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Broadband Content Bits: FHM.com/MoMedia; Five VOD; ITV/BT - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 15 Apr 2008 03:39 AM PST

-- FHM.com/MoMedia: Mobile and web video production house MoMedia, in which Endemol owns a stake, has signed a deal with Bauer (formerly Emap) men’s mag site FHM.com to supply Kamikaze…

Video: Kaplinsky’s New Gig - MySpace News Anchor - 1 Comment
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 11 Mar 2008 06:16 AM PST

We mentioned yesterday Five News had become MySpace TV’s latest syndication partner. Here it is. Turns out, former BBC doyenne Natasha Kaplinsky, just weeks after leaving Auntie for the fifth…

Broadband Content Bits: Five News/MySpace; DT’s IPTV/Web; Telecom Italia Moves; Norway Gets Voom HD - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 10 Mar 2008 08:32 AM PST

- Five News: In a rare online move, the fifth channel’s news show is to be carried on MySpace TV. NMA said a daily bulletin will be “co-branded” so it…

Industry Moves: Five Appoints Chris Kerwin As Digital Controller; Scott Jeffrey As VOD Ed - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Wed 13 Feb 2008 05:18 AM PST

Five is building up its recently-formed digital media team. It has hired former publisher of technology magazine T3 and online site T3.com Chris Kerwin who steps into the newly minted…

Mobile Content Bits: The Sun; Blyk; Five TV; 3 Music - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Thu 06 Dec 2007 07:20 AM PST

--The Sun: The newspaper has rolled out a quick response (QR) mobile barcode service that it hopes will enrich print ads by giving readers a way to quickly access mobile…

Broadcasters And Print, TV Measurers Unite To Standardise Online TV Reporting - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 12 Nov 2007 02:31 AM PST

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…

Five Sets New Year Date For Download Store Second Phase - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 23 Oct 2007 03:51 AM PST

More details on the second phase of Five’s online TV offering, currently under development. The new platform will be launched early in the New Year, the company tells Media Week.…

Channel 4, ITV Want Single Web TV Standard, But Will Five In To One Go? - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Sun 16 Sep 2007 12:11 PM PST

Internet TV is beginning to motor in the UK, this FT.com article points out, but Channel 4 and ITV have called for a single standard to unite disparate efforts. C4…

Channel Five In UK Fined $600K For Participation TV Practices - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Tue 26 Jun 2007 07:50 AM PST

UK’s Channel Five has been fined 300,000 pounds (US$600,000) by regulator Ofcom for some dodgy participation TV practices… “The fine relates to events last March when it was revealed that…

@ DH: Interview: Herve Payan, SVP of Content, Orange/France Telecom - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 14 Jun 2007 09:59 PM PST

At Digital Hollywood, I did a short interview with Herve Payan, SVP of Content Services at Orange, the flagship brand of France Telecom, where he talked about how Orange looks…

@ DH: Interview: Herve Payan, SVP of Content, Orange/France Telecom - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 14 Jun 2007 09:24 PM PST

At Digital Hollywood, I did a short interview with Herve Payan, SVP of Content Services at Orange, the flagship brand of France Telecom, where he talked about how Orange looks…

France Telecom Pays $433 Million For DT’s Ya.com Broadband Business - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Thu 07 Jun 2007 05:31 AM PST

Contrary to earlier reports suggesting Vodafone as a buyer, Deutsche Telekom will sell its Ya.com internet unit to France Telecom for EUR 320 ($433) million. A Spanish broadband provider, Ya.com…

France Telecom To Grow Content, Acquire Companies As Profit Falls - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Wed 07 Mar 2007 12:25 PM PST

France Telecom is on the acquisition trail and looking to grow its content services in response to a 28 percent fall in net profit, according to TMCnet. The article talks…

France Telecom Profits Fall, Revenues Slow For Orange UK - 0 Comments
Posted By Peggy Anne Salz - Thu 01 Feb 2007 01:13 PM PST

France Telecom (FT) has said its 2006 profit fell as much as 30 percent, blaming problems in its Polish fixed-telephony business and flat revenues for mobile in markets such as…

France Telecom To Invests in Movies; Hopes For Multiplatform Content Deals Out of It - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 09 Nov 2006 12:52 AM PST

Ah, to be a telco these days...the existential angst. France Telecom, one of the biggest telecom groups, has created a unit to invest in co-production and acquire acquisition rights for…

France Telecom Invests In Movies - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Wed 08 Nov 2006 08:51 AM PST

Telecoms: France Telecom (which runs the Orange mobile group) said it plans to invest in the production of movies beginning next year. “The firm said it will take minority stakes…

France Telecom Merges Content Units Across Brands - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 18 Aug 2005 03:10 PM PST

France Telecom, the European giant which own Orange and Wanadoo brands, is forming a central digital content services division to aggregate content acquisition and service launches across these brands. The…

France Telecom Aggregates Content Services - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Thu 18 Aug 2005 02:09 PM PST

”France Telecom has formed a central digital content services division to aggregate content acquisition and service launches across its Orange and Wanadoo brands, set to merge under the Orange brand…

France Telecom Launches Liveservices and Livecom - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Fri 08 Jul 2005 09:08 AM PST

Some interesting services being launched by ISP/telco France Telecom in France, linked to its ADSL service and “Livebox” ADSL modem. The new services include “Livemusic”, which comprises a small receiver…

France Telecom and Warner Team Up Regarding Content - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 01 Jun 2005 10:06 AM PST

France Telecom has signed a deal with Warner Music to offer its clients Warner’s music over its fixed, and mobile networks. Under the agreement, France Telecom will distribute Warner Music’s…

Channel Five in UK Plans More Micropayments Services - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 26 Jun 2003 02:06 AM PST

Channel Five in UK is aiming to generate greater revenues from its soon-to-relaunch five.tv site, and has tied up with micropayments company Ymogen for the backend.