Netflix has upped its stalking of pay-TV operators by bidding as much as $100 million for exclusive US rights to a new political series starring Kevin Spacey. House of Cards, a remake of the BBC political drama, is directed by The Social Network’s David Fincher and is being auctioned by Media Rights Capital. The bidding […]
IPTV subscriptions will reach 131.6 million globally by year-end 2015, a CAGR of 23 per cent, driven by the introduction of IPTV in emerging markets and the extension of coverage in developed markets to secondary and tertiary cities, according to a report by Pyramid Research. Other key findings include: – China will overtake France to […]
The US multichannel sector succeeded in reversing two consecutive quarters of video subscriber losses to achieve positive net adds in the fourth-quarter 2010. The combined gain of 65,000 customers, though weaker than year-ago results, helped boost the industry to a full-year increase of 211,000 customers, according to SNL Kagan estimates of total US video subscribers […]
Virgin Media is to open a ‘private members’ club in a bid to increase awareness of its 100Mbps broadband and TiVo TV service. It will open ‘Our House’ at homelessness charity House of St Barnabas’ W1 venue on March 28th. In seven rooms Virgin Media will demonstrate products, including the TiVo and broadband lounge. Partners […]
Copyright owners should make their content more readily available online and an independent body should be established to manage allegations of copyright infringement, according to a paper released by Internet Service Provider, iiNet. In the paper, iiNet Chief Executive Michael Malone, repeated his call for the film industry and copyright holders to work with the […]
Michael K. Powell, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from 2001 to 2005 and a member of the FCC for eight years, has been appointed President & Chief Executive Officer of the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA). As CEO for NCTA, Powell will serve as the cable industry’s leading advocate, spokesman, and representative […]
Broadcast Australia has called on the Federal Government to reconsider the costs involved in moving towns and communities onto satellite-based delivery of digital television signals. Speaking at a Senate Committee, Broadcast Australia chief executive Graeme Barclay said satellite-based services should be kept to a minimum. “The public policy intent and impact (of the measures of […]
Netgem has made its Home Cloud software development kit (SDK) available to application developers, Internet service providers and operator partners. Netgem is further developing its partner ecosystem to enable third parties to take advantage of its IPTV 2.0 open architecture. This application framework is designed for the development of live and on-demand TV and multimedia […]
In the framework of the upcoming April launch of a new HD package, Canal+/CanalSat Switzerland has announced a new partnership with Nagravision. Canal+/CanalSat Switzerland selected Nagravision’s latest Nagra Media Access conditional access system to provide their subscribers with access to high definition content delivered via satellite. Nagravision’s system allows Canal+/CanalSat Switzerland to not only secure […]
NDS has renewed its agreement with DirecTV, the US satellite pay-TV operator, to continue to deliver STB software and DVR technology to DirecTV US and DirecTV Latin America through January 2016. The contract sees the extension of the relationship between NDS and DirecTV to supply set-top box software across the platform, originally established in 2005. […]