A former employee of Virgin Media, Paul Hartrick, who headed up the cable company’s team in Derby, UK, is being pursued with a claim for about £2.5 million (€3m) in lost profits for the company. Hartrick was convicted in February last year when Derby Crown Court found him and three others guilty of importing set-top […]
BBC Monitoring is reporting that following the relaxation of the ban on companies dealing with the Iranian regime (and following on from the Geneva Accord with the USA and other key nations) Intelsat has reinstated carriage of 24 services from state-backed Iranian TV. The BBC said the Islamic Republic of Iran’s (IRIB) channels were switched […]
Sky Sports has acquired exclusive live rights to the PGA Tour until at least 2022 thanks to a new seven year deal. As well as the PGA Tour, Sky Sports offers viewers three of golf’s four Majors (The Masters, US Open and US PGA) The Ryder Cup, all four World Golf Championship events, 32 events […]
Senator Chris Dodd, Chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), has called on the global film community to stand up for effective copyright protection to encourage cultural and technological innovation, job production and economic development. Addressing a gathering of of filmmakers, legislators and policy makers from the Produzenten Allianz (German film […]
Nicktoons is now available to TalkTalk customers on YouView channel 560, as part of TalkTalk TV’s Kids Boost and Entertainment Extra Boost. The Kids Boosts offers 16 of the best children’s linear and On Demand channels, including Nickelodeon and Nick Jr, for £5 (€6) a month. The Entertainment Extra Boost provides over 60 channels from […]
Following up on our February 7th story that there were now 786 channels on air in India, it has emerged that India’s Ministry of Broadcasting & Information is processing another 243 channels, which are in various stages of clearance ahead of formal licences to broadcast being granted. However, it seems to be a painfully slow […]
Nokia and HTC have settled all pending patent litigation between them, and entered into a patent and technology collaboration agreement. HTC will make payments to Nokia and the collaboration will involve HTC’s LTE patent portfolio, further strengthening Nokia’s licensing offering. The companies will also explore future technology collaboration opportunities. The full terms of the agreement […]
The European Audiovisual Observatory, part of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, has published a new report analysing the origin of the content broadcast by the main Russian TV channels. The dominance of terrestrial channels has always been one of the main characteristics of Russian television. Due to the federal broadcasting system being founded and […]
A visiting crew working on a TV show are amongst 81 people who have been arrested in India for having satellite phones in their possession. The technicians reportedly claimed they were from Echo Line Productions, who were producing a TV reality show called Peking Express. Peking Express is a long-running TV reality show that’s been […]
Second-screen platform provider Monterosa has announced that MTGx, the digital accelerator division of broadcaster Modern Times Group (MTG) has licensed LViS Studio to power its real-time sports game ‘Sochi Legends’. LViS Studio is a cloud-based platform for broadcasters, sports producers and advertisers to create and monetize real-time, second screen games and experiences across mobile devices […]