The UK film and TV industry’s inspirational pro-copyright ‘Moments Worth Paying For’ campaign, designed to win hearts and minds on copyright and creativity, has been recognised with ‘Industry Initiative of the Year’ at the British Video Awards. The campaign capitalised on audiences’ passion for film and TV content to inspire greater respect for copyright and […]
Sky News Arabia (SNA) launches on Sunday May 6th at 7pm local time. As well as being available FTA over the wider MENA region the Arabic-language channel has signed carriage deals with Orbit/Showtime and Abu Dhabi, both of which will carry its news in high-definition. Additional cable/DSL deals are in place with Etisalet and ‘du’ […]
Acer is giving its customers unlimited access to live action from the Olympic Games thanks to a partnership with official broadcaster, Eurosport. Customers who purchase the new Olympic Games Editions of the Iconia tablets and Aspire notebooks before and during the London 2012 Olympic Games will be given a trial access to the Eurosport Player. […]
Pay-TV broadcaster Sky Deutschland might not sell any of its rights to show football matches from Germany’s Bundesliga. Sky CEO Brian Sullivan told German newspaper Die Welt that the company will not sell the rights, as was expected. Sullivan said that Sky was not a rights distributor and that the company acquired the rights in […]
Digital content ownership ecosystem UltraViolet has been boosted by the ‘disc-to-digital initiative’ launched mid-April by US retail giant Walmart, according to senior industry executives and Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes. Speaking at Digital Hollywood in Marina Del Rey, California, NBC Universal digital distribution VP Michael Aaronson admitted to having made his first Electronic Sell Through […]
Virgin Media, the UK’s second-largest broadband provider, has become the first to block access to The Pirate Bay file sharing website after a High Court order. Virgin Media was one of five major broadband firms ordered to block the website on Monday after an application to the High Court by the BPI, a record industry […]
Amazon.com has confirmed that Amazon Studios is expanding its development efforts into comedy and children’s series. Amazon Studios is Amazon’s content development division that uses audience feedback to identify original entertainment that customers will love. Series creators are invited to upload their proposals for comedy and children’s programming to Amazon Studios at http://studios.amazon.com/getting-started/series. The best […]
Chello Central Europe has announced the launch of its cooking channel, TV Paprika, on UPC’s Focus Sat in Romania, and the launch of its women’s channel, Zone Romantica, on UPC Direct platform in Hungary. Both channels are available on the two platforms immediately. UPC Direct Marketing & Sales VP, Jim Helfgott said, “We are glad […]
With Hulu reportedly planning to move toward requiring users to prove that they have a pay TV subscription, CBS says it will take another look at potential content deals with Hulu. “We will take a look at it under the authentication model,” said CBS president and CEO Leslie Moonves, who has in the past questioned […]
Flingo, the largest publisher of Smart TV apps, has received funding from entrepreneur Mark Cuban, founder of Broadcast.com, chairman of HDNet, and owner of the Dallas Mavericks, Landmark Theatres, and Magnolia Pictures. Cuban and Gary Lauder, managing director of Lauder Partners LLC, lead the additional investment to bring Flingo’s Series A funding total to $8 […]