CeBIT – HANOVER – German telecoms operator Arcor (part of the Vodafone group) presented its proposed IPTV service for visitors of the CeBIT in Hannover with a working demo. Slated […]
Iliad to free Club following soaring profits
Iliad SA, the owner of France’s largest alternative broadband provider Free, says it has made an offer for Deutsche Telekom’s French internet business Club Internet. Serving 600,000 ADSL and 400,000 […]
Sports deal for Joost
Joost has signed a deal with the World Championship Sports Network (WCSN) to distribute short-form WCSN content via the P2P webTV service. WCSN features Olympic and lifestyle sports including track […]
Aggregator and Mercury Media launch docu webTV
Aggregator and Mercury Media announced the launch of documentary webTV service “to provide independent films for independent people” under the “joining the dots” (JTD) brand name. The new service can […]
Viacom sues YouTube/Google for $1 Billion
Videosharing site YouTube is being sued for over a billion dollars in damages by Viacom, parent company to popular TV channels MTV, VH1, Nickelodeon and Comedy Central. Viacom claims that […]
JumpTV launches Arrirang TV
JumpTV, a web TV broadcaster of international television channels, said that it has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Korea’s 24-hour English/Korean language channel, Arirang TV. The channel will be […]
On Telecoms IPTV partners revealed
On Telecoms SA, which has a nationwide general telecommunications licence for Greece, launched its IPTV service in late January as part of a new IP-based triple play service in the […]
Amazon/TiVo launch Unbox service
The Unbox service from Amazon and TiVo has officially rolled out. Nearly 1.5 million TiVo subscribers can now buy or rent digital movies and buy TV shows from Amazon. People […]
Broadband sales boost for QVC
QVC UK has reported a net sales increase of 8.4% bringing the total to £331 million. The channel is distributed on satellite, cable, DTT and also has a substantial web […]
165,000 views of BBC YouTube content
IPTV WORLD FORUM – Over 165,000 viewers have accessed the BBC’s content on YouTube since its launch on Friday. Ashley Highfield, BBC Director of Future Media & Technology, told the […]