Blinkbox, the video-on-demand outfit established by former Channel 4 New Media executive Michael Cormish and Vodafone’s former head of content Adrian Letts, has been acquired by the UK retailer Tesco.
YouTube to show Royal Wedding online
Previous generations marvelled at the wedding of the future Queen Elizabeth II on the BBC’s fledgling television service, for the marriage of Princess Anne it was colour television, but the […]
Exclusive: AEPOC says TV manufacturers need to secure content
Television manufacturers that are beginning to take a direct role in the delivery of content need to ensure they are adequately dealing with security issues. In her first media interview […]
Virgin delivers solid start to 2011
Virgin Media has entered the Q1 reporting season with an across the board increase in revenues and 65,000 customers signed up to its advanced TiVo receiver.
Virgin Media to test 1.5 Gbps broadband
Virgin Media has said it will shortly commence the trial of broadband speeds running at 1.5 Gbps, in what will be the world’s fastest cable broadband connection ever tested. The […]
Growth continues for Telia TV
The number of TeliaSonera subscribers taking a television package has grown to almost one million.
EU to investigate ISP throttling
The European Commission is to ask telecoms regulators to investigate whether internet service providers policies on traffic shaping do so in a way that harms consumers.
Countdown to ANGA Cable 2011
With less than three weeks to go to this year’s ANGA Cable in Cologne, Germany (May 3 – 5, 2011) the organisers are describing the event as “the largest, most […]
Cassy promoted at Sky 3D
John Cassy has been appointed to the newly created position of director, Sky 3D. He will be replaced as director, Sky Arts, by James Hunt, the channel’s current head of […]
EBU sets out connected TV principals
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has adopted a set of Principles for Internet Connected and Hybrid Television. The Geneva-based organisation says that if applied, the principles could deliver lower costs, […]