Current TV’s UK operation is to go off air on March 11th. Twenty-three staff will lose their jobs. It had been hoped to fund a rescue for the channel, but MD Jane Mote says that plan had failed largely due to the very tight timetable since BSkyB informed Current TV that its support was ceasing. […]
The ProSiebenSat.1 Group has entered into a movie deal for its VoD portal, maxdome. The deal adds 250 movies from Twentieth Century Fox to the online video store´s selection of movies, underscoring its market leadership position in Europe. Thanks to this deal, maxdome´s diverse offering of blockbuster movies now boasts many new classics. Starting immediately, […]
MySpace has added more than 1 million new users in the past 30 days, taking it to 25 million registered users and representing a dramatic turnaround for the social network that Rupert Murdoch abandoned eight months ago. The website claims that about 40,000 people a day had signed up to Myspace since it introduced new […]
Granite Broadcasting and Motive Television are forming a joint venture, Broadcast Cloud JV (BCJV), that will pursue the development, implementation, and use of existing broadcast spectrum to provide live television, customised linear TV channels, VoD, and catch-up television directly to portable devices such as iPads, Android tablets and smart phones. In addition, Granite and Motive […]
It is ironic that the frontline in the net neutrality conflict has shifted to a country where broadband speed is more abundant than anywhere on earth. KT Telecom of Korea has announced it will ‘manage’ the broadband capacity it claims is being soaked up by Smart TV users. It says it must do so to […]
Red Bull is considering connected TVs as its next major broadcast platform for its host of live-event streaming and video-on-demand content. The brand, which already has a web-based TV channel, redbull.tv, is incorporating connected TVs into the heart of its digital strategy as another key channel to host its content, reports NMA. Red Bull international […]
Google has revealed it will add functionality to the YouTube experience on Google TV, including complete channel pages and the ability to browse by channel. Currently, users can search by topic area, but the search returns individual video results rather than the channels users see on the desktop version of YouTube. Accessed through Google TV, […]
The French Hadopi anti-piracy organisation is beginning to make real progress on alleged pirates. Some 822,000 users (up to Dec 31st) have received ‘warning’ e-mails because they have persisted in downloading copyright films and music content. Multiple offenders have been reported to the courts. As at the end of December 68,343 users had received official […]
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, […]