UK media regulator Ofcom has fined Noor TV £75,000 for “extremely serious” breaches of its rules, and that the channel provided no detailed evidence of any compliance procedures. Noor TV beams its channel to Muslim viewers living in Europe and is licensed by Ofcom. The breach was in regard to a programme, “Saturday Night Special” […]
LoveFilm and StudioCanal have signed an exclusive long-term deal in the UK and Germany giving LoveFilm members access to the portfolio of new and library movies from the international film distributor for a 12-month window. UK and German members of LoveFilm will be the first to instantly stream all of StudioCanal ‘s latest and future […]
TidalTV, an online video advertising network and solutions provider, is now working with Roku, the Internet TV platform, to offer OTT video advertising as it continues to develop its strategy to leverage multi-screen, platform-agnostic advertising solutions. This new video platform expands TidalTV’s advanced targeting and optimisation offering, which previously included online and mobile capabilities. “In […]
A new report on UK cable operator Virgin Media’s prospects (from investment bankers Morgan Stanley) says that TiVo’s functionality will make life very hard for YouView or BSkyB. Virgin’s senior staffers say that their TiVo box, now rolling out to its customer base, will beat to the punch the UK’s digital terrestrial service YouView and […]
Senior opposition Labour Party politicians have renewed their attacks on Rupert Murdoch and son James over News Corporation’s involvement in the phone hacking scandal and the bid to take control of BSkyB. In particular, the Murdochs’ ongoing part-ownership of BSkyB faced savage criticism from Labour MPs Chris Bryant and Tom Watson. In separate speeches to […]
The Digital Production Partnership (DPP) – a partnership between ITV, Channel 4 and the BBC, with active participation from Channel Five, Sky, UKTV and the Independent Production sector – has revealed two major initiatives in digital production in Television. The first is the release of a report – The Reluctant Revolution – Breaking Down Barriers […]
FilmFlex Movies, one of the largest movies-on-demand service providers in Europe, backed by joint venture partners Sony Pictures Television (a Sony Pictures Entertainment Company) and The Walt Disney Company EMEA, has confirmed the launch of a ‘download to rent’ option on Film4oD, Film4’s online film-on-demand service. Download to rent, which saves the movie to the […]
A study by the Pew Research Centre and the Knight Foundation has found that TV continues to be the main news source, in the US but only by a small margin. Local newspapers, websites and radio stations play a key role as well. The survey found that TV is the main source for three popular […]
DreamWorks Animation, the company behind successful movie franchises such as Madagascar and Shrek, has agreed a deal to stream its films and television specials through Netflix, replacing an existing agreement with HBO, reports the New York Times. The deal is characterised by the companies as the first time a major Hollywood supplier has chosen Web […]
YouView has published its draft User Interface and Search Policy for consultation with industry, setting out how content will be presented to viewers in a way that makes it easy for them to discover. The policy also details YouView’s approach to allocating EPG positions to video on demand content providers in the YouView User Interface. […]