The live streaming Internet website, FilmOn.TV, has launched its first television studio and is now streaming live shows, multiple times a day. FilmOn.TV Studios will create original content every day; from talk shows to comedy shorts, music videos and interviews. FilmOn.TV Studios, located in the heart of Beverly Hills, uses state-of-the-art streaming technology and network […]
Fetch TV STBs will lose Sky’s on-demand video service Sky Go next month, despite finding a new home. Fetch TV, a Freeview+ HD recorder with on-demand services, went into administration in January but has now been bought by online entertainment service ShopTo.net. However, Sky has chosen not to renew its contract from the new owner, […]
Executives from news media, publishing, TV, film, music, IT and Internet media businesses have teamed up with existing standards and licensing organisations to work in coalition on a cross-media global project that will result in better and easier management of copyright in the online world. The Linked Content Coalition (LCC) launched April 25 on the […]
A total of 765 BBC staff will cover the London Olympics, BBC executive Roger Mosey has revealed. It will include pioneering 3D coverage of the men’s 100 metres final. Staffing levels for the Games are up 55 per cent compared to Beijing four years ago. Mosey, BBC director of London 2012, said there would be […]
The US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation is holding a full committee hearing April 24 on ‘The Emergence of Online Video: Is It The Future?’. The hearing will consider the future of online video. It will explore the migration of viewing from traditional television to Internet and broadband-enabled video content. It will examine […]
AOL has launched AOL On, a platform of AOL’s complete video offerings and a curated video hub for consumers that offers premium video across 14 content channels including food, business, entertainment, style, tech, travel, health and others, reaching an audience of 57 million US consumers. The launch of the AOL On Network brings AOL’s entire […]
MPAA Chairman and CEO Chris Dodd, addressing CinemaCon 2012 – The Official Convention of The National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO) in Las Vegas – has underscored the importance of protecting creative content, and emphasised that all parties, in both the creative and tech communities, must work together to find a shared solution. He also […]
The UK’s Industry Trust for IP Awareness has launched the first Xbox advertising campaign with Microsoft Advertising and media planning and buying specialist Carat to promote the pro-copyright ‘Moments Worth Paying For’ campaign. Featured on an Xbox branded destination experience (BDE) – the Xbox equivalent of a microsite – the campaign encourages users to watch […]
Modern Times Group (MTG) has acquired live TV broadcasting rights to UEFA Champions League football in the Czech Republic from the start of the next championship later this year until the end of the 2014/2015 championship. The rights include broadcast coverage on free-TV and exclusive rights to pay-TV, mobile and Internet coverage in the Czech […]
SES has announced that two new Bavarian TV free-to-air programmes are launching on the Astra Satellite System at the end of April. The two channels, Franken Fernsehen in Nuremberg and a.tv in Augsburg, were previously local part time programmes and now extend their offer to full time. The channels will use former analogue capacity on […]