Internet TV streaming service Aereo has announced that the platform will officially launch in Boston on May 15th. The Boston launch marks its first new market outside of New York City designated market area (DMA). Boston is the second city to launch as part of Aereo’s 22-city expansion announced in January. Beginning May 15, consumers who have pre-registered with Aereo [...]
FilmOn founder Alki David has unveiled a new service which he claims allows the UK public to watch any free-to-air satellite TV channel legally, without the need for a contract or a set-top box. The service – available free via FilmOn.com – enables viewers to connect directly to a broadcaster’s satellite and digital over-the-air feeds via their PC or smartphone. [...]
According to Giles Cottle, Head of Strategy at UK free-to-air digital satellite Freesat, the emergence of live online TV service Aereo in the US raises some interesting propositions from a service point of view. With Aereo currently in the midst of a legal battle with the network broadcasters who allege copyright infringement, Cottle, writing in the Freesat blog, says: “We’ll [...]
Chase Carey, president and COO of News Corp., told NAB Fox will consider scrapping FTA broadcasting if the legal system does not force live streaming outfits such as Aereo to pay to transmit Fox’s signal. The dual revenue stream of retransmission fees and advertising is critical he said. Carey said News Corp. could make Fox a subscription-only service if Aereo [...]
Following a range of initiatives announced October 2012 as the service approached its 20th anniversary, international news channel Euronews confirmed at MIPTV that it is rolling out a new organisation that plays on the strengths of its 400-strong journalist staff and the quality of its editorial line. The user experience – already pinpointed as a priority by Euronews in early [...]
The future of Sportitalia 1, Sportitalia 2 and Sportitalia 24 is uncertain following the start of bankruptcy proceedings at Interactive, the company that owns the concessions of the Italian thematic TV channels. According to local press the company has changed name to Maroncelli 9 and transferred to EDB Media its assets and employees, however the latter has sufficient resources to [...]
ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVS GE) has partnered with cross-media company Screenz to produce dual-screen apps for three of its hit formats, Who Dares Sings, Four Weddings and Hell’s Kitchen, which are launching at MIPTV. The apps will be adapted for local markets, extending the reach of ITV Studios’ hit formats and offering international broadcast partners expanded content and a new way to engage [...]
The BBC has told London’s ‘Future TV’ summit that viewers are less and less enthusiastic about watching programming in 3D. The BBC’s technology guru Andy Quested, said the BBC had been an excited supporter of 3D broadcasting but that each time a new 3D show was televised, the audience ‘spike’ got lower. Quested’s comments come at the end of a [...]
at800 – the organisation responsible for ensuring people continue to receive free-to-air television when 4G mobile services operating at 800 MHz are launched in the UK – has completed its first live test to help assess the extent to which digital terrestrial television platform Freeview could be impacted when the services are launched later this year. Fifteen households in the [...]
German media group Bertelsmann has confirmed previously-announced plans to cut its stake in television and broadcasting giant RTL by selling shares on the stock exchange. “Bertelsmann confirms its intention to reduce its shareholding in RTL Group by way of a secondary public offering,” it said in a statement. Bertelsmann says the transaction would result in a significant increase of the [...]
