Turner Broadcasting System is leading the way with a major distribution deal on Joost featuring brands including Adult Swim and CNN. Programming from Hasbro, the National Hockey League (NHL), Sports Illustrated (SI) and Sony Pictures Television (SPT) will also be available on Joost later this month, the broadband TV company said today. This makes a [...]
Digital growth at Channel 4
May 1, 2007 10.11 Europe/London By
Channel 4’s decision to take its digital channels free-to-air has been rewarded with a 46% increase in sales revenues. The launch of More 4 in October 2005 and the subsequent inclusion of E4 and Film4 on Freeview, in May 2005 and July 2006 helped sales revenues for the digital channels rise to £128 million (€186m) [...]
Sling Media issues full Mac version
May 1, 2007 09.57 Europe/London By
Sling Media has finally released a full version of its SlingPlayer software for the Mac. The software has been available as a beta version since the middle of last year. The new software finally gives Mac users the familiar look and feel of other Mac OS X programs, however the reaction on bulletin boards has [...]
NDS looks to mobile devices
May 1, 2007 09.34 Europe/London By
Speaking after the release of favourable results for yet another quarter, NDS chairman and chief executive Dr Abe Peled has emphasised the growing importance of PCs, portable media players and other portable devices to its product portfolio. He has also highlighted an emphasis on emerging markets. “NDS is focused on three distinct markets: our current [...]
SCTE honours European cable figure
May 1, 2007 08.34 Europe/London By
The Tom Hall Award, given by the SCTE (Society of Cable Telecommunication Engineers) to mark outstanding service to the cable industry, has been presented to Italian-born Prof Franco Mussino at a dinner held in the prestigious surroundings of the Houses of Parliament. The award demonstrates the SCTE’s growing ties with continental Europe, though Prof Mussino [...]
Vudu gets movies from major studios
May 1, 2007 08.23 Europe/London By
After signing international distribution deals with seven major motion picture studios, Santa Clara-based Vudu Labs is entering the arena of IP-delivered movie services to the TV set at home. The company promises to deliver 5,000 different titles from The Walt Disney Studios, Lionsgate, New Line Cinema, Paramount Pictures,Twentieth Century Fox, Universal Studios, and Warner Bros. [...]
Croatia prepares for VoIP
May 1, 2007 08.19 Europe/London By
Croatia’s T-Com will launch a new VoIP service known as MAXphone tomorrow (May 2). Initially operating as a pilot project, it will be made available to subscribers this autumn as part of a triple play package. T-Com, which is a division of the Deutsche Telekom-backed incumbent T-HT, launched an IPTV service named MAXtv in September [...]
Aster opts for Disney Channel
May 1, 2007 08.18 Europe/London By
The Polish cable operator Aster has added the Disney Channel to its basic analogue offer as of today (May 1). Aster is the country’s fourth largest MSO after UPC, Vectra and Multimedia Polska and was one of the first to introduce a digital TV service. This currently has 47,000 subscribers, while Aster as a whole [...]
JML secures top EPG slots
May 1, 2007 07.54 Europe/London By
JML has confirmed the purchase of two positions at the top of the Sky EPG shopping section. The consumer brand will move to channel numbers 631 and 632 from midnight on May 28. The channels are currently occupied by iBuy 1 and 1Buy 2 respectively. When Broadband TV News checked the channels we found that [...]
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