KidsCo, the international children's channel, has secured a partnership agreement with Ukrainian distribution agency, Visit Agency, to represent the channel across the Ukraine. Visit Agency will represent KidsCo in the Ukraine, administrate cable agreements and distribute the channel among local cable operators with a view to expand into HD, VOD and IPTV markets.
Viewers who logged on at 5am to see the last ever episode of Lost on the Sky Player were left empty handed when a technical fault meant the show dropped out 55 minutes in an error message appeared, informing them: ‘This programme is unavailable to view via Sky Player. Ads from up to 25 brands, […]
PureScreens, the first operator of 'aesthetic television channels', will be launching its first Subscription-VOD offering on cable platform Numericable in France, Belgium and Luxemburg. All contents will be offered exclusively in HD. The offering will launch on June 21st, with a monthly subscription of E1.99.
Zoran, a global specialist in semiconductors for consumer electronics, and RealD, a leading 3D technology provider, have announced that Zoran has licensed the stereoscopic RealD Format and will incorporate support for 3D content delivery and display technology into its TV, STB and Blu-ray products. Zoran’s TV reference design with integrated RealD 3D support is available […]
Zixi and PeerTV have formed a strategic alliance to provide a turnkey end-to-end solution for narrowcasters seeking to deliver live TV channels and VOD services to target consumers over the open Internet. By combining Zixi and PeerTV's platforms, content distributors now have the ability to deliver HD quality live video over the Internet that starts […]
The BBC wants to ban 'unbundled' VoD provision of its programmes on third party sights. The corporation's management makes the recommendation in proposals for changing its on-demand syndication guidelines, submitted to the BBC Trust. The management says: “We recommend that the BBC catalogue of full programmes should not be made available in a disintermediated way […]
Harmonic has announced that Shenzhen Topway Video Communication, one of China’s leading cable operators offering advanced digital video services, has expanded its HDTV and VOD services with Harmonic headend and edgeQAM solutions. With this new deployment, Shenzhen Topway Video Communication will deliver 13 channels of HDTV programming, and offering new HD VOD services and enhanced […]
Sky Italia has a “monopolistic position” in the country and the Mediaset chairman warned legal disputes between the companies will continue until there is a level playing field. Fedele Confalonieri, a close friend of Mediaset owner Silivio Berlusconi, dismissed protests from the satellite broadcaster that it should be allowed to broadcast pay-TV channels on the […]
From David Del Valle in Paris Mobile operator Movistar is launching HD TV services through Apple’s iPhone at a fee of E4 to E5 a month. There will be four HD TV packages available: the first, called Futbol will include Gol TV and Tribuna’s six channels and Multigol; other thematic packages will be Musica, composed […]
Rovi is in negotiations with Google to bring its navigation solutions and technology to the recently announced Google Smart TV platform. Rovi has confirmed it is in talks with Google. “Google have wielded their considerable influence and vision to get multiple market forces together to take connected-TV to a place that needed a collaborative approach,” […]