Italian DTH operator Sky Italia is set to launch its new Internet-based service Sky On Demand on July 1st, after a period of tests with a limited number of subscribers. Initially, Sky On Demand should be available to a wide range of customers, before being expanded to the entire subscriber base by November. Sky On Demand will be a “progressive [...]
TiVo has reported another quarterly loss, larger than expected, and reversing the profits reported a year ago for the same quarter, citing rising legal costs. TiVo history for some years has been of doing all it can to maintain its IP rights and it has scored several victories over heavyweight rivals and thus retained those rights in particular for its [...]
Independent online video technology company Tremor Video has unveiled research that indicates viewers are no longer confining content to specific devices in era of seamless connectivity, with tablet and Connected TV viewing on the rise. The study, conducted in partnership with research-based strategic consulting firm Frank N Magid Associates, suggests that viewers are moving seamlessly across devices and accessing video [...]
Sky Broadband has begun blocking access to file-sharing site The Pirate Bay. It joins Virgin Media and Everything Everywhere which have already taken similar action. The UK High Court had demanded the move after complaints by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) that Pirate Bay facilitated copyright infringement by providing magnetic links to movies, music and other media. O2 and Talktalk [...]
ITV has launched version 2.0 of the ITV Player app, which is now available to download from the iTunes store for use across iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch devices. The new version of the app includes a number of advanced integrated features including live streaming, AirPlay mirroring support and the ability for users to switch seamlessly between catch-up and live [...]
Megaupload.com asked for dismissal of US criminal charges that the file-sharing website illegally distributed copyrighted movies and music in a $175 million copyright conspiracy. Megaupload Limited, as a foreign corporation without offices in the US, can’t be prosecuted for violations of the country’s law, the company said in a filing in federal court in Virginia. “In short, a corporation such [...]
Law suits seek end to Aero Fox, ABC, CBS, NBC and other US networks are in court this week to try to stop Aereo, the start-up that takes live TV programming and sends it to mobile devices in New York for a monthly fee. If granted, a preliminary injunction sought by the plaintiffs the “would be the end of the [...]
Amazon’s LOVEFiLM has confirmed the launch of HD streaming. The HD functionality will allow members of LOVEFiLM – Europe’s largest subscription service instantly streaming films and TV series over the internet and sending DVDs and games by post – to stream films and TV series on demand and for no extra charge in HDTV resolutions up to 1080p. LOVEFiLM members [...]
Brazilian pay-TV continues to expand at a spectacular rate. April saw a net growth in subs of 284,000 taking the total to some 13.95 million subscribing homes. America Movil (Net/Embratel) is the market leader with 54.2 per cent for its MSO Net and DTH Claro TV operations, numbering 7.57 million subs. The April growth was almost all down to DTH, [...]
Mexico’s strategy for licensing channels for its DTT system, already suspended back in January, has now been scrapped. It will be re-instated once economic conditions improve, and fresh judicial rules are set for the auction. Mexico’s Federal Telecommunications Commission says there is no point in re-starting an auction programme until decisions on key issues like who may be able to [...]
