AT&T and Starz Entertainment have agreed to a multi-platform, multi-year extension of the Starz-AT&T U-verse TV affiliation agreement. The extension covers Starz Entertainment’s premium channels, HD, on-demand, and authenticated online services. AT&T U-verse TV subscribers currently access 19 Starz Entertainment premium channels and feeds; all 14 distinct Starz and Encore channels (including Encore Espanol, West […]
Sky News Arabia, the rolling 24-7 news channel j-v between BSkyB and Abu Dhabi Media, is undertaking final technical rehearsals in readiness for a “spring” launch. Full studio rehearsals are slated for the end of February. Sky News Arabia is using a fully converted giant studio at twofour54’s broadcasting hub facility in downtown Abu Dhabi, […]
Penthouse Digital Media Productions continues to expand its HD Channel footprint in Europe with the launch of Penthouse HD on Entertain, Deutsche Telekom’s IPTV service in Germany reaching more than 1.6 million customers. The Penthouse HD channel will broadcast daily from 21:00 until 5:00 within the HD Package of Entertain. Deutsche Telekom will also make […]
Chello Central European kids channel Megamax has launched on the UPC Direct DTH platform in Hungary. The channel, available immediately, will reach 1.2 million homes in the country and will also be carried on some cable systems.
South Korea’s leading ISP KT has put itself firmly in the vanguard of network providers that believe service providers must pay for connection to their markets. KT says it will demand a share of the profits companies such as Google and Apple derive from Internet-enabled TV services as network operators. Last week KT took its […]
IP&TV World Forum reveals that Google will run the opening workshop at its TV App Hub. With social TV one of the most important emerging technologies, the TV App Hub which takes place on days one and two of the conference, will assess the monetisation opportunities presented by the convergence of television and apps Global […]
An academic study looking at the correlation between the appearance of BitTorrent in 2003 and loss of box office revenue by Hollywood films as a result of piracy indicates that US box office revenue has largely been unaffected but that international returns have been lower than they might otherwise have been in the absence of […]
ITV has written to Apple to warn the technology giant off using its three-letter name for its long-awaited, “iTV” smart television. Adam Crozier, chief executive of the UK commercial broadcaster, raised the issue with the company when he took the job in 2010, amid expectations that Apple would follow the pattern of branding used for […]
Al Jazeera is to launch two sports channels in France to exploit its acquisition of one of the five packages of Ligue 1. According to Charles Biétry, Al Jazeera’s sports chief in France, one channel will be positioned as a premium service, while the other will run extended coverage and repeats. Le Parisien reports Al […]
US copyright-based industries private sector coalition the International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA) has submitted recommendations to the US Trade Representative (USTR) in its annual ‘Special 301’ review. The IIPA report documents rampant online and physical piracy of copyrighted works and severe market access barriers, surveys problems and developments in 41 countries/territories, and recommends that 32 […]