Entertainment One, the film and TV distributor, has joined the consumer education body Industry Trust for IP Awareness, adding support to consumer campaigns on the value of copyright to the UK’s film, TV and video industry. Entertainment One, which reaches a vast range of audiences through its films including The Twilight Saga, now adds itself […]
The BBC is streaming live sporting events on Facebook, the biggest tie-up to date between the social-networking site and an international broadcaster. The service launched with live coverage from the Wimbledon tennis championships. During the Olympic Games, the BBC will run 24 simultaneous streams in addition to the main BBC channels. Users outside the UK […]
Richard Hooper, who chairs the UK’s Digital Copyright Exchange Feasibility Study, has suggested that perceived justification for illegally downloading copyrighted music or films would be reduced if the respective sectors were to streamline processes for accessing such material.. Briefing delegates at the Future of Broadcasting Conference in London on progress on the study, Hooper observed […]
The TV version of the popular science magazine Focus is set to launch on digital terrestrial television this summer in Italy. The channel, available on position 56, is the result of an agreement between Switchover Media and Gruner+Jahr/Mondadori, which owns the brand of the biggest selling monthly in Italy with its 6.4 million readers. The […]
‘Hello! Japan is a new international channel coming from Japan’s private sector, and is promising a wide distribution outside Japan starting next year. GlobeCast will carry the channel’s signals internationally, beginning in Asia. Hello! Japan HD intends to have a significant pan-Asian broadcast footprint, with the technical capability to reach all key HD pay-TV platforms […]
Al-Jazeera’s beIN Sport French TV channels have reached agreement with the country’s dominant pay TV operator, Canal Plus, to be carried in its premium CanalSat package. BeIn Sport 1 is now available and beIN Sport 2 is due to launch on July 28th. The channels will cost €11 per month. Al Jazeera launched the channels […]
German cable network operator Tele Columbus has expanded its HD offering with the SonyAXN HD and SpiegelTV Wissen HD channels. The new channels are available immediately and follow the launch of the Fox HD, National Geographic HD and Deutsche Wetterfernsehen channels.
Jeremy Darroch, BSkyB’s CEO, has suggested that live English Premier League football could be carried on the pay-TV operator’s NOW TV over-the-top Internet TV service, which he revealed would launch mid-July. He suggested that initially, the service would carry Sky’s movie and entertainment content, with sport following at a later stage. “We see NOW as […]
Google is getting help from shock jock Howard Stern to revive its Internet TV software, which has languished since its debut 19 months ago. Sirius XM will make all of its programming, including Howard Stern, available on Google TV, through a new app that will let listeners pause live programmes and play back up to […]
Kabel Deutschland, Germany’s largest cable operator and RTL Germany have reached an agreement on the distribution of their Free to Air TV, Pay TV and VoD content. As part of the contract, the distribution of the TV channels was agreed in analogue, digital SD and digital HD. Both parties do not disclose contractual details. As […]