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mirada appoints Alden

The Board of mirada, the audiovisual content interaction specialist, has announced that Richard Alden, previously a Non Executive Director of the Company, has been appointed as Non Executive Chairman of the Board with immediate effect. Alden is an internationally experienced Executive Officer, spending 11 years at ONO in Madrid, the largest alternative telecoms (broadband/telephone/TV) operator […]

December 14, 2010

ProSiebenSat.1 mulls selling broadcasters

German media group ProSiebenSat.1 is considering selling a number of foreign broadcasters, including Dutch Net 5, SBS6 and Veronica according to various reports citing CEO Thomas Ebeling. According to Ebeling, a sale of units is possible depending on an attractive offer or a strategic premium. ProSiebenSat.1 acquired the broadcasters three years ago after its merger […]

December 13, 2010

Groups contest FCC net neutrality proposal

A wide selection of public interest groups is arguing that the open Internet principles suggested by the FCC last week fall short of “real” net neutrality More than 80 public interest groups, businesses and civil rights groups signed the letter to the Federal Communications Commission, saying net neutrality rules should ban paid prioritisation of online […]

December 13, 2010

Ofcom green lights product placement

Many of Britain’s top TV programmes could feature product placement within months. The move allowing programme-makers to take payment to promote products within their show – a British television first – is set to be given final approval by media regulator Ofcom this week and come into force from February. Many industry experts suggest there […]

December 13, 2010

New laws may be required to support local TV

Ofcom has set out a range of ways in which the current system of Public Service Broadcasting (PSB) might be changed to help deliver local TV services. A report has been prepared for the Culture and Media Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, who asked Ofcom to produce the report in his speech at the RTS International Conference […]

December 13, 2010

SFR, Bouygues joint fibre roll-out plan

French telcos, SFR and Bouygues Telecom, have confirmed a joint initiative to cut costs by sharing the roll-out of high speed fibre-optic networks in some cities. The joint agreement will allow Bouygues, which is a newer and smaller player in the country’s fixed line services segment, to avoid having to construct a costly fibre network […]

December 13, 2010

Zodiak Media Group launches Zodiak Active

Zodiak Media Group is launching Zodiak Active, a global division dedicated to the creation, development and production of digital and branded content across all platforms. The new division will partner with brands, media owners, mobile carriers and broadcasters to deliver content and multimedia services based on original concepts, as well as draw upon existing hit […]

December 13, 2010

Sweden’s Com Hem for sale

Com Hem is up for sale and expected to fetch 13 billion ($1.89 billion) to 18 billion kronor, according to the Dagens Industri newspaper. Swedish telco Telia and Norway’s Telenor are named as the potential buyers, of the private equity owned operator. Telia spun the company off in 2003 in order facilitate its bid to […]

December 10, 2010

Youku’s $203m IPO ‘unhealthy’

Youku, China’s largest online video company, has raised $203 million in its initial public offering and saw its shares surge more than 100 per cent in New York trading. Tudou, Youku’s largest rival, has also filed for a US IPO, but there is no date for the offering yet. But Gong Yu, chief executive of […]

December 10, 2010

India: Digitisation in a hurry

Industry leaders at CASBAA’s “Addressable India 2010” meeting have united to urge the government to move rapidly towards the addressable digitalisation of India’s pay-TV industry. Spearheaded by the Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF), MSO Alliance, News Broadcasters Association (NBA), DTH Association of India, IPTV India Forum, Cable Operators Federation of India (COFI) and CASBAA, the seven […]

December 10, 2010