is headed by the Russian-born US citizen Len Blavatnik, is understood to have acquired a stake of about 3%. Blavatnik’s petrochemicals business, Lyondell Basell filed for bankruptcy protection last month owing $26bn. Royal Bank of Scotland […]
Disney has agreed a 30-film deal with film director Steven Spielberg and his DreamWorks venture. Disney will receive a fee for each DreamWorks film it distributes and markets through its global pipeline. Disney's pay-television deal with Starz, the cable channel owned by John Malone's Liberty Media, will see the DreamWorks included providing it with a […]
In a landmark case, leading Aussie ISP iiNet has formally defended itself against claims by movie studios that it willingly permitted customers to download movies illegally. In the Federal Court Australia’s third largest ISP – which could face millions in damages – argued the case was “like suing the electricity company for things people do […]
BSkyB has reportedly agreed to pay in excess of £1 billion (E1.112bn) to retain the live television rights to the majority of the biggest football matches in the Premier League from 2010 until 2013. Following auctions of the rights at the Premier League’s headquarters, it was announced that Sky had won four of the six […]
BSkyB has reportedly agreed to pay in excess of £1 billion (E1.112bn) to retain the live television rights to the majority of the biggest football matches in the Premier League from 2010 until 2013. Following auctions of the rights at the Premier League’s headquarters, it was announced that Sky had won four of the six […]