Rovi has confirmed that its TV Guide widget, an application to help viewers find out information on TV shows and programmes that are airing, has launched on Samsung HDTV's Yahoo! TV Widget Engine platform. Users can access TV programme listings, descriptions and airing times. Users can also select from several “Hotlists” including the Daily Hotlist […]

Recent peace with BSkyB hinting it might use Canvas has ended with the pay broadcaster has accusing the BBC of paying no more than “lip service” to allowing other broadcasters to join Project Canvas, and again called for the initiative to be blocked. These comments are in a new submission to the BBC Trust. This […]

Joost's been assets have been acquired by US online ad network Adconion Media Group. Adconion is also part funded by Joost backer Index Ventures. Adconion PR told us that it plans to keep operating Joost.com the consumer video service. Joost gave up the consumer online video market back in June, and decided to focus on […]

Freesat has inked a deal that will see the BBC iPlayer launched on the digital TV service next month. The service, a joint venture between the BBC and ITV, is also planning to launch ITV’s catch-up TV service, the ITV Player, in the first half of next year. Freesat will be the first free-to-air service […]

Malaysian billionaire and T. Ananda Krishnan has seized an opportunity created by the government’s proposed national broadband network. Krishnan has taken a significant stake in internet-delivered TV company Fetch TV, which is expected to launch in Australia early next year. Former ACP Magazines chief and Optus executive Scott Lorson, and telco executive Simon Cathcart, are […]

Following the demise of Joost, the other internet video aggregator service Babelgum is shutting its Dublin HQ. There are also reports that offices in London, Milan and New York will be consolidated. Babelgum told paidContent:UK: “This decision allows Babelgum to streamline its approach, improve its cost effectiveness and ensure its continued growth in future years. […]

Channel 4 is looking to extend its brand online with more standalone web content – unrelated to its TV shows – and is considering content charging models. Kevin Lygo, the director of content and television at Channel 4, outlined changes to the broadcaster’s public service remit referred to in the Digital Economy Bill. These include […]

To coincide with its third birthday, Bluewin TV, the Swiss IPTV service, is rebranding as Swisscom TV. The product name change is part of the strengthening of the Swisscom umbrella brand which took place in 2008. Three years after its launch it has acquired over 200,000 customers.

From Colin Mann in London A senior executive at ITV has suggested that 20 per cent of viewing of its channels will be via 'catch-up' services in 2013, up from four per cent currently. Carolyn Fairbairn, Director of Group Development and Strategy at the broadcaster told delegates at the Digital TV Summit that this would […]

mirada the audiovisual interaction specialist, has teamed up with SmarDTV, a manufacturer of pay-TV technologies, to port Nagravision's Nagra Media Guide, onto a SmarDTV CI Plus module. The Nagra Media Guide is a fully integrated turnkey solution, which delivers an HD user experience enhanced with innovative features based on personalisation and recommendation. The partnership demonstrates […]