The US lawmaker behind a bill to combat online piracy has vowed to press ahead with the measure despite criticism from Internet giants such as Google and Facebook, and threats from sites such as Reddit to go ‘dark’ for a day in protest. “It is amazing to me that the opponents apparently don’t want to […]
Motive Television PLC, the digital television technology, software and services provider, has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Motive Television Services Limited, has signed an agreement with Digital Media Europe (DME), a UK sales and marketing consultancy, to pursue opportunities in the licensing and deployment of Motive’s Video2Go technology in vertical markets outside the television industry. […]
Since January 1st, 2012, Stefan Philipps, 47, is DEV Systemtechnik’s Area Sales Manager for Germany, Austria and Switzerland. He succeeds Harald Busold, who left the company. Philipps reports to Rainer Lorger, Head of Sales and Marketing. After a vocational training to become an electrician, Philipps studied Electrical Engineering and started his professional career as a […]
Six Hollywood studios have responded to the Competition Commission judgement that their deals with Sky are anti-competitive. The watchdog gave a provisional ruling in August that the exclusive pay-TV deals were anti-competitive. In responses published by the Commission, Disney, 20th Century Fox, Paramount, Sony Pictures, NBC Universal and Warner Bros attacked the Commission for failing […]
Microsoft has put its talks with media companies about an online TV subscription service on hold, according to Reuters. Microsoft had been in talks with potential programming partners for over a year and was hoping to roll out the service in the next few months. But it has pulled back after deciding that the licensing […]
The biggest auction of space on the British airwaves is to be held towards the end of 2012, when telecoms companies will bid to acquire the spectrum they need to enable a mass uptake in the use of bandwidth-hungry smartphones and tablets. At least 98 per cent of the UK population would have access to […]
Writing an op-ed piece in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Gary Shapiro, president and CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association, has strongly criticised the intentions of Nevada Senator Harry Reid to introduce the Protect IP Act (PIPA) to the Senate floor this month, backing instead the Online Protection & Enforcement of Digital Trade Act (OPEN). Highlighting […]
India’s public broadcaster Doordarshan has generated 736 million Rupees ($14m) by auctioning off 29 transmission slots on its digital terrestrial service, DD Direct Plus. The amounts generated are some three times higher than a previous auction which sold off 21 channels for a total of 168 million Rupees. It is now reported that Doordarshan will […]
Scandinavian broadcaster MTG, best known for its Viasat pay-TV services, has suffered ratings disappointment on its Swedish network channels during Q4, says a report from investment bank Morgan Stanley. This has led to a downgrade of the bank’s anticipated growth for MTG of 5.5 per cent for 2011, and about 3.5 per cent for 2012’s […]
The legal ban on advertising on RTVE may come to an end over the next few months as the new Government is considering its reintroduction. In a move to tackle the budget deficit, the Government has tightened the screws on RTVE by reducing by €200 million its state subsidy out of the total RTVE’s annual […]