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Posted By Robert Andrews - Thu 15 May 2008 01:44 PM PST
BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) is unveiling its second major update to its Sky Anytime VoD platform inside the last six months - an enhanced version of Sky Anytime that includes live…
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Wed 14 May 2008 03:29 AM PST
BSkyB’s launch plans for its digital terrestrial television pay-TV service Picnic are stuck in a holding pattern, after Ofcom announced yesterday, yet another consultation into the service and in Sky’s…
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 13 May 2008 05:57 AM PST
The ITV/C4/BBC Worldwide VoD JV codenamed Project Kangaroo is inching closer to fruition. MediaWeek reckons the consortium will name the service SeeSaw - a title that would aptly reflect both…
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 12 May 2008 05:20 AM PST
Despite the routine lofty projections for IPTV growth, the latest, from Analysys Mason, reckons the sector’s development in western Europe will add only 3.2 percent more subscribers to pay-TV services…
Posted By Robert Andrews - Fri 09 May 2008 03:00 PM PST
Bebo business development VP Ziv Navoth told Beet.tv’s Andy Plesser the social network is getting “over a billion” video views every month. If you haven’t read our ongoing coverage here…
Posted By Robert Andrews - Fri 09 May 2008 06:41 AM PST
Market speculation from an Investec analyst (via Bloomberg) that Google (NSDQ: GOOG) or News Corp (NYSE: NWS) may buy voice recognition-based video search index Blinkx did wonders for the company…
Posted By Robert Andrews - Fri 09 May 2008 06:26 AM PST
Llanelli, Carmarthenshire-based TV and interactive producer Tinopolis - which occupies what we Scarlets still call the “old Tesco building” - looks set to be bought by VC firm Vitruvian Partners…
Posted By Robert Andrews - Thu 08 May 2008 05:24 AM PST
The BBC has refuted a report it is to abandon the Kontiki content delivery product that powers its iPlayer desktop application. C21 yesterday claimed: “The BBC iPlayer will cease using…
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Wed 07 May 2008 03:28 AM PST
French media giant Lagardere reported earnings for the three months ending 31 March 2008 on Tuesday. Consolidated revenues for the entire group were down 4 percent to 1.8 billion euros…
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 06 May 2008 08:40 PM PST
Spot Runner, which helps marketers buy TV ad spots on local cable and broadcast using its online service, has raised a big $51 million fourth round from an international group…
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 06 May 2008 06:20 AM PST
BBC and ITV (LSE: ITV) today switched on what could either be a threat to BSkyB’s (NYSE: BSY) subscription satellite service or, as they say, “the final piece in the…
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Wed 30 Apr 2008 05:36 AM PST
The BBC has struck a deal with Virgin Media to put its iPlayer service on the internet and phone provider’s cable network. Virgin Media Customers will now be able to…
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Wed 30 Apr 2008 02:01 AM PST
BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) released third quarter results today, showing that the pay TV group had a nine-month adjusted operating profit of £521 million with revenues up 10 percent at £3.71…
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…
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Tue 29 Apr 2008 08:33 AM PST
— Five Relaunches VOD Service: Five is relaunching its video-on-demand service Five Download as Demand Five in late May, and plans a “significant” on-air marketing campaign to promote it,…
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Tue 29 Apr 2008 02:14 AM PST
ITV (LSE: ITV) could be slapped with a record fine of about £4 million pounds following the conclusion of Ofcom’s six-month investigation into last year’s premium phone line scandal, reports…
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 28 Apr 2008 10:04 AM PST
Our story last week on the legal position surrounding live TV streaming app Zattoo appears to have created some movements. In response to Channel 4’s statement it was “obviously concerned”…
Posted By Robert Andrews - Fri 25 Apr 2008 01:10 AM PST
James Murdoch may no longer be BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) CEO but, as CEO of his daddy’s wider News Corp (NYSE: NWS). he’s still disgruntled with the BBC’s catch-up TV service.…
Posted By Robert Andrews - Thu 24 Apr 2008 06:12 AM PST
Some in the TV biz seem at odds as new TV-over-the-internet applications begin to re-broadcast their live channels around the world. A Brand Republic story yesterday suggested UK broadcasters…
Posted By Robert Andrews - Thu 24 Apr 2008 03:48 AM PST
BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) and Sony (NYSE: SNE) have unveiled the name and launch date for their forthcoming PSP TV collaboration. Adding to the Go! brand that already includes the Go!Cam…
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 23 Apr 2008 02:19 AM PST
Startup blinkBox is adding full-length TV shows to its film/TV clip messaging offering as it comes out of beta phase today. Founded by former 4 Services MD Michael Comish and…
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 22 Apr 2008 04:45 AM PST
Despite the imminent arrival of Kangaroo, ITV (LSE: ITV) has just got around to striking a digital distribution deal with iTunes Store. In true long-tail fashion, some of its popular…
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 22 Apr 2008 12:53 AM PST
-- French IPTV: France Telecom (NYSE: FTE) is the largest IPTV operator in the world, with 1.1 million subscribers, says a new report from Telecommunications Management Group (TMG). Globally, there…
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 21 Apr 2008 12:41 AM PST
Latest to launch a movie download store - and the latest amongst the supermarkets to try their hand - is France’s Carrefour. The world’s second largest retail group after Wal-Mart…
Posted By Robert Andrews - Fri 18 Apr 2008 01:17 AM PST
BT’s (NYSE: BT) living room IPTV platform is adding PictureBox, Universal Pictures’ premium on-demand movie subscription service, to its box. For £5 per month, customers get to pick from a…
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