YouTube has taken a significant step toward a UK TV VOD portal with a new section called UK TV and featuring full length TV shows from its deal with C4 and others from US broadcasters. YouTube is posting around 5,000 videos, of which almost 4,000 are full-length programmes, from more than 60 partners. YouTube said […]
Italian media company Mediaset is to this week launch a video-on-demand service for its DTT Premium pay-TV offering. Alongside the service, which will have at least 50-movies on offer, it is launching a 160GB DVR at E139. Mediaset expects to have 4.5 million Premium customers by the end of 2010, a 12% increase on 2009. […]
YouTube has taken a significant step toward a UK TV VOD portal with a new section called UK TV and featuring full length TV shows from its deal with C4 and others from US broadcasters. YouTube is posting around 5,000 videos, of which almost 4,000 are full-length programmes, from more than 60 partners. YouTube said […]
Italian media company Mediaset is to this week launch a video-on-demand service for its DTT Premium pay-TV offering. Alongside the service, which will have at least 50-movies on offer, it is launching a 160GB DVR at E139. Mediaset expects to have 4.5 million Premium customers by the end of 2010, a 12% increase on 2009. […]
From Colin Mann in London A senior executive at ITV has suggested that 20 per cent of viewing of its channels will be via 'catch-up' services in 2013, up from four per cent currently. Carolyn Fairbairn, Director of Group Development and Strategy at the broadcaster told delegates at the Digital TV Summit that this would […]
DirecTV has named Michael White as its new President and CEO. White announced in September that he will retire later this year from his current position as vice chairman of PepsiCo. He will assume his new role at DirecTV beginning January 1st, 2010.
Sony has launched its high-definition video store on the PlayStation Network across Europe. Sony has made distribution deals with studios including Disney, Lionsgate, MGM, Paramount, Sony and Twentieth Century Fox, with approximately 50 new titles expected to be made available each week. The European launch comes in the same week Microsoft launched Zune, its HD-streaming […]
ITV has confirmed Archie Norman, the former chief executive of supermarket group Asda, as its new chairman. The appointment of Norman, 55, a former Tory MP, will bring to an end a seven-month search for the commercial broadcaster as it sought to replace Michael Grade, its executive chairman. ITV is expected to see its fortunes […]
BSkyB expects profit and cash flow to grow in coming years as it continues to add clients even as competition increases. “The pay-TV market is an attractive place to be,” Chief Executive Officer Jeremy Darroch said at a Morgan Stanley conference in Barcelona, adding “BSkyB is well-positioned to increase earnings and cash flow.” BSkyB reported […]
Rural areas of the UK could gain access to broadband Internet services by using spare television spectrum after Ofcom gave the green light to the technology’s development. The communications regulator published a discussion paper on use of so-called 'white space' spectrum – the buffer radio spectrum between television channels, inviting the industry to push forward […]