Video search-and-ads firm blinkx nearly doubled its income last year – but cost still outpaced revenue for a significant loss. Suranga Chandratillake CEO and founder says blinkx is well-positioned in the fast-growing space – it's got 720 content providers, its video searches are up 169 per cent to 22.6 million a day and the number […]

Blip.tv, the video Web site, said that it had raised another $10.1 million in funding, its third round of venture investment since it debuted in 2005. The company said it would use the latest funding to “accelerate the growth of the independent Web shows that Blip.tv hosts and distributes.” The company also hopes to expand […]

From Colin Mann in London UK regulator Ofcom has said it will address net neutrality in the coming months describing the issue as of 'significant resonance' in the era of digital deregulation. Ofcom board member Tim Gardam, now an academic but former C4 programme director, told the Broadcasting and Beyond conference “it is becoming increasingly […]

Tektronix, supplier of test, measurement, and monitoring products and solutions, have acquired Mixed Signals. The details of the transaction have not yet been disclosed. “The acquisition of Mixed Signals brings to Tektronix a strong team that has delivered leading innovation to the video monitoring market,” said Eben Jenkins, General Manager of the Tektronix Video Business. […]

Cisco has confirmed its intent to acquire privately held MOTO Development Group, a design consulting firm that develops products and product strategies for the consumer industry. Based in San Francisco, MOTO’s talent base will enable Cisco to rapidly enhance its consumer product development road map. “Consumers have embraced our Flip VideoValet and Linksys product lines […]

Ofcom has confirmed that only fixed line ISPs with more than 400,000 subscribers will be forced to comply with the Digital Economy Act’s controversial anti-file sharing provisions. The communications regulator has informed the Internet Service Providers’ Association of the benchmark, and said it intends to publish rules within the next two weeks. It means mobile […]

A federal appeals court has granted Dish Network a rare, full-court (so-called 'en banc'”) review of a ruling it had earlier lost to TiVo, that could have resulted in the satellite TV company disabling millions of digital video recorders. However, the US Court of Appeals review is a last straw effort as damages mounted. TiVo […]

Telefonica has reported its first quarter net profit rose 2 per cent to E1.65 billion as revenue increased in Europe and Latin America. Overall revenue rose 1.7 per cent to E13.93 billion from E13.69 billion. The Spanish telco reported a total of 2.6 million customers worldwide for its pay-TV services by the end of the […]

Online TV viewing has increased by 54 per cent since last year, with 55 per cent of 18-24-year-olds watching TV on their PCs at least once a week, according to YouGov research. YouGov's media consulting team found 36 per cent of 18-24s and 30 per cent of 25-34s said they expect to watch more TV […]

Harmonic's planned $274 million acquisition of media server and storage specialist Omneon confirms forecasts that the recovery in the professional media industry is under way, according to a report published by Strategy Analytics and D. I. S. Consulting. The report also concludes that further deals should be expected from Harmonic as it seeks to add […]