KPN added 79,000 IPTV subscribers in Q1 2012, taking the total for its Interactive TV service to 652,000. However, KPN’s digital-terrestrial TV service Digitenne continued its decline, seeing 26,000 fewer homes using the service as the primary means of TV viewing, bringing its total down to 801,000. During the presentation of its Q1 results, the […]
Viddy, the popular iPhone app for editing and sharing mobile videos, has raised funding from some celebrity backers including Will Smith and Jay Z. In February Viddy announced that it had secured $6 million in a Series A round funding from Battery Ventures, Greycroft Ventures and Qualcomm. Since its introduction of this free “Instagram-for-video” service […]
Ahead of the company’s participation at this week’s Asia Pacific Pay-TV Operators Summit, AMC/Sundance Channel Global has announced new distribution deals across Asia and a slew of new programming acquisitions for Sundance Channel and WE tv. The company has expanded carriage in South Korea and Taiwan with new distribution partners. Additionally, Sundance Channel and WE […]
Ofcom has recommended that the UK’s Competition Commission maintain its original stance, which provisionally found that Sky’s control over pay-TV movie rights in was restricting competition between pay-TV providers, leading to higher prices and reduced choice and innovation for subscribers. Ofcom contends that the arrival of video-on-demand services such as Netflix and LOVEFiLM has not […]
In an affectionate nod to how English football’s showcase match used to be presented by terrestrial broadcasters the BBC and ITV, pay-TV operator ESPN is to bring fans the 2012 FA Cup Final between Chelsea and Liverpool in 3D and commercial-free as part of a full day of live FA Cup programming from Wembley Stadium. […]
The Australian High Court has dealt a damaging blow to the film industry with the dismissal of a copyright infringement appeal case against Internet Service Provider (ISP) iiNet in a landmark ruling. The High Court’s five judges unanimously dismissed the appeal. The court observed that iiNet “had no direct technical power” to prevent its customers […]
US VoD service Hulu has made its first ever TV network-style programming presentation to US advertisers, unveiling original commissions from documentary film-maker Morgan Spurlock, Entourage’s Adrian Grenier and the creator of the popular video game franchise Assassin’s Creed. Hulu, the joint venture whose partners include News Corporation, Disney and NBC Universal, has built its video […]
French channel developer and distributor Thema has announced an agreement with Virgin France’s IPTV service for the distribution of 47 channels addressing the main foreign communities from Arabic countries, Africa, Germany, Comoros islands, Turkey, Russia and Greece. The channels are made up of the following packages: Le Bouquet Africain – Basique, a Digiturk package, Arabesque, […]
Sony’s PlayStation 3 3D Display bundle is now available to purchase in the UK. The package includes a 24-inch 1080p, 240Hz HD screen with two pairs of active shutter 3D glasses, along with the games Killzone 3 and Gran Turismo 5. The PS3 3D Display offers a 5,000:1 contrast ratio, 176-degree viewing angle, two HDMI […]
Thema, specialized on the distribution of ethnic TV channels, is pleased to announce an agreement with Virgin France for the distribution of 47 channels. Within the framework of its new quadruple play offer (Telephony- Broadband- TV- Mobile) the 1st MVNO of the French market, broadcasts 47 “ethnic” TV channels addressing the main foreign communities from […]