Babelgum

BBCWW Starts Three Ad-Funded Channels On Babelgum - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Thu 10 Jul 2008 01:46 AM PST

Swooping in to give the VOD platform the attractive content it needs, BBC Worldwide has done a deal to provide three new branded channels on the Babelgum platform from next…

Babelgum Partners With PBS For Public Service TV Content - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 29 Apr 2008 12:51 PM PST

Babelgum has done a deal with PBS to get 100 hours of programming from the American public broadcaster. It’s particularly championing Scientific American Frontiers, an 18-episode science series. A PBS…

BBC And ITV Seek Legal Advice Against Listings Aggregator TVguide.co.uk - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Thu 27 Mar 2008 06:23 AM PST

The BBC and ITV (LSE: ITV) have sought the advice of lawyers to determine whether the deep-linking that online TV listings site TVguide.co.uk does to their online video streaming is…

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Babelgum Becoming Film ‘Studio’ In Latest Strategy Shift - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 11 Mar 2008 12:58 AM PST

It seems Babelgum is enjoying the search for quality content so much, it’s becoming a content company. The heavily-financed P2P platform is creating a 10 million euro (£7.64 million) fund…

Babelgum’s Chief Architect Follows CTO Out Door - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 13 Feb 2008 10:42 AM PST

Is Babelgum‘s bubblegum bursting? Three months after CTO Mallku Caballero quit the well-funded Dublin-based P2P TV startup, now chief technical architect Gianni Scenini tells us he has also gone. Caballero…

Industry Moves: BT Vision Director Cranwell Heads To Babelgum - 1 Comment
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 04 Feb 2008 02:34 AM PST

BT (NYSE: BT) Vision’s director of business affairs Mark Cranwell is joining Babelgum as director of content strategy. Babelgum has tried to differentiate itself from similar platforms like Joost with…

Babelgum Suffers Second Senior Exit; CTO Leaves Over ‘Vision And Style’ - 1 Comment
Posted By Robert Andrews - Fri 07 Dec 2007 07:55 AM PST

Well-financed P2P TV platform Babelgum is seeking a new chief technology officer after the departure of its second senior member in two months. We have confirmed with Babelgum in Milan…

Babelgum’s Indie Film Grab Continues - It’s Screening Encounters Fest Entries - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 07 Nov 2007 07:05 AM PST

Ireland-based, Italian-funded P2P TV platform Babelgum is pressing on with cosying up to independent movie producers. After September’s launch with Spike Lee of its own film festival for indies, it’s…

@ Mipcom: Interview: Mike Volpi, CEO, Joost: Set-Tops Will Have To Wait; Exclusivity Overrated - 2 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 09 Oct 2007 09:30 PM PST

Joost will eventually reach the living room, isn’t planning a mobile launch but can expect more attention from one of its founding fathers. In Cannes for the Mipcom TV programming…

@ Mipcom: Broadband Content Bits: Joost To Do Live TV; Other Distributors Scale Up - 5 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 09 Oct 2007 12:32 PM PST

Joost plans to begin testing add test live TV shows alongside its on-demand content in the first quarter of 2008. In an interview with paidContent:UK in Cannes, content strategy and…

Industry Moves: Babelgum Co-Founder Lumer Leaves For RawFlow - 2 Comments
Posted By Ingrid Lunden - Mon 01 Oct 2007 06:14 AM PST

Some major executive turnover is afoot at Ireland-based, Italian-backed online video startup Babelgum: Erik Lumer, one of the co-founders of the startup, has left the company to become the CEO…

Babelgum Plans China Launch, Amends Online Film Festival Rules - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 05 Sep 2007 02:46 AM PST

Babelgum, the Ireland-based, Italian-backed Joost rival, aims to open in the Chinese market early in 2008. BusinessWeek reports the online TV outfit, which also has offices in London and Nice,…

Joost Rival Babelgum Opens Doors To P2P TV Viewers - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Fri 08 Jun 2007 06:09 AM PST

Updated: Rafat adds: I am interviewing Scaglia on Monday morning, and will have more on Babelgum and his own views on online video. Ireland-based P2P TV network Babelgum has opened…

FastWeb Founder Launching Video Site; Self-Funded At $13.2 Million - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 04 Mar 2007 08:56 PM PST

Silvio Scaglia, the founder of Italian triple-play telecom firm FastWeb, and former CEO of Omnitel (now Vodafone Italy) is launching a new venture, an online video service called Babelgum. Scaglia…