The growth in on-demand TV is not yet making enough money to offset the decline in traditional linear channels, Virgin Media (NSDQ: VMED) has warned. Malcolm Wall, CEO of the…

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In the red corner - BT, (NYSE: BT) Setanta, Top Up TV and Virgin Media (NSDQ: VMED) team up to complain about BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) in a 59-page joint submission…

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In a series of moves, Rupert Murdoch is in the midst of shaking up senior executives in News Corp. (NYSE: NWS) and is putting his son James Murdoch in line…

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BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) is adding an in-browser component to its VOD platform, in addition to the P2P application used for the desktop version of its Sky Anytime VOD platform, as…

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[With Dianne See Morrison] If the UK’s broadband network is to be upgraded to the kinds of speeds enjoyed in South Korea, somebody’s going to have to pay for it…

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UK competitiveness minister Stephen Timms wants telecoms companies to invest in faster broadband networks, warning that current speeds could imperil the country’s economy. Timms who has identified broadband as a…

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Forget Ofcom’s impartiality laws. According to Rupert Murdoch, chairman and CEO of News Corp., (NYSE: NWS) the real reason that 24-hours news channel Sky News has not turned into a…

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- Eidos: What price a TV-videogame crossover? The Lara Croft game maker is partnering with BSkyB to release a Sky Sports-branded edition of its very successful and well-loved Championship Manager…

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Could TV networks’ desktop VOD platforms could soon begin paying their own way? Channel 4’s 4OD has now started running unique ads against special online commissions, C4’s new media and…

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Broadcasters and measurement agencies, in a rare show of camaraderie, have joined together to form the Broadband Measurment Working Group (BMWG) to “develop a common approach for measuring online video…

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At the Monaco Media Forum this weekend, BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) CEO James Murdoch was interviewed on stage in an engaging session, where he touched on a broad range of issues.…

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- BSkyB: Set-top boxes “in the very near future” could allow customers to view third-party content, CEO James Murdoch told Monaco Media Forum: “In the very near future, because all…

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We Brits are now spending nearly twice as much time watching TV, video and movie websites as we did last year. Nielsen Online data out today shows such time increased…

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BSkyB’s Q3 earnings took a hit today due in part to its heavy broadband investment (see our post). Fierce rival Virgin Media (NSDQ: VMED) may be about to unleash a…

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As expected, BSkyB’s profits for the three months to September 30 dropped 28 percent, with BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) blaming its battle for the broadband market (and especially with Virgin Media),…

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[By Dianne See Morrison] Goldman Sachs International executive director Neil Chugani is joining BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the public broadcaster, as CFO (via release). Chugani was with the…

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- Deutsche Telekom: The German telco has reached a deal to cooperate with GdW, the country’s largest association of property companies, over IPTV services. Homebuilders had argued with DT, claiming…

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BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) is making its first gambit in response to the recent Competition Commission ruling the 17.9 percent stake it took in ITV (LSE: ITV) last November is anti-competitive.…

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BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) has sold some of its interactive TV e-business assets to a startup spun out of the company, RapidTV says; the amount was not disclosed. Miniweb, formed last…

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Under an interim CEO and having taken a kicking from BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) stemming from the loss of Sky channels, Virgin Media (NSDQ: VMED) appears to be stepping back from…

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- BSkyB: The satellite broadcaster has relaunched its online portal to incorporate social networking, more video and integration with Sky Broadband communication tools like email. The latter was developed out…

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A development on the BSkyB (NYSE: BSY)/ITV (LSE: ITV) story of last week, in which the Competition Commission ruled that the satellite company BSkyB may be restricting competition in areas…

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Life’s not always a Picnic for satellite broadcaster BSkyB (NYSE: BSY). The company, which is 39.1 percent owned by News Corp. (NYSE: NWS), may be the UK’s largest pay-TV provider,…

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Speculative, but could happen: After yesterday’s ruling by UK’s Competition Commission that BSkyB’s (NYSE: BSY) 17.9 percent stake in broadcaster ITV (LSE: ITV) “restricts competition”, the satcaster may take legal…

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The UK’s Competition Commission today dealt a blow to the all-mighty BSkyB (NYSE: BSY), the pay-TV provider 39.1 percent owned by News Corp. (NYSE: NWS), by ruling that its 17.9…

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