James Murdoch has officially stepped down as executive chairman of News International newspapers in the UK and appears to be severing his links with publishing to concentrate on News Corp’s TV businesses. News Corp has confirmed that Murdoch, the son of Rupert Murdoch, will no longer chair the board at the group that includes companies […]
UK digital television industry association the Digital TV Group has unveiled the latest technical specification enhancements for Freeview and Freeview HD – as the digital television industry gathers for its annual Summit on 2 March in London. Enhancements to the ‘D-Book’ – which sets out the detailed technical standards for digital terrestrial television in the […]
ITV has reported a 14 per cent increase in pre-tax profits to £327 million in 2011 as chief executive Adam Crozier hailed a turnaround in its TV production business. The UK commercial broadcaster, which reported adjusted pre-tax profits up 24 per cent to £398 million said that total revenues increased 4 per cent to £2.1 […]
Dutch cable television firm Ziggo plans to list on the Amsterdam stock exchange, but a date has not yet been set. Ziggo, currently owned by private equity firms, is the biggest cable television firm in Holland with some three million subscribers. It was formed between 2005 and 2007 through the merger of Casema, Multikabel and […]
UK broadcast advice specialist, Canis Media, has formally notified Ofcom of an expression of interest in bidding for the Local TV ‘MuxCo’ licence through the newly formed new company, Comux UK Limited. Comux UK will be structured to ensure that the maximum possible return on the value of the gifted capacity is invested in local […]
Prisa TV-owned digital DTH platform Canal Plus (former Digital Plus) continues losing pay-TV clients, despite a multiplatform strategy aimed at stemming the flow. The company lost 17,000 clients in the last quarter of 2011 and ended the year with 1.84 million subscribers including 82,247 clients from Canal Plus through other platforms, such as IPTV and […]
Limelight Networks is pleased to announce the strengthening of its European team with the appointment of Thom Poole as International Marketing Director. Poole, a professional, Chartered Marketer, brings more than 25 years’ international and digital marketing experience in the SaaS, Telecom and training sectors to Limelight. He is responsible for all marketing operations in Limelight’s […]
Australian pay-TV operators Foxtel and Austar have agreed to make some of their exclusive content available to Internet Service Providers as part of undertakings to win support from the competition regulator for their A$1.9 billion merger, reports The Australian. It is understood the pair will allow some content to be used by ISPs for IPTV, […]
Silicon and software solutions provider Entropic Communications has been selected as the successful bidder to acquire Trident Microsystems’ set-top box (STB) system-on-a-chip (SoC) assets for a purchase price of $65 million, a $10 million dollar increase to its original offer. Confirmation follows the completion of an auction, and the final transaction is subject to approval […]
The British pub landlady who won a partial victory at the ECJ over using a Greek services decoder to watch the English Premier League, has won the latest legal round at the UK High Court. Instead of using Sky, on which it costs £700 (€824) a month to see Premier League matches, she used the […]