Freesat has inked a deal that will see the BBC iPlayer launched on the digital TV service next month. The service, a joint venture between the BBC and ITV, is also planning to launch ITV’s catch-up TV service, the ITV Player, in the first half of next year. Freesat will be the first free-to-air service […]

Malaysian billionaire and T. Ananda Krishnan has seized an opportunity created by the government’s proposed national broadband network. Krishnan has taken a significant stake in internet-delivered TV company Fetch TV, which is expected to launch in Australia early next year. Former ACP Magazines chief and Optus executive Scott Lorson, and telco executive Simon Cathcart, are […]

Following the demise of Joost, the other internet video aggregator service Babelgum is shutting its Dublin HQ. There are also reports that offices in London, Milan and New York will be consolidated. Babelgum told paidContent:UK: “This decision allows Babelgum to streamline its approach, improve its cost effectiveness and ensure its continued growth in future years. […]

Channel 4 is looking to extend its brand online with more standalone web content – unrelated to its TV shows – and is considering content charging models. Kevin Lygo, the director of content and television at Channel 4, outlined changes to the broadcaster’s public service remit referred to in the Digital Economy Bill. These include […]

YouTube has taken a significant step toward a UK TV VOD portal with a new section called UK TV and featuring full length TV shows from its deal with C4 and others from US broadcasters. YouTube is posting around 5,000 videos, of which almost 4,000 are full-length programmes, from more than 60 partners. YouTube said […]

From Colin Mann in London A senior executive at ITV has suggested that 20 per cent of viewing of its channels will be via 'catch-up' services in 2013, up from four per cent currently. Carolyn Fairbairn, Director of Group Development and Strategy at the broadcaster told delegates at the Digital TV Summit that this would […]

YouTube Direct is a new market place service whereby TV and online news editors can obtain video from so-called “citizen journalists”. News outlets seeking footage can announce it in a variety of ways, including via call-out videos. “News organisations always want to verify the content they use,” said Steve Grove, head of news and politics […]

Telstra will begin a live trial of its new digital set-top “T-box” this week, ahead of its release in Australia. Several hundred customers will begin using the device in a trial that will enable them to start watching movies downloaded from the Internet on their TV sets. The T-box will make it possible for Telstra […]

BSkyB and Virgin Media had a rare show of unity when they agreed that the Project Canvas open IPTV platform should not be cleared by the BBC Trust because it isn't providing anything the market isn't already. Griff Parry, director of on demand for Sky, told the C21Media's FutureMedia conference "there's no evidence of market […]

MSN Video, Microsoft’s long-form video platform, will come out of its testing phase and be fully available to consumers after Christmas. Ashley Highfield, Microsoft’s managing director and vice- president consumer and online, UK, said he planned a full rollout of MSN Video after Christmas, in response to “a real demand for MSN Video from agencies […]