Cartoon Network HD has become the first HD children’s channel in Southeast Asia, after a deal with GlobeCast to deliver the channel via its capacity on the MEASAT-3 satellite. GlobeCast is providing signal delivery from Cartoon Network in Hong Kong. The channel’s feed is fibered to GlobeCast’s Hong Kong teleport for uplink onto GlobeCast’s multiplex […]
Netflix has abandoned last summer’s ‘streaming only’ scheme, and reversed its decision to drop its mail-order DVD subscription service. It used to be that North American Netflix users could buy into their DVD rentals for $7.99 a month, or have a broadband streamed service for the same sum, or have both for $9.99. That changed […]
US federal authorities have added charges and broadened their case against the defendants in one of the largest anti-piracy operations. The 90-page superseding indictment adds counts of criminal copyright infringement, conspiracy to commit money laundering and wire fraud against Megaupload.com and Megavideo.com. The indictment alleges that the defendants reproduced copyrighted works from third-party websites, including […]
Social networking websites cannot be forced to install anti-piracy software in a bid to stop members illegally file-sharing. The ruling by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) is in a case between Belgian-based social network Netlog and SABAM, a music royalities collection firm also based in Belgium. “The owner of an online social network cannot […]
Research from YouGov’s Media Consulting team reveals that though uptake and usage of social media services remains very high, the restless British public are now demanding more from these kinds of services. Two in five (41 per cent) of the UK online population claim to be getting bored of social media. Almost two thirds (65 […]
BBC Worldwide has become the first British distributor to license content to Hulu in Japan. The multi- year agreement will initially see around 600 hours of BBC programming made available on the multi-device platform, effective immediately. The deal represents the largest volume of BBC Worldwide content on any platform in Japan, with titles licensed across […]
Following the stalling of anti-piracy measure Stop Online Piracy Act and the PROTECT IP Act in Congress towards the end of January, industry lobbies and entertainment companies are considering revised campaigns to help recast the policy debate and reinforce the message that piracy of music and movies is theft. “We can’t throw any old message […]
The Rugby World Cup has boosted Sky Network’s half year profits in New Zealand as subscriber numbers grew at their fastest rate in five years. Sky posted a 3.8 per cent rise in its after tax profit for the six months ending December, to $62.7 million. Its chief executive, John Fellet, says the Rubgy World […]
GlobeCast hs confirmed the launch of CTC-International on Eutelsat’s Hot Bird 8 satellite, the largest broadcast neighborhood in the world. This move increases the channel’s broadcast footprint, giving it the potential to reach more than 120 million homes in Europe, Northern Africa, and the Middle East. CTC-International is a 24/7 Russian-language family entertainment channel, whose […]
Nextreaming, a provider of mobile multimedia software, has announced the integration of the NexPlayer media player into the popular HBO GO Android mobile applications. NexPlayer has successfully secured the optimal video and music experience for users of the new HBO streaming services on most Android smartphones. In only six months, it has already been downloaded […]