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 […]
Responding to the full judgement from the UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal on its pay-TV decision, comms regulator Ofcom has confirmed that it will continue to monitor developments in the pay-TV sector, in particular relating to BSkyB’s activities as a wholesaler of premium content. Ofcom claims that in the two and a half years since its […]
As it seeks to strengthen its BT Sport channel, BT has signed the rights to show live top tier football matches from Italy, France, Brazil and the US, wresting the rights from ESPN. BT has bought the live games to bolster its new sports channel, which will be founded upon 38 live games a season […]
ESPN Star Sports (ESS), Asia’s biggest sports content provider, has secured exclusive broadcast rights for all FA Cup matches, The FA Community Shield and all Senior and Under-21 England Team home matches for the next six years until 2018 for the South Asia Region including India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Maldives, Bhutan and Nepal. The […]
Struggling youth-focused cable TV broadcaster Current TV is reportedly up for sale. Current TV had already trimmed back its international operation in order to cut costs. BSkyB cut its funding, for example, back in January 2012 and the channel closed its European operation in March. The channel launched in the US in August 2005, and […]
The Digital Development Group (DigiDev), a content licensing and technology company offering a distribution platform for an array of content for television and other Internet enabled devices in the US has announced the addition of the “Your Family Entertainment” to its content. The addition comes as the Company prepares to unveil new channels and their […]
Univision Communications, a media company serving Hispanic America, has announced the launch of UVideos, a bilingual digital network for Hispanic America with a fully integrated, comprehensive social experience. Available online and the UVideos mobile app on iOS and Android compatible devices, US Hispanics will have access to their favourite Univision content, including popular Televisa programming […]
US disc and game rental operation Redbox, a wholly owned subsidiary of Coinstar and Warner Bros Home Entertainment have signed a multi-year agreement to bring Warner Bros’ Blu-ray Disc and DVD titles to Redbox kiosks 28 days after their retail release dates. In addition, Redbox announced plans to join the Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem (DECE) […]