The latest in what is proving to be a long summer of bitter carriage disputes, DirecTV has switched off 26 channels owned by Viacom. The list includes such entertainment stalwarts as MTV, Nickelodeon and Comedy Central. The channels went dark at midnight for DirecTV’s 20 million subscribers. 17 channels are involved plus their HDTV versions. […]
Facebook users will be reminded about NBC’s coverage of the Olympic Games in London, and viewers of NBC’s coverage will be nudged to talk about the Games on Facebook. It is part of a collaboration between NBCUniversal’s NBC Olympics division and the social networking site. Data from Facebook will inform television coverage on NBC and […]
Fuelled by a successful first year on Freeview, Food Network UK has announced its on-air expansion from a four-hour programming block to all day. Set to start July 20th, Freeview viewers will have the opportunity to watch more of the Food Network UK programming on Channel 49. The Freeview on-air expansion further extends Food Network […]
British audiences with either the latest FreeviewHD enabled television set or a set top box can now access the first ever package of free to view Christian channels broadcasting on Freeview channel 113. The new packages of channels, delivered by Vision247, bring Bible-based programming to Christian viewers intended to provide hope, inspiration and encouragement.
YouTube has selected the French producers to create thematic channels on its video website starting in October. Google has been planning the free French TV channels for over a year, while also planning for unique content from the UK and Germany. YouTube considers French-owned Dailymotion its primary competition in online video. In France, Google has […]
France Telecom-Orange is claiming its involvement in the Euro 2012 football tournament successfully brought the event to more fans than ever before. As the official telecommunications partner for UEFA Euro 2012 in Poland and Ukraine, Orange’s network carried over four billion megabytes (3.7 petabytes) of data between Poland and Ukraine via 6,000km of dedicated network […]
China’s Youku has reached an online distribution deal with another Hollywood studio. The Internet television company announced it has signed a multiple-year agreement with NBCUniversal International Television Distribution for VoD rights in China. The deal covers a broad collection of current, library and upcoming NBCUniversal feature. The films will be available for on-demand viewing through […]
A New Zealand court has delayed an extradition hearing for Internet tycoon and Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom until March 2013 because of questions about the search and seizure of evidence by the US where he faces charges of Internet piracy and fraud. William Akel, one of Dotcom’s lawyers, said at a hearing scheduled for August […]
Modern Times Group (MTG), the international entertainment broadcasting group, has announced that MTG’s Viasat Broadcasting has acquired the broadcasting rights to the 2014 Olympic Winter Games and the 2016 Olympic Games for the Baltics. MTG will have ‘first pick’ for each Baltic country to show one discipline from each of Sochi 2014 and Rio 2016 […]
Korean cable operator, CJ Hellovision and cloud gaming company Playcast Media Systems have entered a deal to launch a cloud gaming service in Korea. The service will allow cable-TV subscribers to play console-quality video games from the world’s major game publishers through their existing set-top boxes. The new service will offer an assortment of the […]