Youku, China’s largest online video company, has raised $203 million in its initial public offering and saw its shares surge more than 100 per cent in New York trading. Tudou, Youku’s largest rival, has also filed for a US IPO, but there is no date for the offering yet. But Gong Yu, chief executive of […]
The UK arm of LG is rolling out a new campaign to raise people’s awareness and change perception of cinema-tech 3D TV’s. The technology, also known as passive 3D, uses similar glasses to those found in top end cinemas to deliver 3D pictures in a sustainable way in the living room. The campaign has commenced […]
Industry leaders at CASBAA’s “Addressable India 2010” meeting have united to urge the government to move rapidly towards the addressable digitalisation of India’s pay-TV industry. Spearheaded by the Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF), MSO Alliance, News Broadcasters Association (NBA), DTH Association of India, IPTV India Forum, Cable Operators Federation of India (COFI) and CASBAA, the seven […]
UEFA, the European ruling body for football, is moving ahead with plans to centralise the sale of broadcast rights for European Championship and World Cup qualifiers. It means national associations – in particular England’s FA – may suffer a drop in revenue, the FA currently makes over €200 million selling these rights. If the move […]
TV-connected software production company TVBlob and digital entertainment provider Dada have launched the Play.me music service on the Hybrid BLOBbox from TeleSystem. Subscribers to the web/mobile music subscription service Play.me can now access millions of music tracks from major and independent labels via their TV sets. Users pay E4.99 per month for unlimited online streaming […]
Digital broadcast network Babelgum and production company Oktane Media Ventures have announced the creation of FAST Weekly, a custom content-driven programme highlighting must-see films and animation on the network’s Web and mobile platforms. Babelgum will air the show in weekly segments every Thursday through 2010 and into 2011. “With thousands of high-quality films and video […]
Bharti Airtel has confirmed the expansion of its IPTV services to Bangalore, following a successful run in the Delhi NCR region. The service currently offers a library of 150+ titles, time shift TV and DVR “programme-stacking” and a selection of 42 linear channels. Girish Mehta, chief marketing officer, Airtel telemedia services, said ”Bangalore has consistently […]
Broadpeak, provider of content delivery network (CDN) solutions to Internet service providers and pay-TV operators worldwide, has confirmed that the Skytide streaming video analytics solution is now fully integrated into Broadpeak’s Mediator CDN system. This integration provides network operators and their customers with tools to visualise advanced statistical information and manage their video-on-demand or live […]
Forecaster Oliver & Ohlbaum’s survey found four per cent of current Freeview homes plan to get YouView instead of pay-TV, and a total 18 per cent of existing pay-TV homes said they are ‘likely’ to switch away from their current provider to use YouView instead. However, O&O CEO Mark Oliver believes the threat is relatively […]
Funds controlled by Australian investment bank Macquarie have again invested in broadcasting and transmission capacity. This time Macquarie has spend €574 million buying Ceske Radiokomunikace, the Czech Republic’s main TV and radio transmission service provider. As regards the Czech purchase, Macquarie has bought 100 per cent of Ceske Radiokomunikace from Falcon Group, itself controlling or […]