Shareholders at Portuguese pay-TV provider ZON Multimedia have approved the lifting of voting rights beyond a current 10 per cent limit. The approval of the measure opens the way for shareholders to raise their stakes in the company, with mobile cellco Sonaecom touted as a potential suitor. Banks Caixa Geral de Depositos and Banco Espirito […]
UK commercial broadcaster ITV is to delay the introduction of micropayments for its on-demand ITV Player catch-up service, which it intended to launch in January 2012, and carry out closed trials based on MGT’s PayWizard solution. The move had been anticipated following suggestions of such an initiative by CEO Adam Crozier in mid-2011, allowing the […]
US prosecutors have said that data belonging to Megaupload users and stored by third parties could be deleted as soon as this Thursday. Users have been unable to access data since the file-sharing service was raided. The warning was made in a letter filed by the US Attorney’s Office, the Associated Press news agency reported. […]
Sports broadcaster ESPN, considered a pioneer in the mobile media space, now views mobile as the ‘first screen’, rather than the more commonly ascribed ‘third screen’. In a keynote address at MediaPost’s Mobile Insider Summit in Key Largo, Michael Bayle, VP and general manager of ESPN Mobile, explained that instead of determining how to shoehorn […]
BSkyB unveils its Q2 numbers on January 31st, and most observers see continued progress for the broadcaster, although with net TV subscriber additions being somewhat less than this same time last year. Investment banker Morgan Stanley forecasts net TV subs growing by 69,000 (140,000 this time last year). This slower growth might also affect HD […]
The planned launch last Friday evening (January 29) has again been delayed because of problems on the Proton/Breeze-M rocket. The satellite was originally scheduled for a launch back on December 26, when it was delayed for technical reasons. This latest delay looks more worrying. Russian federal space agency Roscosmos admits the delay is “indefinite” and […]
Plans by South Africa’s TopTV to add three Playboy channels as the nations’ first adult pay-TV networks have been stymied by the regulator. South Africa’s Independent Communications Authority (ICASA) has ruled against the scheme. ICASA spokesman Jubie Matlou said it was decided that women’s right to dignity outweighed TopTV’s right to freedom of expression, and […]
Spanish Formula 1 motor racing fans face the prospect of missing out on grand prix action in 2012 after the rights owner ended its contract with La Sexta. The broadcaster had been covering grand prix racing since the 2009 season, having acquired the rights until 2013 from Mediapro. The deal, however, has fallen through early […]
According to research from Futuresource Consulting, of the 600 million global broadband homes at the end of 2011, 400 million deployed home networking technology. By 2015, expectations are for 650 million of the 700 million broadband homes to be interacting with networked devices. Growth for broadband equipment including modems and new generation digital media gateways […]
iConcerts, the first global provider of HD ‘live’ music content, is forging ahead with its international development, teaming up with connected TV specialist Wiztivi to offer VoD services on Panasonic and Toshiba connected TVs. iConcerts is using Wiztivi’s Cloud TV Platform, WSP – VoD, for the distribution of services on connected screens. The music service […]