Time Warner is developing an initiative dubbed TV Everywhere that will allow viewers to watch networks such as CNN, Cartoon Network and TNT online – as long as they can prove they subscribe to cable, satellite or a telecom TV service. “If you want to watch your favourite TV network or shows through broadband on […]
Viasat Broadcasting has acquired the exclusive live broadcasting rights to the FIA Formula One World Championship for Latvia for the 2009, 2010 and 2011 seasons. Races will be broadcast live on TV3. The practice and qualification will be broadcast live on the newly launched localised premium pay-TV channel Viasat Sport Baltic. Viasat already held the […]
Virgin Media is expected to begin the sale of its content division within weeks hoping to raise £500m (E567m). The sale would include Virgin’s 50% stake in UKTV the JV with the BBC. Analysts have speculated Virgin will try again to sell non-core assets as it seeks to pay down debt. Interested parties are thought […]
UKTV’s final factual channel to rebrand as part of its second phase of activity to create a portfolio of multi-platform brands will launch on Monday 2nd March 2009 alongside a new and complementary website. Currently known as UKTV History, Yesterday will primarily target upmarket 30 plus couples, with the notion that "whilst a few are […]
From Colin Mann in London The return of Grand Prix racing to the BBC for the first time since 1996 will see the broadcaster introduce coverage that promises to be the most comprehensive in the history of the sport, with all on-track sessions brought live through TV, Radio, Red Button, broadband and the BBC iPlayer. […]
Fox Channels Italy (FCI), the local branch of Fox International Channels, has launched FlopTV, a web TV portal entirely devoted to comedy. Floptv is a creation of FoxFactory (FCI's business unit dedicated to the development of programmes, new-media productions and branded entertainment) and FCI's New Media Department. Floptv's schedule hosts original and acquired productions as […]
Five Chello Multicanal channels, Odisea, Canal Cocina, Decasa, Historia TM, and BIO TM have been added to "Digital+ móvil", the Spanish mobile TV platform. The five new channels will be simultaneously broadcast live on TV and on mobile phones, thus increasing the platform's offering to 19 live channels.
Nearly 40 percent of U.S. internet-enabled households subscribe to premium entertainment services that offer DVD delivery, music downloads or video games on demand, according to a report released Wednesday by market research firm The NPD Group. The reason, according to NPD, is that consumers today are looking for value. "For just a few dollars a […]
From Colin Mann in London "One or two global hits" will help transform ITV's fortunes, according to the beleaguered broadcaster's global content chief. Lee Bartlett, MD, ITV Global Content and ITV Studios told members of the Broadcasting Press Guild that broadcast industry players needed to think in completely different ways given the changed financial circumstances. […]
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 […]