Channel operator AMC Networks, which counts hit series The Walking Dead and Mad Men among its programming, is benefiting from the online availability of such shows, according to President and Chief Executive Officer Josh Sapan. “New viewers are finding these shows on a digital service, catching up on prior seasons and then tuning into AMC for new seasons in greater [...]
Barry-Diller-backed TV platform Aereo, which allows paying customers to record and watch over-the-air television stations online, could destroy the economic model behind television, according to a court filing from NBCUniversal The Internet TV service is being sued by all of the major television broadcasters in federal court in New York, where the service was launched mid-March. Matt Bond, NBCUniversal executive [...]
Comms regulator Ofcom has invited applications for 21 local TV channels across the UK. This follows new duties given to the regulator by Parliament to license local TV. The local TV channels will broadcast on a specially-reserved ‘multiplex’; this is a discrete amount of spectrum used for broadcasting over digital terrestrial TV (DTT). In addition to inviting applicants for 21 [...]
Australian telco Optus has confirmed that it will appeal against a landmark decision that prevents its customers from streaming delayed sports matches on their mobile phones. Optus’s TV Now service allows customers to record free-to-air television – including AFL and NRL matches – from their smartphone or computer and watch it with a delay of just two minutes. In February, [...]
Roly Keating, currently Director of Archive Content at the BBC, and a former Controller of BBC Two and BBC Four, is to leave the broadcaster to take up a new position as Chief Executive Officer at the British Library Board. Keating will take up his new role on 12 September 2012 Baroness Blackstone, Chairman of the British Library, said that [...]
Widespread reports out of Italy over the weekend suggest that commercial TV channel La7 is to be sold by owner Telecom Italia Media. Two weeks ago, Telecom Italia Media’s shareholders approved last year’s report, which despite recording a decline in overall annual revenue (€238.2 million, down by €20.3 million), it recognised a rise in ad-revenues at La7, up 32.1 per [...]
The English Premier League (EPL) has made available to interested parties the Invitation to Tender (ITT) for its UK Live audio visual rights spanning seasons 2013/14-2015/16. The ITT describes the packages of rights the Premier League is now inviting bids for: Live rights to a total of 154 matches – split into seven packages. A Free-to-Air Highlights package – including [...]
The introduction of new digital media is fragmenting media viewing and access patterns, particularly among people aged 15 to 30 years. As a result, free-to-air TV in Australia is struggling to maintain audience numbers and its share of total advertising revenue. For these reasons, industry research firm IBISWorld has updated its report on the Free to Air Television Services in [...]
In an affectionate nod to how English football’s showcase match used to be presented by terrestrial broadcasters the BBC and ITV, pay-TV operator ESPN is to bring fans the 2012 FA Cup Final between Chelsea and Liverpool in 3D and commercial-free as part of a full day of live FA Cup programming from Wembley Stadium. For many years, coverage of [...]
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has agreed to issue licences to Nine Network Australia, provided certain conditions are met, to conduct trials of 3DTV featuring daily highlights of the 2012 Olympic Games, ACMA Chairman, Chris Chapman has confirmed. The ACMA has considered Nine’s applications to use unassigned TV channels for 3DTV trials in Adelaide, Brisbane, the Gold Coast, [...]
