Lionsgate said it will sell a 49% stake in TV Guide Network – which it recently acquired from Macrovision Solutions — to JPMorgan Chase’s private equity arm and TV producer Allen Shapiro for about $123 million in cash. One Equity Partners, the global private equity investment arm of JPMorgan Chase, will become a 49% equity […]
NDS Group has entered into a multiyear licensing agreement for Macrovision Solutions’ electronic programme guide patents. Under the agreement, NDS will be able to offer licensed EPGs to its pay-TV platform operator customers in specified countries. “We believe operators will benefit from having the option to license Gemstar’s EPG patents alongside NDS’ own leading technology […]
Macrovision Solutions Corporation says UPC Broadband has entered into a multi-year license for IPGs in several European countries. Meanwhile Macrovision has signed an agreement with UPC to distribute certain IPG and interactive television technologies developed by UPC to other service providers.
Microsoft and AT&T have revealed details of a collaborative effort to use Microsoft PlayReady content access and protection technology to enable shared content and converged entertainment experiences across AT&T’s TV, broadband and wireless services. As part of this collaboration, Microsoft intends to add support for PlayReady into its Microsoft Mediaroom IPTV software platform, enabling access […]
OpenTV has announced financial results for its fourth quarter and full year ended December 31st, 2008. OpenTV moved from a $5.2 million net loss in 2007 to a $9.6 million profit in 2008 on revenues of $116.5m against $110m in 2007. "2008 marked the first profitable year in OpenTV's history. We exceeded both our revenue […]
Sky is reportedly considering reopening its EPG slot queue to channels broadcasting in the HD. If so it would be the first time new channels could come directly on to the EPG since applications were closed in October 2007. Room for the additions would be made by a software download, following which the EPG available […]
TiVo and US satellite TV provider EchoStar return to a Texas court this week in the latest round of a longstanding fight over a TV recording technology patent. The legal dispute dates back to 2004, when TiVo charged that satellite TV provider EchoStar Communications Corp’s Dish network system violated TiVo’s patent for 'Time Warp' software, […]
The three major French broadcasters – TF1, France Television and NT1 – have won an injunction against the online virtual PVR service Wizzgo. The programmes of TF1, France 2, France 3, France 4, France 5 and NT1 must be removed from the service within eight days. Wizzgo offers internet software allowing users to record programmes […]
According to a survey of nearly 2000 UK digital TV viewers, commissioned by Microsoft-s Connected TV Business, over a quarter of digital viewers (27 per cent) still rely on flicking through all the channels to choose what to watch, wasting more than one week per year channel surfing. On average, digital viewers in the UK […]
Nero, the German software developer will bring Tivo to the PC with its new Liquid TV package. The software turns a standard PC running Windows or Vista into a full-service TiVo PVR, with the same interface and programme guide as a regular TiVo box.The Nero LiquidTV-TiVo PC kit includes the software as well as an […]