ndependent production and distribution company Off the Fence has partnered with Joost, the broadcast-quality Internet television service, to launch two new channels via their online platform – 'Off the Fence Go Wild' and 'Off the Fence Explore'. The channels will air a schedule of wildlife programming and science documentaries.
Ofcom has wasted no time getting out its consultation on Sky's pay-TV on Freeview plans. Ofcom said the Sky proposal would increase choice and availability of pay-TV services on the platform, but it could block other providers of pay-TV from operating on Freeview, which has limited capacity, while strengthening Sky's dominance of the pay-TV market […]
Google 'could do a better job' at preventing illegally copied video from appearing on its YouTube site, Peter Chernin, president and chief operating officer of News Corp, told the FT. The comments come ahead of News Corp's launch this month of Hulu, a site for professionally produced video with NBC Universal. Chernin said there was […]
IBM, in collaboration with UTStarcom, has commenced work for Bharat Sanchar Nigam. (BSNL) to provide end-to-end networking solutions and services for the deployment of 2.8 million lines of DSLAM (Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer) in approximately 900 cities throughout India. BSNL will use the network to deliver real-time applications and high-speed Internet, and to effectively […]
BSkyB could take legal action if it is forced into a loss-making sale of its 17.9 per cent stake in ITV after the Competition Commission said the shareholding was anti-competitive. Although it will be up to the business and regulatory reform minister to decide on what remedy to prescribe when he receives the final report, […]
America's DirecTV and EchoStar are likely to see their customer growth fall significantly over the next five years, a new report from Pike Fischer suggests. The DTH providers, which together have more than 30 million subscribers, may be relying too heavily on their partnerships with telephone companies to gain new customers according to the report […]
From David del Valle in Madrid The Spanish football TV war is intensifying with regional TV channel TV3 suing Sogecable for having prevented it from broadcasting free to air a recent match between the teams Real Madrid and Betis. TV3 is a shareholder of Audiovisual Sport, the company controlled by Sogecable that manages and operates […]
State Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has said t that he will ask the Department of Public Utility Control (DPUC) to reject a franchise application by AT&T’s Internet television service for Connecticut. “This new application by AT&T seems to accept that they must seek a franchise, but makes a sham of meeting the franchise requirements,” Blumenthal […]
ESPN Star Sports is launching a version of SportsCenter in South East Asia, as well as Hong Kong and China. SportsCenter is consistently one of the highest rated programs on American television. It has been broadcast more than any other show in American television history, with over 30,000 unique episodes aired so far. Covering American […]
MTV Networks International's (MTVNI) has launched MTV Hungary, the latest addition to its growing portfolio of channels in Central and Eastern Europe. The MTV channel will be a fully localised service and joins the other MTVNI channel brands, VIVA, VHI European and Nickelodeon, which are also available in Hungary. The 24 hour, advertiser-supported, Hungarian language […]