US House of Representatives Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa and Senator Ron Wyden have published the text of their online piracy bill. The measure is aimed at offering an alternative to the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act currently in front of the House Judiciary Committee. The Online Protection and Enforcement of Digital Trade (OPEN) Act […]
Eurosport has confirmed the availability of its Eurosport Player an iPads and iPhones. The Eurosport Player offers live streaming of Eurosport 1 and Eurosport, as well as on-demand programming and an EPG. The new version for portable devices is available for free through the iTunes App store. Subscription to the service costs €3.39 per month […]
The UK is to become the second territory after the US to deploy UltraViolet, the technology that bridges a single piece of content to a variety of devices. The first US movie title to be released physically with UltraViolet digital ownership rights – Horrible Bosses – went on retail sale October 11 in the US, […]
Creative America, the grass-roots coalition uniting the more than two million Americans and all those who value American creativity and innovation in the fight against content theft, has launched an extensive advertising campaign in support of the Stop Online Piracy Act and the PROTECT IP Act . The ads, scheduled to air on broadcast and […]
Netflix has released a new member experience for Xbox 360 users. Netflix states the new Xbox interface makes it more intuitive and easier to explore the expanding Netflix catalogue. “For the first time, the Netflix interface on Xbox has been created entirely by Netflix, offering a unique member experience,” said Neil Hunt, chief product officer […]
ESPN Star Sports (ESS), Asia’s leading sports broadcaster, has confirmed a new five-year contract for the exclusive rights to broadcast Cricket Australia’s (CA) domestic and home international matches across various platforms including television, Internet, mobile and radio covering the entire Asian region. As a part of this deal, the current Future Tours Program (FTP) sees […]
Bianor has joined the Brightcove Alliance global partner programme to introduce an advanced new delivery channel to joint Bianor and Brightcove customers. Bianor’s iMediaShare technology will be made available to customers serving video to millions of Internet-connected TV’s, helping to meet the increasingly complex online video needs of these organisations. “Bianor’s core competences make it […]
BskyB finance director Andrew Griffith told the UBS conference the Competition Commission’s judgment that Sky Movies is anti-competitive in on-demand movies “was perplexing… The movies market has never been more competitive.” “Sky has never traded on exclusivity. Every movie that’s ever been on Sky Movies has had a theatrical release and has been in Asda […]
A Washington, DC, technology innovation think tank has released a study refuting claims that Congress’s efforts against online piracy would “break the Internet” and usher in censorship, suggesting these are “completely unfounded and without merit”. The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation study addresses criticism of the proposed PROTECT IP Act and the Stop Online Piracy […]
Advanced-Television.com can confirm that Canal Plus has lost the majority of its broadcast rights to the UEFA Champions League football matches to Al Jazeera’s sports division. Al Jazeera paid around €180 million to cover the games for a three-year period beginning with the 2012-13 season. The amount paid was reportedly twice what the French pay-TV […]