Arqiva has appointed Charles Constable to head up its digital platforms business unit. Constable is the former strategy director at Britain’s Channel 5. He starts on June 6th and will report to John Cresswell, Arqiva’s recently appointed CEO. Steve Holebrook, previously MD for Terrestrial Broadcast, then MD for Government, Mobile & Enterprise at Arqiva, will […]
A coalition of content owners is working on a detailed proposal for a voluntary scheme which would see Internet Service Providers (ISPs) block dozens of sites facilitating online piracy, following a series of meetings convened by the communications minister Ed Vaizey, reports the Financial Times. The initiative comes amid continuing delays to the implementation of […]
In a further consolidation of the global telecoms and content delivery network markets, international provider of fibre-based communications services. Level 3 Communications, and global IP, Ethernet, data centre and video solutions provider Global Crossing have entered into a definitive agreement under which Level 3 will acquire Global Crossing in a tax-free, stock-for-stock transaction, estimated at […]
As anticipated, the US House of Representatives has voted to overturn the so-called ‘net neutrality’ rules designed to create an open Internet. A clash with the Senate and President Obama is now certain to follow. The House voted 240 to 179 in favour of a Republican-backed resolution that seeks to block the rules approved by […]
French IPTV technology company Netgem more than tripled its international revenue to €12 million in the first quarter, compared to €3.6 million in the year-earlier period. The company reported €25.7 million of consolidated revenue. This compares to €43.3 million in the first quarter of 2010, when it banked a large one-off middleware licence payment it […]
Eric Schmidt, Executive Chairman of Google, will give this year’s MacTaggart Lecture at the MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival. Schmidt will be discussing the impact of the Internet revolution and how the television industry can engage with new technologies. Schmidt commented: “I have always been a profound optimist about the potential for technology to improve […]
Time Warner Cable and Viacom have counter-sued each other in an escalating battle over whether cable companies have the right to distribute TV shows to devices such as Apple’s iPad. TWC asked a court for a declaratory judgement regarding Viacom’s demand that the cable company stops delivering its programming on devices such as the iPad. […]
The Boards of blinkx, the world’s largest video search engine, and Burst Media Corporation, the online advertising services and technology business, have entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to which blinkx will acquire the entire common stock of Burst for an aggregate consideration of $30 million. The combination of the two companies will bring blinkx’s […]
Fears have emerged that the peak funding of the National Broadband Network (NBN) in Australia could balloon beyond A$44 billion, as construction companies urged the government to pare back the reach of its ambitious fibre footprint so it can meet its budget. The warnings follow a tumultuous week inside NBN headquarters in which a number […]
Israeli businessman Alexander Machkevitch, reputed to be one of the world’s richest men, has revealed he is planning to launch an international TV network to rival Al-Jazeera. He said that he and a group of unnamed partners are in the early stages of developing the not-for-profit venture. It had no name, nor any agreed location. […]