RawFlow, peer-to-peer technology provider and the company behind the user-generated broadcast platform Selfcast, has revealed that former CEO and co-founder of Babelgum, Erik Lumer, has been appointed Chief Executive. Lumer will lead the company into a new phase of development with the launch of Selfcast as a disruptive free Web TV platform that lets anybody […]
Sony has confirmed that its OLED (organic light-emitting diode) TVs, touted as an eventual successor to plasma and LCD, will be available in Japan from 1 December. The first model, the XEL-1, has an 11 inch screen and is just 3 millimetres thick. The TVs will relay video 1,000 times faster than LCD, eliminating the […]
BBC Worldwide has bought a majority stake in travel guide company Lonely Planet. The corporation’s commercial arm has acquired a 75 per cent stake in the privately owned company. The Lonely Planet operation will boost BBC Worldwide’s travel output, which includes over 500 hours of travel programming such as Michael Palin’s New Europe and Planet […]
Content security specialists Verimatrix and Smart Com, European IPTV middleware vendor have confirmed the successful deployment of Verimatrix's Video Content Authority System (VCAS) for T-2's IPTV deployment. T-2 is the number one alternative IPTV operator in Slovenia that offers a selection of movies, series and other video content, available for on-demand viewing.
TIOTI ('Tape it off the Internet'), the media aggregator has opened its one-stop source for TV content – www.tioti.com – to the general public. Following its successful beta-testing of the service with more than 18,000 users, TIOTI has made its search gateway to TV content available to everyone, providing links to a wide range of […]
From David Del Valle in Madrid Spain’s largest cable company ONO is the market leader in terms of audience ratings in the Spanish pay-TV market. The company pulled in an average share of 7.4 per cent in September, well ahead of Digital Plus, with 4.06 per cent, or Imagenio and other pay-TV operators, with 5.17 […]
Chellomedia, the European content division of Liberty Global has acquired three new channels for Chello Central Europe. The latest acquisitions, TV Paprika, TV Deko, and Filmmuzeum, have been acquired from their respective local founders under separate transactions, bringing Chello Central Europe's channel portfolio to a total of seven in the region. The portfolio already includes […]
Richard Branson has signaled that Virgin Media has not abandoned its plans to buy UK commercial broadcaster ITV. Branson, Virgin Media’s largest shareholder, also suggested his Virgin group would retain its 10.5 per cent stake if the cable company is sold. “I think it’s extremely unlikely the Virgin brand would ever be withdrawn from Virgin […]
News Corp owned social networking site MySpace will launch sponsored video channels in the UK next month that will include advertising. MySpace has opted to experiment with placing advertising next to professionally-produced content rather than the user-generated content around which it built up its audience.
Germany’s Deutsche Telekom has concluded a deal to buy Dutch mobile phone and broadband Internet operator Orange Netherlands from France Telecom for E1.3 billion. Deutsche Telekom said it expects the combination to result in savings of about E1 billion over the next few years. About half of those savings would be generated in the first […]