The Walt Disney Company will begin showing some of its classic back catalogue television shows through the Internet, its chief executive, Robert A. Iger has confirmed. “In the near future, you'll see more of that product available on Disney.com, either for free or through some sort of subscription,” Iger, said. “Providing physical goods on DVD […]

Sky is planning a reshuffle of its electronic programme guide (EPG) to create more spaces in 13 of its genres. The broadcaster is planning to fill gaps created by channel launches and departures, with existing channels moving up in the guide. They will, however, retain their positions relative to each other. Six genres – lifestyle […]

Edgeware announced that TeliaSonera has deployed the Orbit 2x server system to deliver on-demand TV and video services to its rapidly growing IPTV subscriber base in Sweden. Edgeware says its distributed server architecture enabled TeliaSonera to cost-effectively integrate on-demand capabilities into its existing network, and to deliver new services to its 300,000 subscribers in record […]

NBC has released research that suggests advertising in its programmes streamed online are better liked and more recalled than advertising on TV. According to a survey conducted on 5000 users of NBC's online service 'NBC Rewind', viewers said ads streamed online with full-length episodes were less disruptive than on television and that they had a […]

Free Internet TV channel Viewmy.TV has officially gone live, following a trial launch last summer. The site aggregates free web TV channels from around the world and combines them with an online community. The London-based portal offers free membership and grants access to more than 1300 channels from 100 different countries. It currently features a […]

Kate Burns, one of Google’s first UK managing director, has been hired to run the British operation of YouTube competitor Dailymotion. Burns has the job of increasing the online video website’s user numbers, the amount of user-generated and official content uploaded, and boosting revenues.

Pirelli Broadband Solutions announced the creation of OpenSet, a complete hardware and software platform of Set Top Boxes for IPTV applications, with an associated SDK package that allows third parties to access Pirelli's state-of-the-art embedded middleware for service customisations. With the OpenSet platform, operators, service providers and system integrators – whether in the Telco or […]

The Tele Columbus Group, Germany's third-largest cable operator, will protect its independent networks with conditional access technology from solutions provider NDS. The digital TV portfolio which Tele Columbus will offer on its own platform in cooperation with Eutelsat as of May, will be primarily secured with NDS' VideoGuard technology. The operator's existing subscribers will not […]

In 2007, subscribers to IPTV services worldwide numbered only about 13.5 million, but ABI Research forecasts their ranks to grow to more than 90 million by the end of 2013. “The IPTV market as a whole is poised for strong growth,” says senior analyst Cesar Bachelet, “but clearly it will be stronger in some areas […]

Yahoo and Time Warner have reportedly stepped up talks to create an alternative to Microsoft's offer for the web company. The WSJ reported talks centre on a deal that would fold Time Warner’s AOL Internet unit into Yahoo. Last month Microsoft made a $41 billion offer to buy Yahoo, which was rejected as undervaluing the […]