Motive Television has secured the global rights from Adecq Digital SL to distribute the patented BesTV digital terrestrial technology to broadcasters worldwide. BesTV technology enables broadcasters using their existing DTT digital broadcasting signal to broadcast programmes to a DTT set-top box, offering viewers not only the complete range of available DTT channels, but also catch-up […]
Independent web and mobile content platform Babelgum and comedy video portal Funny or Die have signed an exclusive, wireless licensing agreement to bring Funny or Die videos to mobile platforms. The agreement will bring new and library Funny or Die content to mobile users everywhere over the next two years. Plans include offering mobile users […]
The Supreme Court of British Columbia has granted judgment and issued a permanent injunction against Andrew Bate, the owner/operator of the piracy forum website www.ROM10X.com and the piracy software website www.THEFILESHOP.com. While it was operational, the ROM10X website was known in piracy circles as the leading resource for piracy information and instructions. DISH Network, NagraStar […]
Sonic Solutions and Widevine are enabling the delivery of premium movies on USB flash memory devices. The self-contained CinemaNow USB Movie Drives will include an integrated media player as well as the necessary video codecs to enable instant high-quality PC playback of movie content offline. Once connected to the Internet, consumers can add the title […]
BT Vision CEO Marc Watson expects Sky Sports to be part of its package by next summer. Watson told reporters that Ofcom's announcement last month that BSkyB should cut its wholsale price by almost a third will pave the way for a Sky Sports offering on IPTV platform BT Vision. Currently the platform doesn't have […]
Disney CEO Robert Iger has said “People are willing to pay for quality. They are willing to pay for choice. They are willing to pay for convenience.” He noted that people still pay $5 an hour to go to the movies, 75 cents an hour to read books and magazines, 50 cents an hour to […]
Arqiva is understood to have paid in the region of £8m (E9.3m) to buy the assets of Project Kangaroo. Arquiva also acquired Project Kangaroo assets such as the brand name See Saw, which it has the option to use for its own proposed video-on-demand service that will launch in the coming months. The remaining Kangaroo […]
Major Hollywood studios have requested that a Swedish civil court impose an injunction against the operators of file-sharing service Pirate Bay. The studios are seeking to stop Pirate Bay’s operators and its Internet-service provider from making copyrighted movies and TV shows easily available on the Internet. The studios are also asking for an unspecified fine. […]
Virgin Media and ESPN have confirmed that the new ESPN channel will be available in both standard and HD to Virgin Media's 3.5 million digital TV customers from 3rd August. The ESPN channel will offer live Premier League and Scottish Premier League football as well a wide range of international football and top quality sports. […]
Setanta Sports may be back broadcasting in the UK after the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland granted two new satellite licences.Setanta Sports 1 will be a subscription service broadcasting live and recorded events to the Irish Republic while Setanta Sports is described by the BCI as broadcasting "live and delayed sporting events, mainly at weekends, and […]