TalkTalk has shrugged off the football rights war between bigger rivals BSkyB and BT as the telecoms group added 167,000 TV customers in the last three months. “That’s more TV customers than BT, Sky and Virgin put together,” said chief executive Dido Harding. “Not everyone wants to pay a premium for TV sport.” TalkTalk – […]
French pay-TV operator Canal+ Group has announced the launch of several YouTube channels based on its programmes, as well as a new brand for the promotion and expression of television and web talent, CanalFactory. From December onwards, Canal+ Group will extend its digital presence by offering a complete network of YouTube channels dedicated to the […]
Netflix is now available through Virgin Media’s TiVo platform. New and existing customers who sign up to one of Virgin’s Premiere or VIP Collections will receive a six-month subscription to the on-demand service for free. “With the addition of our Netflix app, Virgin Media customers have an unbeatable line-up of movies and TV series to […]
Android users who enjoy sports at home and on the go with WatchESPN will now be able to download a major update to the app for smartphones and tablets in the Google Play store. It includes additional content, performance enhancements and design elements native to the Android platform. “The new WatchESPN app for Android has […]
Digisoft.tv (Ireland) and Discover Digital (South Africa) have signed a development and agency agreement at Africa Com, in the presence of the Irish Minister for Trade and Development Joe Costello T.D, who is leading an Enterprise Ireland Trade Mission to South Africa and Nigeria. The focus of the mission will be growth sectors such as […]
Intelligent broadband network solutions provider Sandvine has released its Internet traffic trends report – Global Internet Phenomena Report 2H2013 – based on data from a selection of Sandvine’s 250-plus service provider customers spanning North America, Europe, Middle East and Africa, Caribbean and Latin America and Asia-Pacific. “For the first time ever, peer-to-peer file-sharing has
The City of London was in two minds about the BT Sport Champions League deal when markets opened for the first time after the deal. BT was marked down and so was BSkyB, with the established broadcaster losing a sizeable nine per cent of its value. So, on balance, the market thought it was a […]
Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset is planning to launch its OTT service next month. Infinity will be based on a pre-paid model, with users paying around €9 per month for access to the “all inclusive” catalogue. Purchases will be done directly online, via PayPal or credit card, with no-obligations, as users can stop paying at any […]
Australian online movie company Quickflix has agreed a deal with Hybrid Television Services (Hybrid) for the streaming download of Quickflix subscription and pay-per-view movies and TV shows to owners of TiVo media devices in Australia and New Zealand. Hybrid is the operator and licensee of TiVo in Australia and New Zealand. Quickflix’s streaming download to […]
Pay-as-you-go digital movie and TV streaming service M-GO – a joint venture between DreamWorks Animation and Technicolor – and LG Electronics have confirmed that US owners of LG Smart TVs are now able to access M-GO’s library of new releases from Hollywood’s top talent in movies and TV shows streaming directly on their big screens. […]