MobiTV, a mobile TV solutions company, has revealed that during the month of September 2011, US consumers viewed more than 167 million minutes of mobile television on MobiTV-powered services – the highest total for any month in MobiTV history. Of note, 65 per cent of the minutes viewed were live programming. The viewership illustrates continued […]
M-Net, a subscription-funded television channel in South Africa, believes the country would be far better off scrapping plans to build pricey set-top boxes for digital terrestrial television and instead should use the money in other ways. Karen Willenberg, the broadcaster’s director of legal and regulatory affairs, says instead the country should consider the use of […]
Some time towards the end of 2012, the first batch of UK local TV licences will be awarded. The UK government is looking to create 65 highly local stations, using spare digital frequencies. The embryonic channels will also be aided with some funding from the UK’s statutory licence fee. Canis Media is looking to supply […]
KIT Digital and Harmonic have announced a strategic partnership that harnesses their complementary product portfolios to offer an end-to-end multiscreen video architecture optimally managed for maximum performance. The two companies are working together to create solutions that enable Tier 1 video providers to efficiently expand existing broadcast and pay TV services with new multi-platform, multi-device […]
CinemaNow, Best Buy’s digital entertainment service, and Intel are giving US customers the ability to enjoy a larger library of premium HD content on their PCs. For the first time, CinemaNow will offer 1080p HD movies for rental and purchase on 2nd generation Intel Core processor-based PCs with Intel Insider technology. Previously, only standard-definition movies […]
The Simpsons has been saved from the axe at the 11th hour. The cast have agreed to take a pay cut, meaning the show will go on being made until at least 2014. James L Brooks, the show’s executive producer, wrote on Twitter that he was “crying animated tears of joy”. The Simpsons has seen […]
The USA’s Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is to launch on Nov 1 (on BSkyB and Virgin Media), with a portfolio of high-quality US-produced factual, arts and current affairs programming. PBS-UK is a j-v between PBS’ Distribution arm and Canadian entrepreneur David Lyons of Quadra Group/Orca Exploration. The channel is being played out by Red Bee […]
The Kommersant publishing house unveiled its new TV channel last week, Kommersant TV, even though it has no conventional TV pictures as such. Instead, the channel shows blocks of text with photo illustrations, rotating in importance. The text shows political and financial news, the weather and so on. “Whether or not this is television makes […]
Outdoor Channel and international broadcaster Chello Zone, a subsidiary of Liberty Global’s international media division Chellomedia, have confirmed the launch of Outdoor Channel HD in Portugal. Premiering on triple-play operator ZON Multimédia, the deal marks Outdoor Channel’s debut in Portugal. ZON Multimedia claims a 60 per cent share of the Portuguese pay TV market and […]
Universal Pictures has unveiled plans to make its upcoming Eddie Murphy action comedy film “Tower Heist” available through video-on-demand in the US just three weeks after it debuts in cinemas on November 4th – but with a hefty $59.99 asking price. The proposed test, which will be offered in Atlanta and Portland, Oregan, to approximately […]