Darrell Issa, Chairman of the US House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, has unveiled the crowd-sourced sections of the Online Protection & Enforcement of Digital Trade (OPEN) Act at KeepTheWebOPEN.com. Internet users generated improvements to six sections of the OPEN Act, representing the first-ever legislative mark-up truly open to the American public. Issa and […]
Online entertainment service Netflix is to face nationwide competition in the OTT and physical and digital markets with the news that US telco Verizon and retail solutions specialist Coinstar are forming a joint venture designed to create a new choice for quality- and value-conscious consumers seeking a simple and affordable way to access the video […]
Premium television company HBO has agreed to invest A$10 million (€8.2m) for a strategic stake Australia’s leading online movie rental company Quickflix. Quickflix recently announced that it had entered into a licensing agreement with HBO for the streaming of TV series and films in Australia. Under the terms of the deal, HBO will invest A$10 […]
Poland has put on hold plans to ratify a controversial international online anti-piracy accord after widespread off-and-online protests in the country. “I consider that the arguments for a halt to the ratification process are justified,” Prime Minister Donald Tusk told reporters. “The issue of signing of the ACTA accord did not involve sufficient consultation with […]
BT will have to cut the prices it charges Internet providers and others who sell on services using its lines, Ofcom says. The regulator wants the cost for use of a broadband and phone line to fall from £91.50 (€109) per year to £87.41. The cost of using a broadband line only should also drop […]
Conviva, a video quality optimisation and analytics solution provider, has closed a $15 Million round of funding led by Time Warner Investments, the strategic investing arm of Time Warner. Conviva says it improves over one billion streams a month and provides solutions that guarantee a high quality viewing experience that ultimately results in longer viewing […]
Randy Pike has been named Vice President of Broadcast Engineering at Globecast Americas. Reporting to Chief Technology Officer Bart Palmer, Pike will oversee all of GlobeCast’s day-to-day technical operations in the Americas, ensuring high quality of service and expert maintenance of systems and equipment for the company’s broadcast clients. Pike will be based in Culver […]
GlobeCast Americas CEO Lisa Coelho announced that Randolphe “Randy” Pike has been named Vice President of Broadcast Engineering. Reporting to Chief Technology Officer Bart Palmer, Pike will oversee all of GlobeCast’s day-to-day technical operations in the Americas, ensuring high quality of service and expert maintenance of systems and equipment for the company’s broadcast clients. Pike […]
The English Premier League and the importers of foreign STBs and cards are both claiming victory after the latest High Court ruling. After a High Court hearing this week, the League says it will take action against pubs for breach of copyright. But the importers say they are free to carry on their business. The […]
BT added 39,000 subscribers for its IPTV ‘BT Vision’ in the fourth quarter of 2011 – just a few hundred less than Sky in the same period – bringing the total to 679,000. Consumer ARPU was up 5 per cent to an annual £337 (€405) reflecting the increased take up of both broadband and BT […]