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Rocketboom signs with Sony

Rocketboom will be integrated with Sony's video site Crackle, as well as other Sony products such as the PS3 games console and direct to Sony Bravia TVs, while retaining existing distribution agreements with websites such as iTunes and TiVo. Sony will handle all Rocketboom's ad sales exclusively in a deal that is thought to include […]

August 8, 2008

Orange’s assault on Spanish IPTV market

France Telecom's Orange is making a full-frontal assault on the IPTV market in Spain in an attempt to snatch market share from Telefónica , whose IPTV service Imagenio currently counts 575,000 subscribers. To this end, the company has launched a promotional offer that includes free of charge for two months the package Paquete Plus from […]

August 8, 2008

Southern Europe leads Web TV

The Strategy Analytics survey of 3,500 Internet users found that 22 per cent of Spanish respondents are regular users of streamed video from broadcaster websites, compared to 18 per cent in the US and only 8 per cent in Germany. This report estimates that 32 million people in the US and 34 million in Europe […]

August 7, 2008

Scopus to acquire Optibase

The acquisition of Optibase’s digital video and streaming business for 2.6 million Scopus shares amounts to 19 per cent of its share capital. The deal increases Optibase’s stake in Scopus from 36.6 per cent to 46 per cent. The companies did not disclose the price of the deal, put on the basis of Scopus’ current […]

August 7, 2008

Southern Europe leads Web TV

The Strategy Analytics survey of 3,500 Internet users found that 22 per cent of Spanish respondents are regular users of streamed video from broadcaster websites, compared to 18 per cent in the US and only 8 per cent in Germany. This report estimates that 32 million people in the US and 34 million in Europe […]

August 7, 2008

IOC channel

Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS), a wholly owned subsidiary of the IOC, will produce regularly updated Olympic content. The package will include highlights, news and daily clips of the competitions, available throughout the 17-day period of the Games. IOC Director of Television and Marketing Services, Timo Lumme said the IOC's priority was to ensure that as […]

August 6, 2008

Simply Sport and BT Vision

Simply Media has also signed an agreement with BT to provide content for the telco's TV-over-broadband service BT Vision. It will provide nostalgia-themed programmes to BT subscribers on subjects including aviation, naval and military history.

August 4, 2008

Virgin, Perform sports e-player

e-Player will be made available to digital publishers in the UK and embedded into websites to deliver a range of sports highlights and video clips, updated daily. The multi-channel player offers selected highlights from Virgin Media's Barclays Premier League and Coca-Cola Football League match content, as well as a portfolio of sports channels from Perform's […]

August 4, 2008