Tom Bosco will oversee sales of video advertising across MySpace. “Tom’s proven track record of driving revenue around online-video products gives MySpaceTV an incredible advantage in the marketplace going forward. Video is a huge focus for us from a monetization perspective with virtually limitless opportunities on MySpace. Tom’s experience adds to our team one of […]
Digital media protection specialist SecureMedia has been acquired by US competitive communications provider Cavalier Telephone and TV. SecureMedia will remain an independent company, servicing current customers while pursuing new worldwide. The company will also provide technology and services to advance Cavalier Telephone and TV’s new business developments and long-term strategy. “When Cavalier first set out […]
Czech telco VOLNY has launched its IPTV service in the Czech Republic called VOLNY TV. The service offers nearly 40 Czech and foreign TV stations, as well as first-run movie channels, video-on-demand, HBO Digital, the VOLNY Album, which enables on-line viewing and sharing of photos published on the Internet, games and radio. VOLNY TV also […]
Tiscali will be launching its new IPTV service in Italy in late October. Reports state that Tiscali TV will access three RAI channels; RAI Fiction, Rai Cultura and RAI Junior. Tiscali TV subscribers will also be offered PVR features that will allow for on demand access to these channels and to RAI 1, RAI 2 […]
Graeme Oxby has replaced Alan Gow as MD of Virgin Media. He will report to Neil Berkett, Virgin Media’s chief operating officer and will be responsible for driving Virgin Mobile’s consumer proposition and additionally its integration with Virgin Media.
As predicted Virgin Media is to delay its auction in the hope credit market turbulence will settle to allow private equity suitors to finance bids of up to $23 billion (E16.8bn). The UK company had set a deadline of next week for initial offers, after an approach by Carlyle kicked off an auction. But its […]
Setanta says it has already signed up 2.5 million customers for its Setanta Sports package. Of those 2.5 million, 1.4 million are Virgin Media customers who had taken up the offer of adding Setanta Sports to their XL basic subscription package. The remaining 1.1m are paying £9.99 (E15) per month to access Setanta Sports via […]
The BBC is adding commercials to broadband video news clips on its BBC News web site when viewed outside the UK. In a message to web site visitors, the BBC said the technical quality of the video was being improved for overseas users “so that anyone anywhere in the world with a high speed internet […]
An association of computer and communication companies, including Google, Microsoft and Yahoo, accused several professional sports leagues, book publishers and other media companies of misleading and threatening consumers with overstated copyright warnings. In a complaint to the Federal Trade Commission, the group, the Computer and Communications Industry Association, said that the National Football League, Major […]
Satellite broadcaster BSkyB is expanding its sports offering with the launch of live Barclays Premier League football on mobile phones. Every one of this season's Premier League matches are to be broadcast live by Sky Sports via Sky Mobile TV beginning on 11 August. Sky Sports 1, 2 and 3 will be available as simulcast […]