A group of 34 movie studios has lost its appeal against an Australian Federal Court judgment involving Internet Service Provider iiNet. A 2010 ruling found it was impossible to hold iiNet responsible for its users illegally downloading movies and television shows. The studios had tried to prove iiNet not only failed to take steps to […]
White-label video publishing company thePlatform has been selected by Australian telco Telstra to serve as the central video management system for Telstra’s BigPond TV service across IP-connected devices. Telstra is using thePlatform’s mpx video management system to enable Australian consumers easily to access and enjoy high quality movies and television content across a broad range […]
Technicolor has received a binding offer from the FCDE for the acquisition of the Head-end business, operating under the Thomson Video Networks brand. The FCDE (Fonds de Consolidation et de Développement des Entreprises) is an investment fund financed by the FSI (Fonds Stratégique d’Investissement) and major banks and insurance companies operating in France. Its mission […]
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has suggested June 2014 as the deadline for all cable operators to move to digital television signals, in its revised recommendations to the ministry of information & broadcasting. The ministry had originally proposed March 2015 as the year for shifting all television signals to the digital mode. In its […]
Western Poland’s largest telecom operator is now live to subscribers with its Wypoz˙yczalnia Filmów VOD service, which is built upon a comprehensive solution from SeaChange|eventIS, the multi-screen video software company. Available commercially since the end of 2010, INEA’s VOD service is running on the open converged Service Delivery Platform (cSDP) from SeaChange|eventIS, which also served […]
WebTView, a specialist in OTT video content delivery to connected devices, has unveiled its new mobile-based disruptive innovation called OverCast, an extension to the WebTView Video Platform. OverCast splits user experience into two screens – personalised video content search and sharing done on a smartphone or a tablet, selecting a TV show or a movie […]
While cable MSOs suffered some cord cutting in the downturn, US pay-TV operator DirecTV added close on 300,000 net new American subscribers during its fourth quarter (to December 31st 2010) and said that growth was ahead of expectations. Indeed, the net growth for Q4 was the best for the past ten years when Latino subscriptions […]
Vivendi is claiming a major legal victory after a US judge limited the number of shareholders who can pursue it over alleged false financial statements relating to the Seagram / Canal Plus merger in 2000. The company said the decision would reduce the damages it could potentially face by 80 per cent from a figure […]
Advanced Digital Broadcast (ADB) has reported the Group’s unaudited consolidated financial results for the full year 2010. Full year revenue reached $356.6 million, to which the newly acquired broadband business (Pirelli Broadband Solutions, renamed as “ADB Broadband”, or “ADBB”) contributed $20 million. It has been consolidated with the ADB Group core business for the month […]
Telekom Austria had reached over 151,000 subscribers for its IPTV service ‘aonTV’ by the end of 2010, up more than 50 per cent from a year ago. Total revenues across all operations and markets for 2010 reached €4.65 billion, down 3.1 per cent year-on-year, while group EBITDA fell 9.1 per cent to €1.6459 billion, due […]