Ofcom has backed VoD regulator ATVOD’s ruling that three Viacom companies – Nickelodeon , Paramount and MTV Networks – are responsible for the VoD content of Nickelodeon, Comedy Central and MTV respectively on the Virgin Media platform. The broadcasters had notified ATVOD last year that they considered Virgin Media to have “editorial responsibility” for the […]
A line in America’s national anthem claims the country as ‘the home of the free.’ Not for the first time, some Americans are claiming there must be a certain irony in the phrase. These are citizens who believe any restriction on the Internet is an enemy of innovation and, more importantly, their First Amendment rights […]
At a recent investor meeting held by Shanghai BesTV, executives said that the Shanghai Media Group IPTV subsidiary was continuing its partnership talks with CCTV’s national online TV station CNTV. Executives added that China’s State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) had expressed the hope that BesTV and CNTV would partner to form China’s […]
Sony Pictures Television has boosted its UK stable of channels to six after signing a multi-million pound deal to buy Dolphin Broadcasting, owner of channels including Movies4Men. Sony will also make its first move into TV ad sales in the UK, taking a majority stake in Dolphin’s sales house. Dolphin which owns five male-themed TV […]
Endemol has reached an agreement with a “significant majority” of its lenders, bringing to an end more than a year of talks to restructure its €2.8 billion debt. The TV production company said that it had reached an agreement in principle with more than two-thirds of its lenders to push through a restructuring of its […]
Having earlier described the Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA) and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) anti-piracy measures as threats to the openness, freedom, and innovation of the Internet, and supported the actions of websites which went ‘dark’ Wednesday January 18th in protest at the legislation, US House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman […]
US House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa has supported the actions of websites, which went ‘dark’ Wednesday January 18th, describing the Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA) and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) anti-piracy measures as threats to the openness, freedom, and innovation of the Internet. “The Protect IP Act and […]
HDTV pioneer (and millionaire Dallas Mavericks-owner) Mark Cuban is to revamp his HDNet channel in a joint-venture partnership with the talent agency Creative Artists Agency, radio talk-show host Ryan Seacrest, and sport and music promoters AEG. The ‘new’ channel is AXS TV (pronounced ‘access’) and will go on air in June. More importantly the channel […]
ITN Productions has announced a new digital strategy which sees the creation of a single sales opportunity across its digital global audience. The solution is powered by Rightster, the cloud based software and services provider for online video. For the first time, brands will be able to advertise via a single buying point on to […]
Senator Patrick Leahy, sponsor of the contentious PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) anti-online piracy legislation, has hit back against websites that have shut down in opposition to his measure. “Much of what has been claimed about the Senate’s PROTECT IP Act is flatly wrong and seems intended more to stoke fear and concern than to shed […]