CBS Corporation and Internet subscription streaming service Netflix have extended their international licensing agreements to stream select CBS Corporation shows in Canada, Latin America, the UK and Ireland. Terms of the agreements were not disclosed. As part of the extended agreements, Netflix members in each of these territories will enjoy previous seasons of Showtime’s Dexter […]
Dreamworks Animation has confirmed it will launch a number of branded kids channels internationally and use Fox as global distributor. Chief executive Jeffrey Katzenberg said that it would look to partner with Fox to launch a Dreamworks channel. “They are a very, very, very strong, powerful force internationally in TV distribution. I think they have […]
Kim Dotcom has confirmed plans for Mega, a service to replace his shut down file-sharing website Megaupload. Mega is expected to use encryption methods which will mean only users will know what they are uploading. Dotcom is awaiting a decision in March whether Dotcom should be extradited from New Zealand to the US to face […]
Hurricane Sandy generated more than a half-billion page views during Monday’s bad weather in the USA. It came from some 450 million page views on the channel’s various mobile and on-line sites, as well as another 298 million page views on Weather.com, a sister-site. The numbers were records for the channel, and were double those […]
US consumer electronics trade association the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) has confirmed it is joining an ‘amicus brief’ in respect of the ongoing copyright violation case involving online television service Aereo. Stating that the CEA is filing the brief on the side of ‘disruptive innovation’, Gary Shapiro, president and CEO of the CEA said the […]
UK viewers could soon watch post-watershed programmes before 9pm under proposals being put forward by a lobbying group for cable and satellite broadcasters. Peak-time shows are currently not allowed to be shown before the watershed, unless they are cut to remove swearing, violence and sex. However, pay-per-view programmes and content on premium film subscription channels […]
Global Smart TV provider NetRange, in cooperation with sports rights agency Sportfive, has secured the exclusive global rights to broadcast qualifying matches for the 2014 football World Cup live on Smart TV. Effective immediately, over 140 meetings between the European national teams will be broadcast via the “Qualifiers 2014” app. All matches will subsequently be […]
Sky Italia has presented its new channel dedicated exclusively to art, Sky Arte HD, which will commence broadcasting on November 1st. Sky Arte HD will be the first Italian channel dedicated exclusively to art. Art intended in a broad sense – painting, sculpture, architecture, literature, music, theatre and design, photography and ancient and contemporary forms […]
At MIPCOM 2012 in Cannes, the jury of the AFDESI (interactive TV professional association) International Interactive TV Awards has selected the 2nd screen “Who Wants to be a Millionaire* – the People Play” as the “Best Multiscreen Application”. The application allows “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?” viewers at home to play for the first time […]
NBC Networks has paid $250 million to televise the English Premier League in a three-year deal that begins next season. They will show every match from the world’s most popular football league, taking coverage away from Fox and ESPN. “The Barclays Premier League is the pre-eminent soccer league in the world, and is on the […]