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Hulu and Netflix eye Russia

Chris Dziadul — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:34:33 +0000

Representatives of Hulu and Netflix are understood to have held preliminary talks about the possibility of entering the Russian market. Read the story »

Virgin Media looking for quality TiVo apps

Julian Clover — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:05:53 +0000

Virgin Media’s COO has defended the relatively slow rollout of applications onto the next generation platform, arguing that the cablenet would keep to heavyweight apps and not just fodder. Read the story »

SBS to launch HbbTV in the Netherlands

Robert Briel — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:36:13 +0000

Dutch private broadcaster SBS has announced it will start to offer HbbTV services from Q2 2012. Public broadcaster NPO and RTL will follow suit. Read the story »

TalkTalk: YouView launch on track

Julian Clover — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:53:00 +0000

TalkTalk CEO Dido Harding says the ISP has begun end-to-end consumer acceptance testing of its YouView product as the precursor to a full consumer trial. Read the story »

M6 questions future of pay-DTT

Robert Briel — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:44:18 +0000

Pay television over digital terrestrial looks like being in serious trouble in France. Nicolas de Tavernost, CEO of M6, is sounding the alarm bell. Read the story »

No injunction in satellite football case

Julian Clover — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:02:43 +0000

A High Court judge has declined to give an immediate injunction in favour of the Premier League in the ongoing dispute over the carriage of foreign satellite broadcasts. However, Lord Justice Kitchen indicated an injunction would be brought if no agreement was reached between the League and groups including the card distributor QC Leisure. Read the story »

Ofcom considers shape of broadcast regulation

Julian Clover — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:40:27 +0000

Ofcom chief executive Ed Richards has told the Leveson Inquiry into media ethics that the current system of broadcast regulation is one linked to the era of analogue spectrum constraints. Read the story »

Sky D finally reaches 3 million mark

Robert Briel — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:35:14 +0000

The German premium broadcaster Sky Deutschland surpassed 3 million customers on December 31, 2011 and has secured additional financing of €300 million for continued growth and product innovation. Read the story »

Sky launches new internet TV platform

Julian Clover — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:33:20 +0000

Sky has announced plans to launch a new internet-based TV platform that it is positioning as an additional choice for those who do not currently subscribe to a pay-TV service. Read the story »

Upgrade to Sky Anytime+ adds BBC iPlayer and ITV Player

Julian Clover — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:34:39 +0000

Catch-up content from the BBC and ITV will be made available in Sky homes during 2012. All five million homes with the Sky+ HD box will be able to connect their boxes to Sky Anytime+ through the internet, regardless of whether they have chosen one of Sky’s own broadband packages.

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