The BBC World Service will press ahead with expanding its Arabic TV news service to a 24-hour operation and broadcasting a news channel in Farsi after the chancellor, Alistair Darling, confirmed funding plans. The new deal will see the total World Service budget rise from £246 million (E354m) this financial year to £271 million in […]
Fans of the international, award winning, cult sci-fi comedy series Red Dwarf, are now able to watch exclusively created ‘mobisodes’ of the show on their mobile phone via Pitch, the international mobile entertainment company. Animated episodes made up from classic moments in the show, are available on a weekly basis.
From Colin Mann in Cannes VOOM HD Networks has inked an agreement with UK quad-play operator Virgin Media, to trial the global VOOM HD channel starting in October 2007 as part Virgin Media’s 50Mbs Broadband Pilot in the UK. The deal, brokered by international broadcaster and distributor of thematic channels Chello Zone (formerly Zonemedia), marks […]
Virgin Media and Channel 4 have agreed a deal where the cable operator will offer High Definition (HD) content from Channel 4 via its on demand service. Subscribers will be able to view a selection of Channel 4 programming (in Standard as well as HD) up to seven days after original transmission free of charge. […]
TiVo and RealNetworks have made an agreement that will allow TiVo subscribers to listen to songs from the Rhapsody digital music service on their televisions. Both services require a monthly subscription fee of around $13 (E9.2) a month, but TiVo subscribers will receive a free one-month trial of Rhapsody. Consumers will be able to search […]
ITN has signed a deal with IPTV platform Joost to provide its news, entertainment and sports content and a new weekly programme entitled Movie Buff. ITN will keep Joost viewers up to date with all the latest UK, world, sports, showbiz and business news throughout the day. Joost viewers can also tune into weather from […]
Modern Times Group (MTG), has revealed that MTG Norway and Canal Digital have signed a non-exclusivity agreement, whereby both parties have agreed not to exclusively distribute any of the five most watched channels in Norway. NRK1 and NRK2 are already distributed on both the Viasat and the Canal Digital satellite pay-TV platforms, and both TV […]
Web TV series “Prom Queen,” produced by former Walt Disney Chief Executive Michael Eisner, is heading to France and Japan under deals that will revamp the short Web films into programming for local audiences. “Prom Queen” has drawn media industry interest by making a case for how entertainment tailored to the Internet can be extended […]
ABC International Television and Internet and mobile TV specialist aggregator Kamera have closed an agreement to distribute news video content from ABC News. The deal will enable Kamera to market ABC News' portfolio of news content to mobile operators and online platforms worldwide, excluding North America. Kamera will distribute, pitch and package ABC News content […]
Virgin Media has launched three new services a major online content, it will offer shows from its recently launched digital TV service Virgin 1, as well as games and music content. Virgin has also signed deals with music platforms OD2 and Vidzone to supply it with music tracks and videos in preparation to ramp up […]