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CNN Mobile on FLO TV service

FLO TV, a wholly owned subsidiary of Qualcomm, has expanded its partnership with Turner Broadcasting to bring consumers CNN Mobile, a channel that includes programming from CNN/US, CNN International and HLN, as well as CNN.com content. The channel will be available on the FLO TV Personal Television and FLO TV Auto Entertainment platforms, in addition […]

March 15, 2010

Telekom Austria selects Alcatel-Lucent

Telekom Austria has selected Alcatel-Lucent’s Triple-Play Service Delivery Architecture (TPSDA) to enable it to extend the reach of its triple-play services to include smaller communities across the country. Alcatel-Lucent will also provide professional services in the areas of project management, software subscription, support and repair management, and technical support services.

March 15, 2010

Murdoch: governments must punish piracy

James Murdoch has called on governments to get tough on illegal downloading, which he said was no different from shoplifting. He made the call at the Abu Dhabi Media Summit. Stressing that future growth would come from original content production, he said: “We need enforcement mechanisms and we need governments to play ball. The idea […]

March 15, 2010

News Corp Sky buy out rumour

Shares in BskyB plc rose four per cent at the end of last week on rumours that News Corp is preparing a bid to buy out its fellow shareholders in BskyB and take the firm private. News Corp currently owns 39 per cent of BskyB. However News Corp has not commented and many wonder why […]

March 15, 2010

ITV1 HD in April

ITV will launch its first high definition channel, ITV1 HD, on April 2nd on all major distribution platforms ahead of the 2010 World Cup. ITV1 HD will simulcast the ITV1 schedule on Virgin Media, Sky, Freeview and Freesat from 2 April and show sports coverage, HD dramas and factual programming in HD. Peter Fincham, ITV […]

March 15, 2010

RTL seeks Euro wide relaxation on TV ad rules

European broadcaster RTL is seeking a relaxation of advertising rules to allow innovations such as sponsors' logos to be shown in the top right-hand corner of television screens, its chief executive Gerhard Zeiler said. Zeiler explained that regulators in all the countries in which it operates are increasingly aware of the financial pain caused to […]

March 15, 2010

RTL “committed” to Five for consolidation

Gerhard Zeiler, the chief executive of Channel Five’s parent company RTL, has said that the group remains “100 per cent” committed to the UK commercial broadcaster despite last year’s loss, noting that it will be a “valuable asset” in the expected consolidation of the UK TV market. Five reported an overall loss of £37 million […]

March 12, 2010

BBC Vision head leaves

BBC Vision's head of multiplatform products Lloyd Shepherd is leaving the corporation after nine months. He commented “It's probably worth saying this decision has nothing to do with the BBC Strategic Review.” Shepherd joined Channel 4 as future media solutions head in 2008, but left for the BBC in June 2009.

March 12, 2010

BlackArrow and Fox VOD advertising trial

BlackArrow, a global provider of advanced advertising solutions for New Television platforms, has partnered with Fox Cable Networks to trial the BlackArrow Advanced Advertising System across the VOD content of FX, National Geographic Channel and SPEED. With the BlackArrow system, Fox Cable Networks is testing the ability to deliver addressable advertising to viewers in multiple […]

March 12, 2010

Playcast Media announces partnerships

Playcast Media has confirmed partnerships with some of the video game industry's top publishers including Atari, Capcom, Codemasters and THQ. Playcast Media delivers console-free video gaming directly through existing Cable and IPTV set-top boxes and is the first gaming-on-demand technology for Cable and IPTV in the world. Playcast Media’s system uses a proprietary new technology […]

March 12, 2010