Morten Solbakken, COO in Telenor Broadcast Holding, will take over as CEO at Conax with immediate effect. Solbakken has been acting CEO in Conax since September 14th. “Morten Solbakken knows the company well, as former board member and chairman of our encryption company and responsible for B2B units in Telenor Broadcast Holding. I am […]
Another US Internet industry grouping has declared its opposition to the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), currently stalled in ‘mark-up’ stage in the House. The Save Hosting Coalition, a consortium of businesses in the web hosting and Internet infrastructure industries, has delivered a letter from 300 leading industry executives expressing their opposition to the legislation. […]
Telestream, a provider of video transcoding and digital media software solutions, has announced that private equity investment firm Thoma Bravo will make an investment that will see them acquire the firm. The transaction will facilitate further growth of Telestream’s core businesses in addition to providing additional capital for further market expansion and acquisition. “This acquisition […]
Italy’s Communications Authority (AgCom) has unanimously rejected a request by mobile telephony operator 3 Italia (H3G) to switch its DVB-H frequencies (for mobile TV) to DVB-T (for digital terrestrial TV). The regulator’s decision was based on the existing legislation, as there is no legal basis to authorise the exchange of frequencies. Also, the destination of […]
US giant telco AT&T, stymied in its $39 billion bid to buy T-Mobile, may now mount a bid to buy US satellite DTH broadcaster Dish Network, founded by Charlie Ergen. Analysts at investment bank Stifel Nicolaus suggested in a note to clients that Dish Network, the USA’s second-largest satellite broadcaster, is now firmly in AT&T […]
UK tabloid The Sun has won an appeal to stop the video section of its website being monitored by regulators, a ruling that also clears services offered by all other newspaper publishers. Ofcom has upheld an appeal by News Group Newspapers, the parent company of the Sun, not to allow the video section of the […]
The US House Judiciary Committee has confirmed that it will delay continuing debate on online anti-piracy measure the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) until after Congress returns from its winter recess. Committee spokeswoman Kim Smith said that the hearing is expected to be scheduled for “early next year.” After two days of debate last week, […]
Pay-TV technology specialist NDS has filed to raise up to $100 million in an initial public offering of its common stock. The company intends to list its common stock on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol ‘NDSG’. In a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, the company did not reveal how […]
Senator Ron Wyden has now introduced the Online Protection and Enforcement of Digital Trade (OPEN) Act which is proposed as an alternative to tougher anti-piracy bills, such as the Senate’s Protect IP Act and the House’s Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Senators Jerry Moran and Maria Cantwell have signed on as co-sponsors. “The OPEN act […]
Tao Shiming, head of the Chinese State Administration of Radio, Film and Television’s (SARFT) Department of Media Organisation and Online Programming Supervision, revealed at the 4th Annual 2011 China Media Trend Forum currently underway in Beijing that SARFT is exploring the development potential of paid programming, with the possibility of reducing the number of premium […]