YouTube is to launch a sport portal with video content from some of the world's leading sport athletics organisations and events including the Paralympic and Commonwealth Games. The Google video site has signed a multi-territory deal with SportAccord, a body which represents international sports federations, to create the Sports Hub. It will feature video content […]

Along with nine major Chinese TV brands, the China Video Industry Association (CVIA) under The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MII) has filed applications for two industry standards for Web-enabled TV sets The standards are drafted mainly by CVIA, China Digital Home Industry Association (CDHIA), and Chinese TV makers such as TCL, Skyworth, and […]

Qwest Communications continues to chart a unique course among major US telecom service providers, focusing on improving its broadband network in the belief that video content is moving rapidly to an over-the-top (OTT), on-demand model, Neil Cox, Qwest’s EVP for product and IT, said at the TM Forum-run event. “Only sports need to be live,” […]

BT is said to be in talks with Google about an online tie-up that would deliver big improvements in the quality of Internet video programming. BT is working on a deal to make Google’s You Tube and other video content available on a new digital delivery network, which BT’s wholesale arm is creating for ISPs. […]

The Press Association TV listings is partnering with Vizimo's online listings service, in a bid to inject more video and discoverability in to newspaper publisher's websites. The services will pipe PA's TV listings through Vizimo's technology and link to corresponding catch-up pages on broadcasters' sites. Vizimo acquired startup social TV community Tioti (TapeItOffTheInternet) 12 months […]

Preliminary data from the IMS Research study, Market Opportunities for Internet Video to the TV, shows that by the end of 2010, nearly 55 per cent of all TV Households in the Americas will have access to Internet video, with 25 per cent of these capable of displaying Internet video onto the TV set. Rebecca […]

The Taiwan Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers’ Association (TEEMA) and government-sponsored Taiwan Digital Television Committee (DTVC), under the auspices of the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), have confirmed the formation of an Internet TV Alliance by related Taiwan-based enterprises, aiming to tap the Internet TV service and hardware market in China. Members of the alliance include […]

Project Canvas – a joint technology venture between the BBC, ITV, BT and Five that could bring on-demand programming to Freeview and Freesat – is unlikely to be rolled out until 2011 because it is mired in a complicated approval process. Erik Huggers, head of future media and technology at the BBC, warned that delays […]

Recent peace with BSkyB hinting it might use Canvas has ended with the pay broadcaster has accusing the BBC of paying no more than “lip service” to allowing other broadcasters to join Project Canvas, and again called for the initiative to be blocked. These comments are in a new submission to the BBC Trust. This […]

Joost's been assets have been acquired by US online ad network Adconion Media Group. Adconion is also part funded by Joost backer Index Ventures. Adconion PR told us that it plans to keep operating Joost.com the consumer video service. Joost gave up the consumer online video market back in June, and decided to focus on […]