Despite dropping its pursuit of pay-per-click ad network MIVA last month after being rebuffed, Blinkx's now restarted the reverse-takeover bid after recording strong earnings last week ($19 million), the new bid is far less than the$41 million first offered back in August, but is still 108 percent up on MIVA's Tuesday close. MIVA's share price […]
From David Del Valle in Madrid Vodafone and Sogecable-owned digital DTH platform, Digital Plus, have signed an agreement to jointly distribute an ADSL and TV offer, called Vodafone ADSL & Digital +, under "attractive" promotions to their clients over the next three months. Vodafone ADSL service users will be able to have access to any […]
The growing popularity of IPTV services offered by a number of leading service providers in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) bodes well for the region’s telecoms industry, as it searches for ways to diversify its voice and Internet access businesses. A study published by IDC indicates that, despite relatively limited uptake of IPTV in previous […]
Project Kangaroo, the JV between ITV, the BBC and Channel 4, is planning a test launch in January ahead of a competition ruling that will decide its ultimate fate. It is currently the subject of a Competition Commission investigation assessing its impact on the online video-on-demand market, but is forging ahead with technical development of […]
The three major French broadcasters – TF1, France Television and NT1 – have won an injunction against the online virtual PVR service Wizzgo. The programmes of TF1, France 2, France 3, France 4, France 5 and NT1 must be removed from the service within eight days. Wizzgo offers internet software allowing users to record programmes […]
Hulu, the video website owned by News Corp and NBC Universal, hopes to expand internationally and is interested in Britain, France, Germany and Japan. Peter Smith, President of NBC Universal International, told reporters that his firm would love to roll out the online video joint venture further but that there were no concrete plans to […]
ITV has signed an agreement with BT to supply a range of current and library programming to customers of BT's digital TV service, BT Vision – ITV's first deal of this type with a VOD operator. BT Vision customers will also be able to enjoy a range of library content on demand.
Content licensing leaders NTTC, (National Telco Television Consortium) and SMS, Satellite Management Services, have forged a strategic relationship to provide increased options for IPTV and SMATV system operators in the US. The move is aimed at reaching farther and deeper into traditional residential style IPTV systems by adding a variety of content deployment products. "NTTC […]
IPTV platform supplier Amino Communications is to acquire Swedish vendor Tilgin AB’s IPTV set-top box (STB) division in a £2.5 million (€3.17m). The company says the purchase of Tilgin IPTV, which offers a range of H.264 HD IPTV STBs within its ‘Mood’ product line, will further enhance Amino’s award-winning product portfolio and add new software […]
Eleven per cent of adults in the US aged 18 to 34 now watch TV online at least once a week, according to the latest findings by MultiMedia Mentor from Knowledge Networks. These young adults spend 80 per cent more time online than the general 18-to-34 population, and 16 per cent more time (about 1.25 […]