Malaysian billionaire and T. Ananda Krishnan has seized an opportunity created by the government’s proposed national broadband network. Krishnan has taken a significant stake in internet-delivered TV company Fetch TV, which is expected to launch in Australia early next year. Former ACP Magazines chief and Optus executive Scott Lorson, and telco executive Simon Cathcart, are […]
Ford Ennals, the former head of TV switchover body Digital UK, has been appointed chief executive of the digital switchover delivery body Digital Radio UK. He will be coordinating the industry’s efforts as it moves towards the 2015 digital switchover. He joins Digital Radio UK from Nike, where he was president of global commercial for […]
Roku, maker of the popular family of Roku players, has announced the Roku Channel Store and the first 10 free channels for Roku customers to enjoy on their TVs. From Internet radio to video podcasts, professional web content to photo sharing and personal videos, the Roku Channel Store provides an open platform for delivering content […]
Intelsat, the world's leading provider of fixed satellite services, has announced that an Atlas V rocket provided by United Launch Alliance successfully launched the Intelsat 14 satellite (IS-14). The satellite, built by Space Systems/Loral, will provide high-powered data services through its C- and Ku-band payload to Intelsat customers throughout Latin America, Europe and Africa. Once […]
International investment and industrial group Bolloré is interested in taking over one of two pay digital terrestrial television (DTT) frequencies vacant since the closure of AB1 and Canal J earlier this year, according to Les Echos. The Bolloré Group already broadcasts the Direct8 channel on free DTT. France Telecom's Orange, which launched pay channels Orange […]
News Corp, Time Warner and Qualia Capital are interested in buying Hollywood’s Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio Bloomberg has reported. Burdened by about $4 billion in debt, Los Angeles-based MGM said last week it was weighing options, including a possible sale of the company. Creditors are hoping to get at least $2 billion, from a single buyer […]
John Malone, who's Liberty Media is the largest individual shareholder in DirecTV told US media “I can be the first one to say DirecTV is not for sale”. Liberty Media split off DirecTV last week to combine it with some its cable network assets creating an independent and larger DirecTV. This has sparked speculation the […]
From Colin Mann in London Future assessment of the UK’s wireless spectrum should take into account whether optimum use is being made of broadcasting spectrum in an age of widespread broadband data, according to Ed Richards, CEO of Ofcom. “We need to continue to ensure that spectrum is put to good use for all our […]
Channel 4 is looking to extend its brand online with more standalone web content – unrelated to its TV shows – and is considering content charging models. Kevin Lygo, the director of content and television at Channel 4, outlined changes to the broadcaster’s public service remit referred to in the Digital Economy Bill. These include […]
General Electric and Vivendi are apparently $1 billion apart in their valuation of the French group's stake in NBC Universal, damping hopes of a quick resolution to the stand-off holding up Comcast's bid for a majority stake in the group. GE and Comcast, the cable operator that wants to take a 51 per cent stake […]