Channel 4 has held talks with Emap about taking full control of Box Television – owner of seven music channels on digital television platforms such as Freeview, including Kerrang!, Kiss, Q and The Hits, the UK's most popular music channel. The broadcaster, which bought half of Emap's music television division in July for £28 million, […]
ITN's multimedia division, ITN On today, has unveiled its latest online initiative with the launch of an ITN channel on YouTube. The ad-funded channel will have entertainment at its heart, plus sports, film and Bollywood programmes made specifically for online platforms allowing YouTube users to view, comment on and link to their favourite ITN content.
Sony Computer Entertainment Korea plans to launch a service in November that will enable the PlayStation 3 to act as a set-top box to receive telco KT’s Mega TV IPTV service, The Korea Times reported. The partnership – Sony’s first foray into using the PlayStation 3 as an IPTV set-top box – would allow gamers […]
The BBC has retained the UK broadcasting and online rights to the US Masters golf tournament up to 2010. Sky had been keen to wrest away rights from the BBC, which has shown the Masters every year since 1986. The agreement provides the BBC with live television and radio rights, plus additional online rights.
TV Telephony, a service which allows digital television viewers to make and receive calls using their TV, has been launched by digital TV experts Waterfront. TV Telephony offers a range of possibilities for utilising voice calls over interactive television, from the development of new forms of game show, to creating more direct alternatives to traditional […]
GoBackTV, supplier of digital video headend and edge solutions, has been selected by Marco Island Cable in Florida to augment its video services, following a successful field-trial of multicast cable IPTV using the GoBackTV CMTS-bypass solution.
From David Del Valle in Madrid Telco operator Abertis is leading a project to develop a single DTT box and pre-paid cards to allow DTT broadcasters to offer certain pay TV services, such as cinema or football or music events following the Italian example. The company plans to set up a centre or a factory […]
Interactive Digital Sales (IDS), the advertising solutions provider for Virgin Media Television, has selected Chellomedia's Mistral software to create and publish templated interactive advertising on the Sky Satellite platform. Chellomedia's Mistral software has been recently enhanced to offer a range of advertising solutions for UK satellite, DTT and European Cable platforms. The solutions offer media […]
Nokia Siemens Networks has won a contract from Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), India's largest telecommunications service provider, to deploy broadband access across 7,000 Indian villages. The contract is a part of the green field rural tender from BSNL. The new access network's high bandwidth will allow BSNL to deliver high data and triple play […]
Telefónica O2 Czech Republic has signed a contract The Walt Disney Company for the distribution of its films through O2TV fixed-line television. In addition to new titles, Telefónica O2 also has access to library titles from Disney-ABC International Television’s portfolio, from which they will present 40 films over the course of every year.