The soccer jamming squabble between Qatar’s Al Jazeera Sports and Jordanian broadcasting authorities has already stretched diplomatic relations between the two regions. Comments have bounced back and forth between the two nations, and there seems to be no doubt that the jamming occurred from within Jordanian territory. Now a local newspaper has suggested that […]
Turkish DTH broadcaster DigiTurk is 47 per cent held by private equity company Providence Equity Partners. Reports suggest that Providence is looking to exit the business and is having preliminary meetings with a number of potential buyers of its stake. Other private equity companies are reportedly conducting due diligence examinations of the business, while Time […]
A survey from Wedbush Securities shows that US consumers, especially price-sensitive ones, are dumping pay TV services but sticking with the Internet. Whether cord cutting is a real danger or just an overhyped phenomenon is frequently debated in the industry. Analysts say it is difficult to say whether customers who quit their cable programming packages […]
Recent data from the MAVISE TV database, developed for the DG Communication of the European Commission by the European Audiovisual Observatory, shows the current status of the European television market. MAVISE contains data on the EU markets plus the candidates Croatia and Turkey. Regarding the roll-out of Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT), the following developments have […]
Microsoft has confirmed an agreement with Canal Plus to deliver live programming to owners of Xbox 360 games consoles in France. French Xbox 360 owners will be able to utilise their console as a decoder for all Canal Plus premium channels, as well as a bouquet of CanalSat thematic channels. Users will also be able […]
The BBC’s director general, Mark Thompson, has warned of the potential for “abuse of power” if News Corp is allowed to take full control of BSkyB. In an interview on a US TV channel in New York, the DG claimed the takeover of BSkyB by News Corp could lead to “a significant loss of plurality […]
UK broadcast and satellite services company Arqiva is making some significant management and structural changes. CEO Tom Bennie is to leave once a replacement is appointed. The current somewhat complex divisional structure is being overhauled. “There are changes afoot,” said an Arqiva spokesman. “Tom stays for the moment, although will step down eventually and finding […]
The media producers organisation in France, SACD, has insisted the sector must be protected and not be ‘held hostage’ to European harmonisation. It spoke out in criticising the CSA’s opposition to the Government’s plan to make content quotas part of the price of attaining a VOD operating licence. The CSA thinks national and European quotas […]
Capablue, the Web – TV convergence agency, has launched Connected, its fully customisable portal platform for multiple devices and content platforms. Connected is a platform for the rapid development and deployment of video sites to TVs. Developed in partnership with Brightcove and TV Genius, it delivers a simple managed solution for content owners to provide […]
Red Bee Media has entered into a partnership with ITV to store, enhance and deliver content to platforms including ITV Broadcasting, Amazon, BT Vision, iTunes, ITV.com and Virgin Media. Each week the company will ingest 240 hours of broadcast quality programming and transcode over 1500 hours of ITV content into multiple VOD and catch up […]