Virgin Media is happy to limit the apps available on TiVo, insisting quality is more important than quantity. COO Andrew Barron told analysts: They will be heavyweight apps, not just fodder. It’s easy to publish all sorts of things to it, because it’s got Flash – but we want to the real heavyweights.” Virgin claimed […]
Vision247 has announced that France 24, the leading French international news channel, is available in all British homes with compliant FreeviewHD enabled televisions. Broadcasting on the Vision TV Network on FreeviewHD channel 110, France 24 covers international current events providing a unique perspective on world news. France 24 delivers comprehensive bulletins on the latest international […]
Following the ‘wait-and-see’ approach to the UltraViolet digital film ownership initiative suggested by Disney CEO Bob Iger when discussing his company’s Q1 results, his Time Warner counterpart Jeff Bewkes has offered a much more positive assessment, suggesting that the company wouldn’t be against releasing UltraViolet titles earlier into the retail chain, provided there were safeguards […]
Vision247 has confirmed that France 24, the leading French international news channel, is now available in all British homes with FreeviewHD enabled televisions. Broadcasting on the Vision TV Network on FreeviewHD channel 110, France 24 covers international current events. Powered by Vision247, TeleFrance uses the FreeviewHD electronic programme guide (EPG) to deliver new channels from […]
Amazon.com has agreed a licensing deal with Viacom that will allow Amazon Prime members in the US instantly to stream TV shows from MTV, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon, TV Land, Spike, VH1, BET, CMT and Logo. The deal will bring the total number of Prime Instant Videos to more than 15,000. Amazon Prime members can enjoy […]
Although the majority of Hollywood studios back UltraViolet, the technology that bridges a single piece of content to a variety of devices, The Walt Disney Co. has so far remained aloof, concentrating instead on its own online locker – KeyChest – but it has been slow to roll it out. Asked during an earnings call […]
Antena 3 TV has acquired the FTA TV rights to the Formula One World Championship for two years, 2012 and 2013, with the first race to take place next March with the Grand Prix of Australia. The channel will pay €40 million per year, the same amount Mediapro, shareholder in the commercial TV channel La […]
Sky Deutschland has extended its deal with Formula One Management for an extra year of broadcast rights. The German pay-TV operator, which was considering dropping Formula One in favour of more profitable rights at the end of last season, will now air all 20 races in the 2012 season. It will be the 17th consecutive […]
ESPN Star Sports (ESS) has been appointed as the Football Association of Singapore’s (FAS) production partner to oversee the production and delivery of the Great Eastern-YEO’s S-League matches, as well as distribute S.League highlights regionally on its Asia-wide networks. The partnership between the FAS and ESS aims to boost the regional profile of the S.League. […]
YahLive, the new all-HDTV satellite operator, has added 3DTV to its line up. YahLive broadcasts from Abu Dhabi and the 52.5 degrees East slot for Middle East and North Africa viewers. YahLive is a partnership between YahSat and SES. High TV 3D, a Los Angeles and Hong Kong-based 3D broadcaster founded in 2010, is exclusively […]