ABC International Television and Internet and mobile TV specialist aggregator Kamera have closed an agreement to distribute news video content from ABC News. The deal will enable Kamera to market ABC News' portfolio of news content to mobile operators and online platforms worldwide, excluding North America. Kamera will distribute, pitch and package ABC News content […]
Sky is calling a halt to new channels on its platform in a move that is bound to lead to bidding battles between companies seeking valuable slots on its electronic programming guide (EPG). Sky has said that it will “cease to take further applications for places in the EPG launch queue” and will proceed with […]
It has emerged BSkyB had a private equity partner lined up to take part in its £940 million (E1.36bn) raid on ITV late last year. At the last minute the private equity house pulled out so Sky had to decide whether to go ahead and buy all of the blocking stake to prevent Virgin's takeover […]
From Branislav Pekic in Rome Italian telecom and broadband operator Wind has reached an agreement with Sky Italia to distribute the entire portfolio of the pay-TV operator on its new IPTV platform. As a result Wind will be able to complete its triple play offer with TV via the internet, while Sky will boost the […]
From Sotires Eleftheriou in Paris French company Mobibase has launched One TV, a platform of TV channels made specifically for viewing on mobile phones on the Orange Gallery service. A small selection of the channels has already been available on test over the summer. One TV should be available via other operators soon – SFR […]
From David del Valle in Madrid According to Pro DTT Association, Impulsa TDT, in September more than 330,000 DTT devices were sold in the country reaching up to a total of 6,111,859 units, with sales in the first eight months of the year similar to those in the whole 2006. Spaniards prefer the Integrated Digital […]
Vode, the UK based VoD specialist has announced its latest digital storage and distribution deal with UK and US based music and entertainment specialist, Eagle Rock Entertainment Eagle Rock supplied Vode with its content library in digi beta format which was then digitised and stored in the VodeVault, serving as Eagle Rock's 'virtual archive.' The […]
Phone network O2 will launch its O2 Broadband service on October 15. With recent consumer surveys showing consistently that consumers are dissatisfied with their broadband provider. O2 say their broadband will be simple to set up and use with a one step plug-and-play set up through the O2 wireless box with automatic configuration O2 has […]
Jeff Henry, consumer CEO of UK ITV, said the re-launch of ITV.com has boosted traffic to the site by 45 per cent year-on-year, with average dwell time doubling and 89 per cent of video clip viewers watching all of the accompanying advert.
Discovery Networks UK will showcase the exclusive premiere of Discovery Channel flagship show 'Chop Shop: London Garage' on its online video service Discovery On Demand, four days ahead of the TV premiere. The Discovery On Demand premiere will be supported by a multi-platform brand campaign running on-air, on-line and on-mobile. The initiative underscores Discovery's move […]