Is Cable's Long, Glorious Ratings Run Finally Over?
For more than three decades, cable TV programmers enjoyed steady ratings gains — mostly at the expense of broadcasters. Inspired efforts li…
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Parsing The Latest Rumor About Apple's TV Plans
In a story published Thursday, the New York Post has what appears to be new evidence that Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) “plans to launch a streaming TV…
What Does Google Fiber Mean For The Future Of TV?
Google (NSDQ: GOOG) has filed for a video franchise license, which if approved could allow it to take on cable providers in markets in which…
The New Laws Of TV Upgrading
I’m fascinated by a recent Ryan Lawler post at GigaOm, which argues that longstanding beliefs about how often people get a new TV have been…
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What Does the Future of TV Look Like?
What does the TV consumer of the future look like? What is TV becoming? The evolution of the format, technology and content was at the heart of today’s discussion at the 2011 TV Summit, with the ultimate conclusion being that TV isn’t really TV anymore.
UK TV Viewers Allowed To Vote In Shows Via Mobile App
Pretty soon, British TV talent contests like The X Factor could be taking viewer votes by mobile applications.
Right now, UK broadcasters c…
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Google Tries To Win Over Developers With A Google TV Giveaway
With Google (NSDQ: GOOG) TV now on the market, the company is trying to convince developers to optimize their sites for the system. Its stra…
Invision Partners With FreeWheel On Connecting Online Video And TV Ad Buys
TV ad sales platform Invision has struck a strategic partnership with FreeWheel, the video monetization firm, that will combine their servic…
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Shazam Unlocks TV Shows, Converts Buyers To Subscribers
Shazam is trying to convert one-off buyers in to annual subscribers, while also aiming to become the key with which viewers unlock TV conten…
Blinkx’s Value Has Soared To £158 Million; Now What?
Blinkx may have posted another loss on investment in its annual accounts in May, but the report that actual income nearly doubled has set a…
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Mobile DTV Rollout Continues
While the business model for mobile DTV is still being figured out, local stations are moving forward and gradually launching mobile DTV bro…
Dave Commissions Llewellyn’s Web TV Series Carpool
By James Robinson: The TV channel Dave has commissioned a chatshow hosted by the former Red Dwarf star Robert Llewellyn, based on his web vi…
Experian Follows Google In Backing TV Ad Targeter Invidi
TV ad targeter Invidi Technologies, which raised $23 million in a fourth round of funding led by Google (NSDQ: GOOG) earlier this month, now…
More Details Leak Out About Google’s Plans For The Set-Top Box
More details are coming in about what Google (NSDQ: GOOG) may have in store for the set-top box. Just a week after the WSJ reported that Goo…
Simon Fuller Aims For Social Networking TV Reality Hit
By Sarah Hughes: It seems all too familiar: five young people move into a house together in a series that follows them as they shoot for sta…
Advanced Ads: 3 Reasons Why The Wait Is Over
A nagging chicken-and-egg problem has held back advanced TV advertising, which promises richly interactive and highly targeted capabilities…
As Yahoo Compares Itself to TV, Content Acquisitions on the Way
Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz trumpeted the comeback of display advertising on the company’s fourth-quarter call with analysts today by saying: “Frankly, our…
Nielsen People Meters To Provide Single Measurement For TV And Online Viewing
After a few months of testing, Nielsen is ready to officially roll out a combined measurement for internet and TV viewing though its People…
Stations’ Weather Forecast Looks Cloudy, As Interactive Future Beckons
The business of weather has changed dramatically since former WCCO Minneapolis chief meteorologist Paul Douglas exited the station world in…
A Comedy Show Debuts On Yahoo — With A Sponsor
Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) — which has promised to up the amount of original content on its properties — has launched a new comedy show on Yahoo T…
Blake Krikorian Investing In Startup Clicker.com, Joining Board
Blake Krikorian of Slingbox fame has joined the board of another internet TV venture: start-up Clicker.com, now in private beta. Krikorian i…
Belo Swings To Loss On Writedowns; TV Station Web Revs Drop 7.2 Percent
Much of the focus on local media tends to center on the woes of newspapers, but TV affiliates are also hurting significantly from the downtu…
Sun TV Net Up 21% On Strong Ad Sales Growth
Chennai-headquartered Sun TV Network Ltd today said net profit for the quarter ended 30 September was at Rs130.56 crore, up 21% year-on-year…
Nielsen Promises More Disclosure To Media Companies
As Nielsen faces increasing challenges from other audience-measurement outlets and rising demands from ad agencies and media companies, the…
As Challenges Grow, Nielsen Looks To Explain Its Digital Media Abilities
As major media companies have been gathering to start their own cross-media measurement venture and companies like Omniture (NSDQ: OMTR) and…
Industry Moves: Rubicon; Fox International Channels; Endemol
— Rubicon Project: The online ad company is expanding its London staff with two former MySpace employees: Nikki May becomes a senior accoun…
Delivery Agent Raises $24.85 Million For Entertainment E-Commerce
Delivery Agent, which provides e-commerce solutions for entertainment companies, has raised $24.85 million in a round of funding, according…
Plum TV Adds $5 Millon In Funding; Raising $8 Million For Luxury TV Network
Resort and luxury lifestyle TV network Plum TV has raised nearly $5.2 million worth of an $8 million second round of funding, per an SEC fil…
Media Consortium Creating Rival To Nielsen TV Ratings
A collective whoopie from the rest of us, while a group of media companies have finally done the inevitable: NBC Universal (NYSE: GE), Time…
Terra, Telemundo Stream USA Soccer Match Online
The USA soccer team kicks off its tricky World Cup qualifier match against Mexico’s national side later today (4pm ET/1pm PT), but if you’re…
Extreme Reach Raises More Than $3 Million For Video Ad Platform
Extreme Reach — which lets advertisers deliver video ads to cell phones, TV, and the internet using one platform — continues to add on fun…
Industry Moves: Zattoo UK Manager Alex Guest Launches TV Start-Up
Online TV re-broadcaster Zattoo has lost its UK country manager Alex Guest, who is leaving the company to launch his own forthcoming TV site…
AOL Video Search Site Truveo Relaunches In 17 Nations; Lands Deal With Univision
AOL’s video search engine Truveo is launching a global revamp tonight — across 17 of its country-specific sites, including in the U.S, wher…
MSLO Starts Selling Downloadable ‘How To’ Videos; Part Of `Martha University’
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia (NYSE: MSO) has opened up Martha University, a section of the media company’s website that will sell “how to…
Blu-Ray Barely Making A Dent In Video Sales Slump
Blu-Ray was heralded as the next big thing in home entertainment. But, three years after the discs were first spun, the format still isn’t h…
Industry Moves: Former Star India Executive Ajay Vidyasagar Named Sun TV COO
Ajay Vidyasagar, who stepped down at Star India as president, content and new media, in March, has been named chief operating officer at Sun…
Report: The Top Five Mobile TV Providers By Revenue
The mobile efforts by TV programmers, ranging from ESPN (NYSE: DIS) to the Cartoon Network, continue to bring in limited revenues, according…
Sony To Launch ITV Reality Show ‘I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here’
Sony (NYSE: SNE) Entertainment Television, which recently launched a new line up of shows after the end of the Indian Premier League, which…
Orange France’s Google News Rival “24/24 Actu” In Search Of A Sustainable Business Model
French carrier Orange is currently losing money on its news search service 24/24 Actu, which only returns results from its official content…
Biz Stone: Twitter’s Ready For Prime Time TV — But Not Officially
Twitter co-founder Biz Stone is denying that the microblogging site has a deal to create a reality show around tweeting. Citing a Variety re…
Report: Mobile Video Consumption Is On The Rise, But Few Pay For It
The number of people watching TV over the phone is increasing rapidly, according to a report released by Nielsen. What’s more is of the peop…
Earnings: Belo Returns To Profitability, As Online Ad Revenue Dips 5.4 Percent
After reporting widening losses in Q4, Dallas broadcaster Belo (NYSE: BLC) posted a slight profit of $8.9 million ($0.09 per share), versus…
Hasbro Pays Discovery $300 Million To Reinvent Itself As Kids Content Maker
Hasbro is effectively buying itself a stake in a new-look *Discovery* Kids, creating a 50-50 joint venture that will deliver family and kids…
Q&A With Sameer Nair, CEO, NDTV Imagine: New Shows, Cost Cutting, Expansion On Hold
NDTV Imagine, the general entertainment channel owned by NDTV and NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) (26%), is set to launch a new reality show that i…
NDTV Launches Production House RedDot
Broadcaster NDTV Ltd said yesterday that it has launched a production house–RedDot Productions–that will create content both for the group…
Adobe Adds TV To Flash Platforms; Enabled Sets Due Later This Year
Adobe’s Flash player, a mainstay of the PC and increasingly the phone, is now coming to the TV. At the National Association of Broadcasters…
Washington DC’s Local Stations To Begin Airing Mobile DTV Broadcasts
Mobile Digital TV (mobile DTV) broadcasts, as promised by the Open Mobile Video Coalition, the industry group of commercial and public broad…
Broadband Content Bits: TV.com Eyes UK, Free Streets By Tweet, OnTheBox US, Ministry
— TV.com: CBS (NYSE: CBS) Interactive’ eponymous US Hulu rival would like to launch in the UK – but it’s not on the horizon. CBSi product m…
Forecast: 3D TV Sales Could Hit 2.8 Billion In 2015
It’s the stuff of science-fiction, isn’t it? But media analyst Screen Digest says 10 percent of new TVs sold could have 3D capabilities by 2…
Clouds Clear On IPL: Sony Lands Renegotiated Deal, SA Becomes Hot Destination
After weeks of see-sawing and conflicting reports, there is finally clarity on the future of the Indian Premier League, the popular 20-20 cr…
Report: 140 Million Subscribers To Broadcast Mobile TV By 2011
There are currently 40 million people watching broadcast mobile television around the world according to a report from consultancy Arthur D.…
NewsX To Get New Brand, On-Air Look; Widespread Cost Cutting Soon
NewsX, the 24-hour news channel that was recently sold by Peter and Indrani Mukerjea (INX Media Pvt Ltd) to Vinay Chhajlani and Jehangir Poc…
A Real Lacklustre Launch For Turner's India Venture
Real, the general entertainment channel born out of a joint venture between India’s Alva Brothers Entertainment and global entertainment maj…
Mobile Content Bits: Instantly Rich; Bebo Open Mobile; Retailing Content; The Onion
— Instantly Rich: Zed has teamed up with Lionsgate to develop the mobile content company’s multiplatform program Instantly Rich in countrie…
Report: Mobile Video Consumption Up, But Still A Fraction Of Overall Video Viewership
The number of people watching video on their mobile phones in Q4 grew at a faster rate than those viewing it on the internet, according to a…
MSOs' Solution To Online Video: Make (A Lot Of) It Exclusive To Us
While NBCU, News Corp (NYSE: NWS). and CBS (NYSE: CBS) quibble over online programming access via Hulu and TV.com, they have another problem…
MTV Rediscovers Music Videos, Prepping ‘MTV Music’ Site For UK
MTV, a teen reality drama TV broadcaster which used to air music videos, is now planning to go back to its roots – at least, online – by b…
Mobile Content Bits: Cartoon Network; Anthem; Opera Turbo; Skyfire; JavaFX
— Cartoon Network In HK: Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific has teamed up with Hong Kong-based mobile operator CSL to launch a 24-hour…
500 Million Mobile TV Viewers In 2013: Report
There will be half a billion viewers of mobile TV by 2013, largely driven by the switchover to all-digital broadcasting in the US and other…
Multi-standard Mobile TV Tech Firm Axel Technologies Raises Second Round Of $3.06 Million
Multi-standard mobile TV technology firm Axel Technologies has raised 2.4 million euros ($3.06 million) in its second round of funding from…
WWIL Shares Jump 77%; Company Sources Confirm Talks With Foreign Strategic Investors
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Industry Moves: Ticketmaster; PRN; ChoiceStream
— Ticketmaster: Dave Butler has been promoted to the position of president at Ticketmaster North America; he previously served as CEO of ti…
Cash Crunch At INX Media: Outstandings To Producers Mount
9X, the general entertainment channel run by INX Media Pvt Ltd, has exceeded the window of credit it has with content providers by several m…
Broadband Content Bits: Inauguration Stats; Brides.com; ABC.com’s Lost
— Inauguration streaming stats: *Akamai*, which powers streaming video for many news and media sites (including YouTube and the New York P…
Industry Moves: Time; Mediabrands; Turner; Newsweek.com
— Time: Media exec Jason Kelly has signed on as VP-strategy and revenue management of Time Inc. Digital. Most recently, he was manager of a…
@ CES: Mobile TV Will Likely Be Free, But No Retail Or Carrier Partnerships Announced
In a very poorly run press conference this morning (picture about 30 executives up on a stage, but no introductions as to who they were or…
@ CES: Mobile DTV Gets Commitments From 63 Stations For 2009 Rollout
The Open Mobile Video Coalition held a press conference today to announce today that it has received commitments from 63 stations in 22 mark…
Broadcasters Inch Closer To Launching Mobile TV Following Standards Approval
Broadcasters just got one step closer to launching their own mobile TV services. The Advanced Television Systems Committee, which sets stand…
Gaming Roundup: Trion/SciFi; WoW’s New Record; LiveGamer P2P; GameHouse Relaunches; In-Game Ads
— Trion and Sci Fi staff up forthcoming game/TV project: MMO and virtual world developer Trion World Network and The Sci Fi Channel are bu…
Ofcom Report: Mobile Data Revenues Growing Five Times Faster Than Voice
Mobile voice revenues are still larger than those from mobile data, but mobile data revenues are growing five times faster, according to UK…
Mobile TV Has Failed, But There’s Still Hope: Report
Consumers’ expectations for mobile TV have tailed off significantly from when such services were first being hyped a couple of years back -…
India TV Floats India TV Interactive, Ropes in Arvind Mahendru
Rajat Sharma’s India TV has floated a new media firm
Broadband Content Bits: Gigantic; Katie Couric; McCain-Letterman; Spike TV-Worldwide Biggies
— Gigantic launching pay video site: Music label and film production company Gigantic is launching a website offering $2.99 streams, Variet…
Industry Moves: Glam; Fora.tv; GOOD; Undertone; TodayShow.com
— Glam Media: Former Shutterfly CFO Stephen Recht is joining the Glam team to take on that same post, replacing co-founder Ernie Cicogna. C…
Mobile Content Bits: Channel 4-TV; Mirror Mobile; O2-Player X; MetroLyrics-Gracenote; Virgin-Slifter
— Channel 4 adding streaming TV service: British broadcaster Channel 4 plans to add a mobile streaming TV service next year to give viewer…
CEA Group Gets Involved In Mobile TV Standardization
The Consumer Electronics Association has thrust itself into the mobile TV standardization process by working with a group, which is defining…
Almost Half Of All U.S. Cellphone Subscribers Access Entertainment On Their Device: Survey
Almost half of all cellphone customers in the U.S. use their mobile devices for entertainment purposes, according to a new survey from mobil…
International TV Channels See Protection From Worsening Economy
Though in general European TV channels are locked in what
Broadband Content Bits: WMI-Deezer; Tesco Video Clips; Webjam; Jewish Chronicle; ITN Source
— Deezer and WMI In Content Deal: French online jukebox Deezer has struck a deal with Warner Music International (WMI), which will provide…
U.S. Elections May Be Second Big Event For Mobile After The Olympics
Now that the 2008 Summer Olympics have come to a close, the mobile industry is looking for the next big news event that could drive traffic…
Digital Switchover Stymies Free Mobile TV In US
Would mobile television in the US take off if US consumers didn
Mobile Content Bits: AOL UK-WIN; Turner On Fun Text; MCN In Thailand; AIM For Windows Mobile
— WIN To Power *AOL* UK Mobile Store: AOL (NYSE: TWX) UK has struck a deal with mobile entertainment provider WIN plc, which will supply t…
When TV Ratings Miss Their Mark, ABC Offers ‘Make-Good’ Ad Space Online
The 100-day writers strike that ended in February has taken its toll on the TV networks’ ratings. Since TV advertisers negotiate prices base…
France’s Canal+ Pushes VOD To PSP (Via PC)
Sony (NYSE: SNE) is following up its deal to show BSkyB’s (NYSE: BSY) UK TV programming via its handset PSP console with a similar partnersh…
Mobile Phone Companies Likely Winners Of UK’s Valuable UHF Spectrum
Mobile phone companies will be the most likely winner for the valuable chunk of UHF spectrum
Broadband Content Bits: UEFA Video; ITN On-MSN UK; Live Station Gets EuroNews Spanish; RadioPaq
— UEFA has launched an online video service for the 2008 European Football Championship which starts this Saturday, reports Brand Republ…
Senior Management Promotions At Turner India
Some promotions have been announced at Turner International: Siddharth Jain has been appointed Vice President and Deputy General Manager (Di…
Mobile TV Advertising Worth $2.44 Billion By 2012: Report
The market for rich media advertising on mobile — in the form of TV, video, games, user-generated content (UGC) and music — will reach $2.…
Broadband Content Bits: Nat Geo; Comcast, Verizon; MySpace-Entertainment Studios; MSN-Mediaset
— National Geographic Channel to unveil redesigned site: National Geographic Channel will officially launch its revamped web site today, fe…
Local Broadcast Mobile TV Harder Proposition Than General Broadcast Mobile TV
Broadcast mobile TV is one of the most controversial technologies around, in terms of whether it will work or not. El Reg has a commentary p…
Mobile TV Seeing Figures To Support Hype
There are starting to be some figures coming out that support the idea that mobile TV will be a big money-spinner in the future — although…
MobiTV Hits 4 Million, Upgrades Tech
MobiTV has hit the 4-million subscriber mark, adding a million subscribers in the last six months as well as the six months before that, rep…
ADD Bags Rights For Middle East And North Africa Markets
Arab Digital Distribution (ADD is a platform management company in Middle East and North Africa, it runs ART- Premium Arabic Entertainment,…
Earnings: SMG On Track For £2 Million From Web Ads By 2010
Scottish Media Group (SMG) says it’s on track to hit online ventures revenue of £20 million by 2010. The group is planning to “relaunch” it…
It’s Official: UTVi Inks Content Partnership With ABC; That TV-Web-Mobile Joke Again
Well, this certainly isn’t a surprise, and more of an official confirmation of something that was reported over a month ago: Reuters (NSDQ:…
BAG Launches Bollywood Site; Plans For Mobile
Another portal from BAG Films: the broadcaster has launched a website for its entertainment news channel E24, reports Agencyfaqs. BAG Conver…
TV Roundup: NewsX, E24 Launch, TRAI Releases Consultation Paper on TRP’s
Two new TV launches marked the end of the week, NewsX, the channel which had more coverage coming from the inner rather than the outer world…
Traffic On Portals’ TV Sites Fall In February; Decline Pinned On Writers’ Strike
The lingering effects of the writers’ strike are being blamed for moderate declines in the major portals’ TV video sites’ February traffic n…
TV Games Operator PlayJam Targets Freeview With Own Box
PlayJam, the TV games service that puts casual games on BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) and Virgin Media (NSDQ: VMED), is about to add Freeview to its pla…
Mobile Content Bits: Dennis Publishing’s Monkey; Gameloft; Telenor’s Mobile Novel
— Monkey Goes Mobile: Dennis Publishing and mobile media firm Player X have launched a mobile TV channel based on its online lad
UK TV’s Channel 4 Starts $100 Million ‘4IP’ Digital Production Fund
Channel 4 and UK regional media development agencies will start a $100 million (£50 million) digital commissioning fund as the broadcaster…
The WB To Be Reincarnated As Streaming Video Site: Report
Warner Bros. Television Group is giving The WB TV network another chance at life – this time as a new, dedicated website with free, ad-suppo…
Broadband Content Bits: HBO Shows; Eisner’s Show; FastCompany TV; AllPeer Closing; MeeVee Troubles
— HBO’s In Treatment Online: HBO’s opening up, bit by bit: it has put up the first three weeks of
Disney Europe Shuffle Makes Integrated Cross-Platform Team
Disney-ABC is reorganising its team in Europe from April to create a single division covering new media, programme sales and channel carriag…
ESPN Setting Up European Digital Media Unit
Disney’s (NYSE: DIS) ESPN is opening a dedicated Europe, Middle East and Africa digital media outpost, after recently buying and building on…
JumpTV May Sell Off Regional Content Business
This is significant news for those Indian channels providing their content to online TV service Jump TV, and perhaps something for the video…
@ MWC: Microsoft ‘Investigating’ Yahoo oneConnect Developments
They’re not bedfellows just yet — Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) is “investigating” Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) over concerns surrounding its new oneConnect…
@ MWC: Jury Still Out On Mobile TV Strategy, Chance Of Success
Another mobile TV conference panel, another opportunity to lament the low take-up of this technology with so much still-unfulfilled promise…
TV Ad Time For Web, Telco, ISP And Handset Manufacturers
[by Cerius Shah] We rounded up ADEx Data from January 2007 – January 2008 on the Top TV advertisers for the sectors that we cover. Do keep i…
@ MWC: US Lags In Mobile TV Adoption
Not that many countries outside Asia are using it in a big way, but proportionally fewer Americans are watching mobile TV than anywhere else…
TV CEOs Musical Chairs: Lulla – Miditech-Turner JV; Guha To ADAG?
[by Cerius Shah] Sunil Lulla, the former CEO of Times Global Broadcasting has joined Alva brothers, as a director on board for the launch of…
Nexit Ventures Takes Stake In Mobile TV Software Firm Axel Technologies
Nexit Ventures, a mobile venture capital firm focused on wireless technologies and services, has made an undisclosed investment in Finnish m…
Mobile Content Bits: Jamster; ROK; Ad Infuse
— Jamster Ad-Funded Games Trial Gets 39 Percent CTR: Jamster
From mocoNews: Interactive TV Provider Blue Frog Mobile Files For Bankruptcy
For all those gung-ho about the cross-media opportunity, a sobering story from our sister site mocoNews.net: Blue Frog Mobile, the Seattle c…
Mobile TV Software Maker Axel Gets Investment For DVB-H Internationalization
From the land of Nokia (NYSE: NOK), Axel Technologies, a Finnish mobile TV middleware developer, has received investment of an undisclosed s…
MediaPhy Raises $7 Million For Mobile TV Chips
San Jose-based MediaPhy, a chipmaker focusing on mobile TV, has raised $7 million from ATA Ventures and ARCH Venture Fund, reports VentureBe…
Endemol, Metacafe Make Web-Based TV Game Show
TV producer Endemol has got a new online commission – it’s making Buzzed, a TV-style quiz show that will show on Metacafe twice a week in tw…
462 Million Mobile TV Subscribers By 2012: Report
ABI Research has predicted that the total number of subscribers to mobile TV services (both broadcast and unicast) will grow to 462 million…
India TV Sells 20 Percent Stake to Shyam Equities; Valuation Now Rs 500 Crore
[by Cerius Shah] Rajat Sharma’s Independent News Service Private Limited (INS), which is the holding company for India TV, has sold of 20% s…
Dish TV In Talks For DTH Services With Indian Railways
[by Cerius Shah] There appears to be competition for Mobile TV, from DTH. According to this ET report, Essel Group owned Dish TV is in talks…
SFR, Alcatel-Lucent Claim Success In French DVB-SH Trial
Yesterday it was noted that SFR hadn’t bid on a DVB-H license and instead touted its 3G mobile TV service. Today SFR and Alcatel-Lucent anno…
MobiTV Licenses Patents For Guide
Gemstar has signed a patent-licensing deal which will see its TV Guide technology used for MobiTV’s service reports Multichannel News. Gemst…
World Sport Group Pays $1 Billion For IPL Rights
The Indian Premier League (IPL), the Twenty20 league being formulated by the Board for Control of Cricket in India (BCCI), has sold media ri…
Endemol Plans More Interactive Shows For TV In India
Well, looks like Canaan funded Cellcast has competition: TV production company Endemol is set to introduce Call TV that uses text messaging…
YOU Telecom Acquires Bangalore Based Cable Operator To Enter Cable TV Business
YOU Telecom, a Internet Service Provider in which Citigroup Venture Capital has majority stake, is entering the Cable TV business by acquiri…
LG Develops Yet Another Mobile TV Technology For North America
South Korea’s LG (SEO: 066570) Electronics has developed yet another mobile television technology, called “Mobile Pedestrian Handheld,” aime…
VSNL Partners With Marshall Media For VOD
While several video content firms are busy tying up with local content providers, our very own VSNL has gone one step ahead and decided to d…
1.2 Million Mobile TV Users In France
There are now 1.2 million mobile TV users in France — Orange has 1 million and SFR has 200,000, according to ScreenDigest. Both these servi…
Leno and O’Brien Return January 2 — With Or Without Writers
Following news that David Letterman’s Worldwide Pants is close to an agreement with the WGA to go live again, NBC has announced that late-ni…
REVshare Gets $20 Million For DVR-Proof Cost-Per-Action TV Ads
TV ad exchange REVshare has raised $20 million from PE firm The Carlyle Group and H.I.G. Ventures. The company lets advertisers bid on TV ad…
TV Critics Cancel Winter Tour After Networks Back Out, Blame Writers’ Strike
The Television Critics Association, an organization of 220 journalists covering TV, has canceled its January tour after broadcast networks d…
ESPN Using Cricket, Rugby Sites As Beachhead To Premiership Bid
US sports TV network ESPN wants to use the web as a Trojan horse in to the UK market. The Disney (NYSE: DIS) unit bought cricket site CricIn…
French Mobile Media’s Streamezzo Raises $22 Million For International Growth
French rich mobile media platform vendor Streamezzo has attracted a 15 million euro ($22 million) latest funding round from previous investo…
Mobile TV: Europe, America To Eclipse Asia By 2011: Report
Mobile TV, a business that has so far been slow to take off thanks to the chicken-and-egg situation networks and customers find themselves i…
Elisabeth Murdoch’s Shine Close to Buying Silverman’s Reveille For About $200 Million
Considering Reveille’s digital creds with its shows, important to mention: Ben Silverman’s TV production company Reveille is close to being…
Gemstar TV Guide’s Mobile TV Aims, One Profile Across Everything
Bob Shallow, vice president and general manager of Gemstar-TV Guide International’s mobile entertainment group, has been interviewed by Tech…
Online Video: Just 12 Percent Would Pay, Most Prefer Ads: Report
What do they want? Free stuff! When do they want it? Now! Only 12 percent of UK consumers currently pay or are willing to pay for downloaded…
Major League Soccer Wants Digital Revenues
Some professional sports leagues are powerful enough that they know they can charge fans for content. Some like England’s Premier League hav…
Video Ad Agency Spotzer Raises £7.18 Million For US Expansion
Amsterdam-based video advertising agency Spotzer has attracted a 10 million euro (£7.18 million) funding round to fund a US launch. Spotzer…
Round Up: Kajeet’s SMS Content; Active Idle Screens; Indian Satellite Mobile TV
— Kid-focused MVNO kajeet has launched Feeds, an SMS content service sending messages with trivia and jokes and so on — a lot of them seem…
CNN International Creates Digital Production Unit In Reorg, Taking Back Control Of Content
CNN Worldwide announced it is embarking on a massive reorg effort to take back control of the content it broadcasts and publishes. It is cre…
Mobile TV From Local TV Stations Predict Strong Ad Revenue
The Open Mobile Video Coalition (OMVC), a collection of nearly 800 local US stations developing a mobile TV standard, is working at “lightni…
Google 'Talks TV Production' With Idol's Fuller, But Partnership Unlikely
More highly unsubstantiated fun from the Sunday papers – 19 CEO Simon Fuller (he behind the Pop Idol franchise and the Spice Girls) has been…
Ad-Funded Content Gets Good Reception In Otherwise Lackluster Market For Mobile TV
Another not-so-positive survey has come out on the mobile TV market, underscoring how far it has to go to reach a critical mass. Only one pe…
Canada's Super Channel To Showcase Bollywood Content
Canadian viewers will be treated to Bollywood via a new national pay-TV service Super Channel that will hits the airwaves in November with o…
DVB-H Service Launched In Kenya
Kenya has a DVB-H service, DStv Mobile, which was launched in Nairobi this week by South African company Digital Mobile TV. “Consumers will…
France Televisions Plans Four Mobile TV Channels
French public broadcaster France Télévisons is looking to launch at least four channels when mobile TV starts in the country next year. He…
@ CTIA: Mobile Video Providers Have Different Strategies, But Share The Same Bullish Outlook
The question “what is mobile TV?” seems pretty straightforward, but it’s actually pretty complicated, given the wide array of mobile video s…
SanDisk Launches TakeTV USB Drive; Connects To TV To Play Online Video
SanDisk, the memory maker, has made a curious but an interestingly simple move: it is launching an online video service and a USB flash driv…
Online Video Site Tioti Gets Funding
Tape It Off The Internet (Tioti), a TV-centric web community where members post links to shows across a range of download and sharing media,…
U.S. Local Broadcasters Planning Free Mobile TV Services
Local US broadcasters are planning mobile services that will probably launch after 2009, when the transition to digital TV ends. They’ll pro…
Online Tv Guide MeeVee Buys Top10Sources
Not that any of these companies are burning the charts with their performance, but interesting nonetheless: MeeVee, an online TV Guide of so…
Ad-Insert Startup BlackArrow Raises $12 Million Second Round; Adds Comcast
San Mateo, CA-based BlackArrow, which makes DVR-proof ads, has raised a $12 million second round from investors including Cisco (NSDQ: CSCO)…
Comedy Time Signs Distribution Deal With Dailymotion
Another example of a mobile content play moving onto bigger screens, rather than the other way around: Comedy Time, a made-for-mobile conten…
@ Mipcom: Wake-Up Call For Mobile TV — Few Users, No Advertiser Buy-In
Wow, mobile TV has a long way to go — in Europe and North America, at least. While Alcatel-Lucent and France Telecom (NYSE: FTE) VPs bored…
Round-Up: Bell CA Music; Discovery Channel; ABC News; LookAtMe
— Canada’s Bell Mobility has added Groove Mobile’s subscription music service to its Bell Music store, alongside its download service.The s…
@ Mipcom: Mobile The Most Popular Screen For Orange’s Rewind TV
Subscribers to Orange’s French three-screen TV offering have been watching trial shows more on mobile than via other available media. The te…
Industry Moves: MobiTV Finally Gets New CEO: Charlie Nooney
MobiTV, the heavily-funded mobile video distributor, which was looking for a CEO for a few months now, has finally found one: Charlie Nooney…
Neo Sports To Webcast India-Australia Series
Neo Sports has announced that it will provide video on demand (VoD) and live streaming services on their website Neosports.tv, reports Busin…
Hollywood Writers Closer To Striking Over Online Compensation
A longstanding dispute between TV studios and guild writers over compensation for online distribution will come to a head over the coming mo…
France Plans DVB-H Network By Mid-2008
France is pushing to launch a mobile TV service before the Beijing Olympics, with the countrys minister of economy and finances and the mini…
How Did Apple Get iTV So Wrong?
Forbes has a long story on how Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) got its iTV player wrong, and what led to the flop. Pertinent in light of, among other thi…
Hiwire’s DVB-H Vs Qualcomm’s MediaFLO
RCRNews has tested HiWire’s DVB-H network being trialed in Las Vegas, and declared it “ready for prime time”…at least, technically. A dire…
Sling’s Acquisition By Echostar: Its Mobile Efforts
Sling, which was just bought by Echostar (NSDQ: DISH), had a number of efforts in mobile sector, and our previous coverage of their mobile e…
5 Percent Of Europeans Interested In Mobile TV: Report
Only 5 percent of Europeans expressed an interest in watching television or video on their mobile phones in the next 12 months, according to…
Mobile TV Worth $6.6 Billion From 120 Million Viewers By 2012: Report
There will be nearly 120 million people watching mobile broadcast TV in more than 40 countries by 2012, which will generate $6.6 billion in…
NPR, WGBH To Acquire Sponsorship Rep National Public Broadcasting
National Public Radio and WGBH Boston have an agreement in principle to acquire National Public Broadcasting, LLC. Majority owned by William…
Mobile TV Technically Ready, Waiting On Business Model
Mobile TV is more or less ready to go in the US, it’s just waiting for an invitation to the party. “The big problem, analysts say, is people…
Microsoft-Powered Net TV Platform LiveStation In Beta; Ex AOL Europe CEO Joins Board
Following in the footsteps of Joost, Babelgum and iPlayer, the latest peer-to-peer online TV service on the block opened to public beta test…
NDTV Convergence Ties Up With Japanese Digital Media Operator
NDTV Convergence has a struck a deal with Japan
Warner Bros. T-Works To Offer Online Video, Gaming, Virtual World Featuring Cartoon Icons
Warner Bros. (NYSE: TWX) is creating a video site that will house all its iconic animations, from Bugs Bunny to Batman, called T-Works. The…
ABC Brings An Extra Hour Of 'GMA' To Broadband & Mobile; Retooled iVillage-NBC Show Debuts
The fall TV season is about to start and every major network is trying to recreate their most-watched series for online and mobile consumpti…
DVB-H Service In Nigeria To Go Commercial In December
A company called Details Nigeria has launched what is being called the first DVB-H network in Africa. “The technology, which will be rolled…
Broadband Content Bits: Deutsche Telekom, Jalipo/Joost/Blinkx; E!; GuideTele
— Deutsche Telekom: The German telco (NYSE:DT) plans to offer IPTV to DSL customers in its home country in a bid to boost flagging fixed-li…
MobiTV's Says Closing In On New CEO; Jarl Mohn Interim CEO
This has been known for a while privately, but has now become public through an SEC filing: MobiTV, the heavily-funded mobile video distribu…
Industry Moves: Shishir Joshi Takes Over As Mid Day Multimedia Group Editorial Director
Former TV Today executive editor and Mumbai bureau chief Shishir Joshi took over as Mid Day Multimedia’s group editorial director. [via Indi…
Sunsilk Gang Of Girls Ties Up With Zoom, Oxford Book Store
Branded community site Sunsilk Gang of Girls has tied up with BCCL owned TV channel Zoom for a reality show called “Spotlight Mein”, reports…
Vivendi Exec Says Broadcasters, And Not Operators, Should Finance Mobile TV
Before it’s even really gotten out of the starting gates, mobile TV could become the next battleground in the struggle between telcos and br…
MTV To Create Short Content For Mobile
Digital will be an area of focus for MTV this year, says GM and VP (Creative and Content) Ashish Patil in an interview with Radioandmusic.co…
3 Italia Cites 719,000 DVB-H Users
3 Italia had 719,000 people using its DVB-H service by August 22, which is about 9.4 percent of its 7.68 million customer base reports Dow J…
Dubai Investment Group Picks Up 40 Percent In Time Broadband
The Dubai Investment Group has picked up 40 percent state in Indian IPTV company Time Broadband via their subsidiary Dubai Ventures, as per…
India TV Revenues To Double By 2010 boosted by IPTV And Digital Cable
Hong Kong-based media research firm Media Partners Asia (MPA) forecasts the doubling of India’s television industry revenues by 2010 boosted…
Mobile TV Developer Telegent Systems Raises $20 Million Third Round
Mobile TV receiver company Telegent Systems has raised $20 million in a third round funding. Northern Light Venture Capital is the latest in…
35 Percent Globally Have Watched — Or Want To — Mobile Video
An IBM survey has revealed some trendsabout the media people consume, such as that the internet is overtaking TV as the primary media source…
Europe-Wide DVB-SH License Planned
The European Commission has adopted a proposal to offer a Europe-wide license for mobile satellite services, so that companies keen to offer…
Adobe Upgrades Flash To 'Hi-Def', Better Quality Web Video Coming
Flash web animations are going hi-def. Adobe (Nasdaq: ADBE) announced it will today release version nine of Flash Player, codenamed Moviesta…
Canaan Partners Invests $5.25 million In Interactive Media Co Cellcast Asia
Canaan Partners has led a $5.25 million first round investment in Cellcast Asia Holdings, an interactive digital broadcaster. In India, Cell…
Idiots In The Box: Building B Gets $17.5 Million Funding For Converged TV Box
As I have said it a few times before, it is the about the box…rather about getting rid of the box. And yet, Moviebeam and Akimbo tried and…
WatchIndia Adds Three Zee Channels To Its Portfolio
WatchIndia, a online TV service, has launched three new Zee channels – Zee Cinema, Zee Punjabi and Zee Gujarati. The release claims that the…
Palador Resolves Dispute With UTV, Raises US$6 Mln Funding
Palador, which specializes in foreign-language film distribution, said it has settled its dispute with UTV and separately, raised US$6 milli…
Gartner Sees IPTV Subscribers Crossing 75,000 By 2011
Gartner expects India’s IPTV subscriber base to cross 75,000 by 2011. [via Economic Times]
Now, with such a projection what does one make…
Dubai Trials DVB-H
A DVB-H service will be trialed in Dubai, UAE. It will be set up by T-Systems subsidiary Media&Broadcast and will run 12 TV channels to the…
Fisher Continues Expansion; To Acquire KBAK-TV, KBFX-CA For $55 Million, Will Build Up Online
Seattle-based Fisher Communications (Nasdaq:FSCI) follows last month’s acquisition of hyperlocal pioneer Pegasus News with the purchase of a…
Industry Moves: Content Security Firm Irdeto Names Sanjiv Kainth As Country Manager
Digital TV, IPTV and mobile content security company Irdeto appointed Sanjiv Kainth as country manager, India and area sales director, South…
Entertainment Fan Site BuddyTV Raises $2.8 Million In First Round Led By Gemstar-TV Guide
TV community site BuddyTV has raised $2.8 million in a first round financing, PEHub reported. In May, Seattle-based BuddyTV received a ventu…
Mobile Audio/Video Streaming Service Buzzwire Gets $4 Million Funding
The already-crowded mobile audio and video market gets another player today. Buzzwire is launching a beta-version of its mobile video and au…
Earnings: Belo Q2 Profits, Rev Fall; Online Newspaper Ads Up 19 Percent; TV Web Revs Rise 48 Percent
Dallas-based newspaper publisher and TV station owner Belo (NYSE: BLC) posted a 14.8 percent decline in profits to $36.4 million, or 35 cent…
Earnings: Gemstar-TV Guide Q2 Profits Up 42 Percent; Revs Rise 17 Percent
If there’s a sale, this should help prospective buyers consider the company more favorably: Gemstar-TV Guide (Nasdaq: GMST) reported a 42 pe…
European Space Agency Backs S-Band DVB-H
The European Space Agency has joined the mobile TV race, backing the satellite S-Band DVB-H system promoted by Alcatel. This support comes i…
Malaysian Pay-TV Firm Astro to Launch India Ops This Year
According to a Reuters report, Malaysian pay-TV firm Astro All Asia Networks Bhd is planning on launching its Indian operations this year wi…
Will Modeo’s Spectrum Buyers Use It For XM?
An interesting backstory to the two private equity firms buying the Modeo spectrum from Crown Castle, as reported by Twice: the PE firms Tel…
AlJazeera In Talks With Indian Distributors Before Govt OK, Eyes Mobile Medium
Controversial Arabic news network AlJazeera is in talks with Indian cable operators and direct-to-home platforms to carry its English news c…
NBCU Could Buy 26% Stake In NDTV’s Entertainment Venture
NDTV is in talks with the US entertainment company NBC Universal for selling 26 percent stake in its upcoming entertainment business.[via PT…
Bindass Avoids Animation; Mobile, Retail Cafe Plans On
UTV’s youth venture Bindass’ Chief Executive Zarina Mehta wants to steer clear of animation content in the channel for now. “In India animat…
Broadband Content Bits UK/EU: BSkyB/Jalipo; C4/Emap; Nuts TV; YouTube
— Jalipo-BSkyB: BSkyB has signed a distribution agreement with new service Jalipo that puts its Sky News 24/7 rolling TV news channel on th…
Crown Castle Pulls Plug on Modeo; Sells Spectrum To Private Equity
So starts the retrenchment on the mobile TV dreams: The tower company Crown Castle has effectively closed off its mobile TV/DVB-H service Mo…
Earnings: Media General Q2 Profit Plunges 74.8 Percent; Interactive Revs Up 44.5 Percent
Citing a dramatic reverse in Florida’s booming economy, Media General (NYSE: MEG), the publisher of The Tampa Tribune and Richmond Times-Dis…
HiWire Lines Up 24 Mobile TV Channels
HiWire has announced a 24-channel lineup for its DVB-H trial in Las Vegas, which is trumpeted as 3 times the number on Qualcomm’s MediaFLO s…
WatchIndia Launches News, Entertainment Channels Web Site For NRIs
Ethnic Internet TV company WatchIndia launched its Web site, allowing non resident Indians access to Bollywood movies and channels such as Z…
India TV Unable To Prevent US Company From Using Domain Name Indiatvlive.com
India TV has not been able to prevent US based India Broadcast Live from using the domain name Indiatvlive.com, reports DNA . The judge has…
Dish TV Posts Huge Loss Hurt By Competition, Higher Costs
Dish TV, Zee’s demerged direct-to-home (DTH) company, posted a huge first-quarter loss, despite adding substantial subscribers, as competiti…
EU Expected To Choose DVB-H Standard For Mobile TV Wednesday
On Wednesday, the European Union is expected to call for DVB-H as the single standard for mobile television for member countries and to that…
Oberon Media To Acquire iTV Games Provider PixelPlay
Oberon Media, the New York City-based online and mobile casual games provider, is buying PixelPlay, the interactive TV games producer. Finan…
Cable Operators, Broadcasters Oppose IPTV’s Inclusion Into Unified Act
Cable operators and broadcasters are opposing any move to govern Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) services through the Unified Access Service Lic…
Prasar Bharti CEO Expects Immense Revenue From Mobile TV Because Of First Mover Advantage
This has comic value: the Deccan Herald quotes Prasar Bharati CEO B S Lalli as saying that he sees immense revenue potential from being the…
EC To Call For EU-Wide Mobile TV Next Week; Annoys Telcos
EU telecoms commissioner Viviane Reding has been making noises about how the mobile industry should adopt an EU-wide standard for mobile TV…
Gemstar-TV Guide Seeks Alternatives, Including Sale
Programming guide firm Gemstar-TV Guide International is up for sale: it is considering “strategic alternatives to maximize shareholder valu…
Mobile TV Chip Maker Gets Another $27 Million in Fifth Round
DiBcom, a France-based mobile TV semiconductor maker, has received another $27 million in its fifth round of funding. The funding was led by…
Viacom 18 Snags Zee Programming Head As Content Head
Viacom and TV18 new JV Viacom-18 has snagged its first big executive: Zee TV’s programming SVP Ashwini Yardi is joining V18 as Head of Conte…
Sharp Talking To Operators About Dual Mode Mobile TV Chip
Sharp, Japan’s biggest handset maker, is in negotiations with up to 30 European companies, including operators, to supply its dual-mode tune…
NDTV Plans Lifestyle, Entertainment, Hindi And Mobile Portals
Sanjay Trehan, CEO of NDTV Convergence views Web18 as competition, but not many others. He tells Agencyfaqs in an interview that the print m…
Zapak.TV Hosts Excel Home Video Channel, Allows Users To Upload Videos
In a move that mirrors Tips and Eros hosting channels on YouTube, I just noticed that Excel Home Videos has put up a channel on Zapak’s vide…
Disney’s Hungama TV To Simulcast Show On Mobile And TV
Disney owned Hungama TV has tied up with Reliance Communications to simulcast their live action show Zoran on the mobile, reports Television…
Indians Asia’s Top Music Video Watchers, Mobile Music Hits A High Note
Indian urbanites are among the top television music video watchers and a growing number of them are downloading music on their mobiles, acco…
Bindass Names Zoom’s Shailindra Kaul As Senior Creative Director
Bindass, UTV-Astro
Channel 4 Digital Reshuffle To Add First New Media Director
A top-tier restructure at Channel 4 will see the broadcaster make its first dedicated directorial-level new media appointment, a move brough…
Zee Ties Up With BSNL For Video Content On Mobile
Digital Media Convergence Ltd (DMCL), a Zee group company has tied up with mobile operator BSNL to offer video content on the mobile; a serv…
Public Broadcaster Doordarshan Asked To Vacate Spectrum For Mobile TV
This is most certainly a positive move – something which we’ve been consistently talking about – but expect it to be just the first step in…
Office Hours Peak Time For Watching Online Videos – Nautanki.tv Study
A demanding boss is probably not the reason many Indians are working longer hours these days. Here are some interesting insights from video…
Reding Wants DVB-H Approved By EU
Well, the race was lost even before it began, but at least everyone knew that was going to be the case: EU Information Society Commissioner…
NDTV Puts Feature Content On Rajshri.com
It’s interesting that NDTV that put their shows up at Rajshri.com: unlike Zoom and ZEE, NDTV does have video content on their site. So, whil…
EU Suggest DVB-H As One Of The Mobile TV Standards
Not that this is a surprise, even though it is still controversial: DVB-H is a Nokia-backed mobile TV technology. European Union plans to ad…
Ortiva Wireless Gets $15 Million Second Round From Comcast’s Venture Arm
Ortiva Wireless, the mobile video tech startup, has received $15 million in its second round of funding. The round was led by Comcast Intera…
Broadcasters, Telcos Need To Partner To Develop Content: CNBC
Jeremy Pink, managing director of CNBC Asia Pacific, has told the mobile TV forum at BroadcastAsia that telcos and broadcasters have to work…
Snyder’s RedZone Capital Acquires Dick Clark Productions For $175 Million; Signs With CAA
RedZone Capital, the private equity firm co-founded by Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder, has acquired Dick Clark Productions for $175…
TV Shows From Zee And Zoom Up On Rajshri.com
I just noticed that Rajshri Media’s broadband portal now features content from Zee TV and Zoom. Shows from Zee that are online include Astit…
Short Features Top The List of Popular Mobile TV Content, Danish Mobile Operator Reports
An analysis of view habits during the first six months of TDC’s mobile TV service reveals size does matter, Cellular News reports. Users pre…
@ DH: Interview: Herve Payan, SVP of Content, Orange/France Telecom
At Digital Hollywood, I did a short interview with Herve Payan, SVP of Content Services at Orange, the flagship brand of France Telecom, whe…
Europeans Turn On To Touch Screens; Bigger Could Be Better
Good news for Apple and handset vendors – including LG and HTC – that have announced their own touch screen devices. European mobile phone…
Danish TV Network Buys Stake In Momondo Air Fare Comparison Site
Danish media group TV2 has bought a stake in Copenhagen-based air fare comparison site Momondo. The size of the acquisition was not revealed…
Fremantle Banking On Viewer Conter For TV Talent Show ‘The X-Factor’
One of Britain’s biggest TV talent shows is going all Numa Numa. The X-Factor, an American Idol-like singing contest judged by Simon Cowell,…
@ Mobile Content World: Broadcasters Promote Ad Relationships
One interesting thing from Mobile Content World Australasia 2007 is the way the broadcasters are positioning themselves as advertiser aggreg…
Operators Fight Over Tiny Mobile TV Figures
A war of words has erupted between Italian carriers over how many subscribers they have — A Telecom Italia executive said that the claims o…
Channel 4 Partners With MusicBrigade For Music, Video Downloads Retail
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has launched a premium and ad-supportedmusic video download service. Boasting a library of over 20,000 videos, the…
Call TV Shores Up Networks’ Revenue In Europe, But Viewers Could Hang Up
The idea is simple enough – air rudimentary on-screen word or number games, invite viewers to call a premium-rate line with the answer, then…
Nokia Launches TV-Enabled Handset in India
Nokia announced the India launch of its DVB-H-enabled N92 handset, a multimedia device that will support live broadcast mobile TV, the PTI r…
MMA Throws Its Weight Behind Better Metrics, Mobile TV & Deeper Cooperation With GSMA
A slew of releases from the Mobile Marketing Association’s (MMA) annual meeting this week. The organization – which represents more than 400…
Nielsen Expands Mobile Metrics To Track Content, Video Usage
Nielsen Media Research’s Nielsen Wireless unit launches its first product, called Mobile Vector, next month. The service is designed to meas…
Hungama Mobile To Set Up Digital Distribution Network, Mobile Banking
Updated below.
Original story:
Hungama Mobile is in talks with global companies to manage their digital entertainment operations in India,…
TV18 Unit Raises Rs. 445 Crore On London Exchange
Media conglomerate TV18 Group’s the Indian Film Company has raised 55 million pounds, or around Rs 445 crore, on the alternative investment…
Turner Puts CNN Intl Live Stream On Reliance Mobile World
Turner inked a deal with Reliance Communications for streaming CNN International live via Reliance Mobile World. The company will also serve…
Sify Webcasts Indian Idol 3
Sify has announced a tie-up with Sony Television for webcasting content from music reality show Indian Idol 3 at indianidol.sify.com. Sify w…
TV Today To Hive Off Digital Properties Into A Separate Entity…Which Digital Properties?
In a move that echoes those made by competitors NDTV and TV18, TV Today plans to consolidate its digital properties into a separate joint ve…
Round-Up: Hungarian DVB-H Trial Succesful; Jersey DVB-SH; Mobile TV Tops
Hungary: Antenna Hungária and T-Mobile Hungaria have announced the successful completion of a DVB-H trial which broadcast four public servi…
155.6 Million Global Mobile TV Users By 2012: Report
Datamonitor has predicted that the number of people viewing mobile TV globally will hit 155.6 million by the end of 2012, up from 4.4 millio…
Sequoia Ups Funding In Ferrell’s Latest Hit FunnyOrDie.com
Sequoia Capital’s initial small investment in Will Ferrell’s FunnyOrDie.com is now up to several million dollars, a detail buried in today’s…
VC Funds Increase Interest In Telco Sector — PWC
Telecom companies are once again attracting investment money, with venture capital firms putting $2.6 billion into the telecommunication ind…
Player X Sets Up Office In Pune
As a part of its expansion into content aggregation, Mobile Media company Player X has set up operations in India and opened an office in Pu…
ABC To Brings User Content To TV Newsmag Format
ABC hopes to bring user-generated content to the TV news magazine genre via new show i-Caught, slated for a six-week run Monday nights start…
UK Round-Up: GCap Moves; BBC UGC; Lastminute.com Founders
— GCap: The largest UK commercial radio group’s commercial director Duncan George resigned today, a day before full-year results are expect…
Quad-Play Providers Bet On Integrated Services To Sell Bundles
The big US telcos, cable companies and so on have been edging into each others’ turf for a while now, and the latest plan is to offer “quad…
More Models, Less Silos & Then We Can All Make Money; Fox Exec Urges
Mobile content will take off eventually
Companies Tie-Up To Measure Mobile TV Viewing; Will Metrics Ignite Mobile Advertising?
Rentrak, a company specialized in measuring TV viewing, has sealed a deal with mobile TV provider Hiwire to measure mobile TV viewing. Rentr…
French Mobile Media Firm Streamezzo Receives Funding From Qualcomm Ventures
Streamezzo, a developer of rich media solutions specialized in making content available across on DVB-H and DMB mobile broadcast networks, h…
SET promotes Rohit Gupta to post of president network sales, telephony
Television production and distribution house Sony Entertainment Television India has promoted Rohit Gupta to the post of president network s…
DD’s Mobile TV Trial Finally Goes Live
After almost a year of regular hype-building announcements, Doordarshan (DD) has finally launched its Mobile TV pilot with Nokia. Indiatimes…
MTNL Expects Its IPTV Customers to Soar to 40K This Fiscal, From Just 1,000
Might be wishful thinking on its part: MTNL expects the number of Mumbai and Delhi customers for its IPTV service to be 40 times its current…
FLO Forum Campaigns For Tech Neutrality In Europe
Mobile industry leaders at a regulatory workshop organized by the industry lobby group FLO Forum have spoken out against the EU’s plan to ma…
244 Million Mobile TV Users By 2011 — Report
A report published in the US by Multimedia Research Group and written by UK-based Rethink Research Associates has predicted there will be 24…
Arguments Over Business Model Delays French Mobile TV
A disagreement between broadcasters and mobile operators over the appropriate business model for mobile TV has delayed the launch of DVB-H s…
TV18 And Viacom To Form $120 Million JV
Viacom CEO and President Phillipe Dauman in expected to arrive in India tonight, and as newswire PTI (via BS), is likely to ink a deal tomor…
Earnings: JumpTV Net Losses Expand In Q1; CFO Bush Steps Down
International broadcast TV aggregator JumpTV (TSX, AIM: JTV) posted a pretax loss of $7.07 million in Q1 compared with a loss of $3.96 milli…
French Mobile TV Network Gets $50 Million EU Funding
The European Commission has authorized 37.6 million euro (US$50.9 million) in aid from the French Agence de l’Innovation Industrielle toward…
Endemol Less Enthusiastic On Mobile TV Channels
There is sobering news on mobile TV from one of Europe’s most influential television production companies. Announcing the creation of a new…
BBC Entertainment And CBeebies On IPTV In India; Looking For India Business Head
Two BBC channels will be carried on IPTV platform in India. The British broadcaster has tied up with IOL Broadband to carry BBC’s two recent…
Mobile TV Could Be Worth $6.6 Billion By 2011 – Report
Mobile television could be a 140 million-subscriber market generating EUR 4.7 billion ($6.6 billion) globally in just four years, according…
Boredom Leads To Mobile TV Market
There is a strong demand for mobile TV based largely on boredom, claims Research and Markets. “In 80% of the trials surveyed by Research and…
TV18 To Acquire Stake In Viacom…Or Is It The Other Way Around?
TV18 is joining forces with Viacom, as per a rather sketchy story in the Hindustan Times. Quoting sources the report claims that the tie-up…
Etisalat Gains 100,000 Mobile TV Subscribers In 2 Months
This is not a bad result…UAE telco Etisalat has attracted 100,000 subscribers to its 3G mobile TV service within 2 months of launch, repor…
NATAS Creates New Media Content Group; Wright To Head
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) has formed the National Academy of Media Arts & Sciences (NAMAS), a peer group fo…
ROK Goes Public Via Reverse IPO
ROK Entertainment Group and CyberFund (OTC: CYFD) today jointly announced that Cyberfund will aquire 100 percent of the issued and outstandi…
MobiTV’s Paul Scanlan On The Company And Industry
Screenplays has a wide-ranging interview with MobiTV co-founder and president Paul Scanlan covering MobiTV and the mobile TV industry in gen…
European Mobile TV Delayed By Regulators — Strategy Analytics
Strategy Analytics has blamed “a quagmire of regulatory delays” for hampering the availability of mobile TV spectrum in Europe. This is noth…
Earnings: Belo Revenue Falls 4.8 Percent Year-On-Year, Partially Offset By Online Growth
Belo (NYSE: BLC) has released its first quarter earnings for the three months ending March 31st. Consolidated revenue for the company was $3…
Apple Earnings 2: Annual iTunes Store Revenue Grows 35 Percent By Q2
Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) reported the best March quarter in its history, posting revenue of $5.26 billion, 21 percent up on the same quarter in th…
MPAA Keen For Mobile With Universal DRM
Motion Picture Association of America head Dan Glickman has told a Digital Rights Management Conference sponsored by LexisNexis and Variety…
Bharti’s Full-Fledged IPTV Launch Expected By End Of This Year
Here is an update on Bharti Airtel’s IPTV launch. India’s largest private sector telco is expected to launch its first full-fledged IPTV ser…
Cost Of Mobile TV Most Important — Survey
A survey of 2,000 Americans by comScore has supported common thinking about mobile TV. It found that males were more likely to be interested…
MIPTV: Mobile TV To Be Big — In A Few Years
Some more new out of MIPTV/MILIA, where participants are optimistic about mobile TV and video, but don’t see the market becoming large for s…
Uday Shankar To Take Over As COO Of Star India
Star News CEO Uday Shankar is slated to take over as the COO of Star India. Exchange4media reports that Shankar’s appointment is likely to b…
Mobile TV Roundup: Cross-screen Series; Intel-MobiTV Deal
–A series of 40 two-minute video clips is being made in New Zealand, for a multitude of media. My Story will be shown on TV (Channel 4) fiv…
Mobile TV Viewers Set To Skyrocket, Gartner Forecasts 488 Million By 2010
Research firm Gartner is bullish about the future for mobile TV and estimates an eightfold increase in the number of viewers over the next t…
Broadcasters, Telco Each Have Problems With Mobile Video
It seems that both broadcasters and telcos think that the mobile TV industry is too fragmented/segmented to be viable, although their compla…
Artificial Life Buys Into Interactive TV
Artificial Life (of V-girl fame) has bought the SMS Galaxy system from Script Avenue AG for cash and equity…”The SMS Galaxy system is a mo…
Modeo Reports Positive Response To Mobile TV Trial, Reveals Usage Stats
In its presentation at the NAB in Las Vegas Modeo said participants in its mobile TV trial gave positive feedback to the service, RCRWireles…
TV Broadcasters Poised To Win Big In Digital World
Gerhard Zeiler, the CEO of RTL Group, gave the opening keynote at MIPTV in Cannes, arguing that TV broadcasters shouldn’t consider new media…
Sharp Launches Announces LDCs For Mobiles
Sharp has developed advanced LCD panels for mobile devices that will be available by the end of the year. The new displays offer sharper mov…
Copyright Issues Delay Finnish Mobile TV
The Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE) has delayed introducing DVB-H services, citing unresolved copyright issues and a lack of DVB-H compat…
Personalized Mobile TV Advertising Proves Effective, Ericsson Trial Shows
A trial by Ericsson and the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) indicates positive user response to personalized mobile TV ads. The res…
STAR Creates Separate Division For Mobile Entertainment; PLUS To Launch April End
STAR India has created a separate division for mobile – STAR Mobile Entertainment – which plans to invest around Rs. 50-60 crore in the spac…
CMS Provider MESoft Receives $6 Million In Funding
CMS maker MESoft has received $6 million in funding from a group led by Peninsula Equity Partners and Sid R. Bass Associates. The Burbank-ba…
AirChord In Talks With Stakeholders For Mobile TV
Airchord Televentures is in the process of finalizing several Mobile TV deals reports the Telegraph. Deals are being finalized with media co…
U.S. Local TV Stations Form Mobile TV Alliance
About nine local U.S. TV station groups have formed a mobile TV alliance, called Open Mobile Video Coalition, they said in an announcement t…
Earnings: CanWest 2Q Profit Rises As Online Classifieds Offset Flat Print Ad Revenue
CanWest (NYSE: CWG) reported a Q207 profit, thanks to growth in its TV operations, while classified online revenue offset stagnant ad revenu…
Industry Players Support New Mobile TV Standard, OMA-BCAST
It’s almost impossible to keep up with the mobile TV industry these days…Major European players (Digitenne, Ericsson, KPN, Nokia, Nokia Si…
Mobile TV/Video to Reach $12.7 Billion Globally
EMarketer has predicted that the global market for mobile video and TV will be $12.7 billion by 2011. This will be the first year that mobil…
Mobile TV Growing Slowly, Surely
The number of mobile broadcast TV networks will increase from 9 last year to 13 this year according to a report released by In-Stat, reports…
Telefonica Lines Up Six Bidders For Endemol Stake
Spain’s Telefonica has selected six bids for its 75 percent stake in Dutch TV producer Endemol. Thomson Financial reports suitors include on…
Sun TV Content To Be Made Available On Reliance Mobile
Sun Network has inked a deal with Reliance Communications for sun TV programmes (soaps, news, debates etc) to be made available on Reliance…
Sony Pictures Television International Mulls Over Mobile, Multiple Platform Animé Offer
Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) — which this week launched Animax, its dedicated animé TV channel, across Hungary, Romania,…
Pentagram, VH1 And Nokia’s User Generated Video
So here’s the final version of Indian rock band Pentagram’s video for Voice, for which Viacom Brand Solutions and Nokia had asked users to s…
Monster, Internet Broadcasting Expand Ad Deal To 120 TV Station Sites In 108 Markets
Monster Worldwide and Internet Broadcasting have nearly doubled an existing deal for the job company to provide ads to TV station sites. Mon…
Google’s Next TV Ad Sales Deal: DirecTV: Report
VentureBeat is reporting that Google is close to its second major TV ad sales deal, this time with another satellite player DirecTV. The Lib…
ITV Software Firm Ensequence Raises $40 Million In Third Round
Interactive video company Ensequence has received $40 million in its third funding round. The company plans to use the funding for global ex…
NDTV Networks Raises $120 Million In PE Investment; IPO Deferred
NDTV India has apparently deferred plans for listing its fully owned UK subsidiary- NDTV Networks Plc – in the international markets. The Fi…
UTV To Float New Media Co; To Raise Money From London’s AIM?
UTV is looking to raise money for its new media businesses from London’s Alternative Investment Market (AIM), reports Indiantelevision.com.…
NextWave Buys IPWireless For $100 Million; Includes TDtv Mobile TV Standard
NextWave Wireless is buying TD-CDMA supplier IPWireless for $25 million in cash and $75 million in stock. The price could increase to $235 m…
Bulgarian Globul Offers Mobile TV
Globul, a Bulgarian subsidiary of Greek OTE Group, announced it would launch a range of live and pre-recorded video content via its 3G video…
Gemstar-TVGuide Buys TV Software Company Aptiv Digital For $16 Million
Gemstar-TV Guide has been doing some small, strategic acquisitions in the digital media space, and this time it is Aptiv Digital, a Burbank,…
India TV Gets $11.5 Million From ComVentures Affiliate FUSE+Media
As you have been watching, Indian television space has been one of the hottest sectors for investment in the Indian media business. Although…
Turner Broadcasting Exploring Mobile Content
Turner Broadcasting isn’t really sure what its viewers want from the company and will therefore explore every possible avenue — at least, t…
@ CTIA: More on NBCU’s Mobile Strategy
The official details of the strategy I wrote about earlier today are out and it gives me a chance to take another stab at it. What I should…
Disney’s India Chief Rajat Jain Quits
Rajat Jain, Walt Disney chief in India, has quit after a three-year stint. Jain launched Disney’s operations in India, which included televi…
@ CTIA: NBCU Digital 2Go: WAP sites, Clips Channels Added To Premium Sevices
Updated: Within the last month NBC Universal launched two MediaFlo linear channels — the only provider with two — and VOD via MobiTV. Roug…
Yahoo Launches Suite of Mobile Publishing Marketing Services
Yahoo has launched a suite of services dubbed Yahoo Mobile Publisher Services to allow publishers to increase the discovery, distribution an…
The CW Pilot Would Put User Content In Primetime
Turnabout may be fairplay, but can it be a successful TV programming model? The CW hopes so, as it is considering a new pilot called Viewser…
NDTV.com Gets A Makeover; Live Streaming And Video No Longer Behind Subscription Wall
The redesign of NDTV.com has gone live, and as a change in policy, live streaming of video content from their English news channel, NDTV 24x…
3GSM Review — TV’s Technical Battle
Mobile Europe has a piece by Heather McLean about her time at 3GSM and the discussions around mobile TV — which standard to use and so on.…
Content Roundup: IDG Goes Mobile, Ohm:TV adds channels, Capcom Grows Fastest
–International Data Group (IDG) has optimized its news and information services for mobile devices, reports Internet Ad Sales. The websites…
INX Media Seeks FIPB Approval For Investments From Temasek, New Vernon And NSR
Here are some details on the proposed foreign funds holdings in INX Media, the broadcast company set up by Indrani Mukherjea, the wife of fo…
AT&T IPTV Service To Go Online As Well; Extension of MobiTV Deal
AT&T’s U-verse IPTV service will now allow subscribers to watch live programming on their PCs. The AT&T-branded MobiTV package (it already h…
Emmy Awards War: Should New Media Programming be Honored?
Every other day seems to bring news of closer integration between old media like TV and the web, and how audiences don’t discern the differe…
Mahendra Swarup To Advise Essar Group On Media Forays
Former Times Internet CEO Mahendra Swarup will be an advisor for Essar Group’s media business, reports Exchange4Media. Essar Group plans to…
Kuwaiti Telco Launches Mobile TV
Kuwait-based Wataniya Telecom will launch a mobile TV service across the Middle East and Africa, reports C21 Media. The 3G mobile TV service…
It’s Official: Apple TV En Route
Yesterday Apple wasn’t confirming that its new wireless set-top was on the way; this morning there’s a press release and a party of the fron…
Media E2E To Launch TV Programme Guide Online And Mobile
Media technology company Media E2E is launching a TV programme guide called Zipazap on the internet and mobile (WAP-enabled). Zipazap, claim…
Spotzer Closes Third Funding Round; Readies Launch of Digital TV Agency
Netherlands-based digital/TV ad agency Spotzer Media Group, trying to compete against the likes of SpotRunner, closed its third financing ro…
DD’s Mobile TV Trials To Start Soon
This has been announced at least two times prior, so not sure why another round of PR around it: the drip-drip method of PR, I suppose. Publ…
It’s Official: Sameer Nair Is CEO Of Entertainment Channel NDTV Imagine
Former Star India CEO Sameer Nair is finally moving to NDTV as the CEO and Director of the Hindi entertainment channel NDTV Imagine Ltd. The…
Multichoice Trials DVB-H In Sth Africa
South African pay-TV company Multichoice has teamed with satellite company Intelsat for a technical trial of a DVB-H service in the metropol…
EU To Mobile TV Industry: Get On With It; Industry Says Back Off
Updated below: Viviane Reding, the European Commissioner for Information Society and Media, has said the European Commission is calling upon…
Peter Mukerjea’s TV Venture Announced
There was an official announcement of former Star Group CEO Peter Mukerjea’s TV ventures. Moneycontrol.com has the details. They have floate…
MobiTV To Offer Full-Length Primetime NBC Programs On Demand
MobiTV has extended its deal with NBC Universal to sell programs of its primetime shows as on-demand downloads, as well as launching some ne…
Vir Sanghvi To Join Mukerjea As CEO Of News Channels; Is Mukesh Ambani Investing?
Exchange4media reports that HT Media Editorial Director Vir Sanghvi is joining as the CEO of the news business of Inx Media, the TV broadcas…
Com Ventures To Invest $20 Million In NDTV Networks
US-based venture capital firm Com Ventures will invest $20 million in NDTV Networks Plc, the UK subsidiary of NDTV Ltd. The company had rece…
Google’s Local Media Ad Program Raises Revenue For Print, Radio – Can TV Be Far Behind?
Barely six months old, Google’s Print Ads program seems to have passed its early tests with flying colors. Newspapers such as the New York T…
Mobile TV Money Headed In The Wrong Direction
Iain Gillott, founder and president of research analysts iGR, has written an opinion piece in RCR News about mobile TV, claiming the the mod…
Interview With Sanjay Trehan, CEO Of NDTV Convergence
We’d broken the news of Sanjay Trehan putting in his papers at Indiatimes almost a month ago. Trehan begins his stint today as the CEO of ND…
$300 Million Funding For Mukerjea Led TV Venture
There’s been a heady buzz around Reliance Industries CMD Mukesh Ambani and private equity fund Temasek Holdings funding a TV broadcasting co…
Jump TV Signs Up Two More Indian Channels For Internet Broadcasting
Jump TV has added two more Indian channels for broadcast over the Internet – Tamil satellite channel Makkal TV, and another channel called W…
Controversial Sports Bill Passed In Lok Sabha
India’s Lok Sabha has passed Sports Bill which will make it mandatory for private broadcasters to share live feed of national sports events…
Sinclair CEO Sees Cash In Mobile TV Carriage
David Smith, the CEO Sinclair Broadcasting Group, told a Bear Stearns media conference that “there could be $20 million a month or more in n…
Viva Vision Gains $5 Million In Funding
Mobile TV provider Viva Vision has secured an additional $5 million in funding from existing investors Equal Elements. The money will be use…
Channelv2.com : Broadband Portal From Channel V
STAR India’s Channel V is working on a broadband content portal called Channelv2.com, and intends to allow users to upload content and get p…
BSNL Set To Launch IPTV This Month
BSNL is all set to launch IPTV services reports mint. A launch is planned for Pune and Bangalore this month, which will be followed by a lau…
Modeo Mobile TV Service — Day One Review
Gizmodo has a beta handset for the Modeo DVB-H mobile broadcast TV network set up in New York, and has a piece up on the first impression. T…
Industry Moves: Belo: Shive Now President And COO; Cass To Oversee Internet; Jackson Promoted
Belo has promoted Dunia Shive to the positions of president and chief operating officer. Shive, 46, has served as president of Dallas-based…
Modeo’s TV Trials; Still Waiting For A Operator Partner
Mobile-TV firm Modeo outlined details of the beta-test of its mobile TV service — covering 475 square miles in the New York metro area — a…
It’s Official: Verizon Wireless Launches Mobile TV Service; No Fanfare At Launch
This is the first mobile broadcast TV service in U.S. (the company announced it at CES but only launching now): Verizon’s VCast Mobile TV is…
MobiTV Passes 2 Million Customers Mark
Streaming mobile TV provider MobiTV now has more than 2 million customers, according to Mobile Entertainment. MobiTV passed the one million…
Mobilkom Austria’s DVB-H Trial
Mobilkom Austria, a subsidiary of Telekom Austria Group, has announced an ongoing DVB-H pilot project with partners ORF (Austrian Broadcasti…
Apple TV Delayed ‘Til Mid March
Apple’s TV solution to let people play computer video on TV sets — originally due out in February — has been delayed until mid-March, repo…
Etisalat Launches 3G Mobile TV In UAE
Etisalat has launched a 3G mobile TV service in the United Arab Emirates, according to Middle East Business News. The service costs Dh39 per…
Interactive Ad Agency Spotzer Raises Second Round Financing
Spotzer Media Group, a Netherlands-based ad agency specializing in online and mobile video, raised a second round of financing from post pro…
An Outlay Of Rs.200 crores For UTV’s Youth Channel Bindass
UTV’s youth channel/brand with Malaysian co Astro Measat has been named Bindass. Apparently, UTV did research and now claim to know what the…
India TV To Offer Live Streaming Of Content On Its Website; But Digital Strategy Still Not In Place
Hindi language TV network, India TV, plans to start live streaming of TV content on its website indiatvnews.com early next month. The site h…
Endemol USA Buys Online Animation Site JoeCartoon.com
TV production giant Endemol has done its first U.S. digital acquisition: its U.S. arm has acquired online animation site JoeCartoon.com, rep…
Ebay Readies Online Ad Marketplace For March Launch
The eBay Media Marketplace, the online auctioneer’s interactive TV advertising exchange, plans to launch March 15 — just in time for the 2Q…
Limited Spectrum Could See Rising Mobile TV Costs
Limited spectrum means proponents of mobile TV are looking at higher frequencies which are more expensive, reports Reuters. “On Thursday DVB…
Media Bull: Reliance Capital’s Stake In TV Today Reaches 10.27 Per Cent
Anil Ambani’s Reliance Capital is most upbeat about media business in India. Soon after picking 6 per cent stake in Global Broadcast Network…
MTV Desi To Be Shut Down; Thoughts On Demand For Desi Content…
As a part of a $250 million cost-cutting move that involves shutting down channels and cutting around 250 jobs, MTV Networks is pulling the…
Digitization Of DDs Archives; Who Owns The Archives?
Doordarshan plans to digitize around 45 years of footage of its studio recordings, and create an online archive, reports Business Standard.…
DJ Skee Launches Skee.tv
MyWaves has launched a daily 2-3 minute mobile TV program by DJ Skee, who has a popular radio show on the US west coast on Sirius Satellite…
TVGuide Buys Several TV Community Sites & TV Listings Firm EvokeTV
This is in line with trying to make TVGuide.com into a community-driven site: its parent Gemstar-TV Guide International has done some more s…
MTV’s Cricket Comedy Show Aila Tendulkar On Internet And Mobile
Perhaps this is a sign that the younger TV audience in India is slowly shifting online. MTV India will be using the Internet to market their…
MTNL Delhi To Increase Channels Offered On IPTV To 72; Inconsistency And Confusion
MTNL intends to increase the number of channels it is offering in Delhi to 72 by the end of February, reports exchange4media. Currently, MTN…
Most Europeans Unaware Of Off-Portal — Survey
An mBlox sponsored survey of 340 consumers across the UK, France and Germany revealed that 72 percent of respondents are unaware they can pu…
Jupiter Research On MediaFLO Success
Analysts from Jupiter Research were pretty excited about Qualcomm’s deal with AT&T Wireless for a MediaFLO service. Sharon Armbrust said it…
Reliance Capital Acquires 6.27 Percent Stake In GBN
Reliance ADA Group company Reliance Captital has acquired 6.27 percent stake in TV18 controlled Global Broadcast News through open market op…
KVL Narayan Rao Elevated As NDTV’s Group CEO
NDTV Ltd has elevated KVL Narayan Rao as the group CEO. Rao has been the Executive Director till now, although virtually acting as the group…
Early Adopts Of Mobile TV Also Early Discontinuers
This is bad news no matter which way you spin it. M:Metrics is saying that swarms of people who have trialed mobile TV in Europe are quittin…
Telefonica Trials Mobile TV, Radio
Telefonica is in the process of trialling some mobile interactive multimedia services in Spain, according to Light Reading. Telefonica is us…
GBN Listed At Around 70 Percent Premium; Down Today
Global Broadcast News listed on the BSE yesterday at Rs.417.10 yesterday, at a premium of 66.8 percent over its issue price of Rs.250. On th…
Janmat For JumpTV; BIL IPO Opens Today
Sri Adhikari Brothers promoted media broadcaster Broadcast Initiatives Limited (BIL) plans to tie up with ‘TV over Internet’ broadcaster Jum…
Bad Quarter For STAR Due To Delay In KBC Launch; Expect New Channels And Ancillary Launches
The News Corp earnings call has a few mentions of developments at STAR, on changes in management, KBC and the impact of DTH and CAS.
On the…
Idea Tests Mobile TV
According to Pradeep Shrivastava, CMO of Idea Cellular, they’ve been testing TV on the mobile, with ‘multiple integration channels’, reports…
@ Media Summit: Without A Seamless Model For Digital Revenue, Costs Will Rise
The costs of securing ownership rights for TV, film, music and photographs and any other media that can be digitized will rise significantly…
Mukesh Ambani, Temasek To Back Peter Mukerjea And Others For Broadcast Venture?
Mukesh Ambani and private equity fund Temasek Holdings may back a TV broadcasting company which is expected to be set up by a group of media…
VH1 And Nokia To Tap User Generated Content For Pentagram Music Video
For bands, here’s a cost-effective way of making a music video: the video for the song Voice by Mumbai based band Pentagram will feature use…
The Ecosystem For User Generated Content On TV Will Evolve By Q4 Of 2007
Cellcast Interactive India, the Indian arm of the UK based Cellcast PLC, has an interesting positioning in the new media domain – they’ve pa…
MocoNews Bits: Turner Turns Volume on Mobile; Amp’d-Jack Black Mobile TV Shorts; Sundance MobMovies
Some significant deals in the mobile content space in the last couple of days, from MocoNews.net:
— Turner Broadcasting has done a wide ran…
Austrian Mobile Operator Trials DVB-H Mobile TV
Mobilkom Austria A1 has launched a trial DVB-H mobile TV service in Kitzbuehel, a small town in the Alps. The mobile TV service will carry c…
Everybody Wants Cricket…For Free
With the Cricket World Cup around a month away, the rights for Cricket broadcasting have seen in the news. DD telecast the Cricket, under co…
DD TV Ready For DVB-H Launch; MediaFLO Vs DVB-Hor
DD TV on mobile was due to be launched on Republic Day this year, reports the Hindu. Trials, using DVB-H, have been successful, but the repo…
Chernin Flying Into India To Boost Star Team’s Morale After Defections; Vijay Singh New COO
So reports Indiantelevision, citing sources. After Sameer Nair, CEO of Star India, and Peter Mukerjea, CEO of Star Group, quit last month, p…
UTV Plans $100 million Nasdaq Listing; Sameer Nair To Head JV With US Broadcaster?
The Economic Times reports that UTV Software intends to raise around $100 million from Nasdaq. The company has also entered into a binding t…
Super Bowl Ad Roundup: comScore Survey; Pizza Hut; TiVo; Akamai; Masterfoods; AOL
A few items of interest as the Super Bowl of advertising approaches:
— A comScore survey found that 27 percent of people who plan to watch…
Media Cos To Raise $678.7 Million From Public Issues; Network18 Lists – MD Raghav Bahl On Plans
Financial Analyst Prime Database has estimated that around 18 Indian media companies are expected raise around $678.7 million from the stock…
MobiTV Preps for U-verse To Take IPTV Mobile; Early Days
So reports Light Reading, saying that mobile TV distributor MobiTV is working with AT&T to bring the U-verse IPTV service to mobiles….Paul…
A NYT Must-Read on Internet Advertising & Bud.tv; New Shows From Bud.tv Announced
Updated below: We’re not sure what you’re planning to do this weekend, but we highly recommend you punctuate it with a reading of Lorne Manl…
Nielsen-Foe ErinMedia Gets $25 Million Funding; Deal Tied To Patent For Targeted Ads
ErinMedia, a TV ratings started started by Florida real estate tycoon Frank Maggio, has received a big $25 million venture round from an unn…
Ireland Invests In Mobile TV
Enterprise Ireland will invest 200,000 euros (US$259,000) in the Mobile TV Pilot Network, or Moby TV, in a bid to improve economic developme…
Nautanki.tv To Showcase Content From the Indian Documentary Producers Association
Nautanki.tv, an online TV channel has tied up with the Indian Documentary Producers Association (IDPA) to showcase documentaries, short film…
@3GSM India: Mobile TV Pricing Models, Usability
The next session was on Mobile TV, and featured Neil Chakravarti, VP of Zee Telefilms, Viren Popli, Sr.VP
Trade Group Suggests 'Right-Price' For Mobile TV: $20 Per Month
The Mobile DTV Alliance, an industry advocate (pushing DVB-H as the mobile TV tech) comprised supported by Motorola and Nokia, among others,…
Trade Group Suggests 'Right-Price' For Mobile TV: $20 Per Month
The Mobile DTV Alliance, an industry advocate (pushing DVB-H as the mobile TV tech) comprised supported by Motorola and Nokia, among others,…
@Digital Summit: Exclusives For Mobisodes; Info Critical For You; Pull Portals
Kaushal Modi, Head licensing and Telephony for SET India began by outlining the TV channels strategy – of building a destination using a sho…
DVB-H Gained $60 million In 2006
Frost and Sullivan have issued a report on the DVB-H market, saying that revenues in this market totaled $60 million in 2006 and are likely…
Microsoft To Open Six More Offices In India; MSN India Webcast Kylie Minogue Concert
Microsoft intends to open offices in six more cities in India – Ahmedabad, Indore, Nagpur, Chandigarh Cochin, and Coimbatore. That takes the…
Malgudi Days And Fauji At Rajshri.com; Republic Day Content Soon
Classic TV Serials Malgudi Days and Fauji have been made available online by Rajshri Media at rajshri.com. Malgudi Days is based on R.K. Nar…
Nimbus Receives $125 Million From 3i, Cisco And Oman International Fund
Updated below: Nimbus Communications, the TV content company which has the Indian domestic rights for cricket, has received Rs 552 crore or…
NDTV Floats Subsidiary In The Netherlands; Seeks FDI For Expansion
Leading television network NDTV Ltd has floated a subsidiary abroad. It is incorporated in the Netherlands and called NDTV Networks BV. NDTV…
STAR Puts TV Content Up For Sale At Indya.com
STAR India has launched a rather interesting service at indya.com – they’ve put up broadband content on sale at http://broadband.indya.com.…
Can The Mobile TV Industry Survive The Slingbox?
Crunchgear has an essay on whether place-shifting technologis — specifically Slingbox — will undermine efforts to launch mobile TV service…
Mobile TV/Video To Boom By 800 Percent — Analysts
Silican Republic has reported another bullish prediction about the uptake of mobile TV…Understanding & Solutions has predicted that annual…
Syndicate Buys Control Of TV Tech/Data Company Decisionmark Control; Name Changes To TitanTV Media
Decisionmark Corp.is changing ownership, names and, it appears, focus. The company announced Wednesday that a syndicate led by Turnstone Cap…
Broadband Channel LX.TV Brings NYC Highlife To Hi-Def
Luxury lifestyle broadband network LX.TV has a couple of interesting moves in the works:
— The fledgling network is partnering with WNBC HD…
@Napte Mobile++: Mobile TV/Video Usages Soaring — Telephia
I missed the 5 minute Telephia presentation yesterday, but Levi Shapiro (director of audience metrics) was nice enough to meet with me and g…
Warner Bros. Hopes TMZ Will Be Web2TV Hit; Sells Syndie Show To Fox O&O's
Time Warner grabbed the pre-NATPE spotlight with the announcement of a syndicated entertainment news show based on oh-so-hot TMZ.com, the AO…
Arris Bids $1.2 Billion For Norway's Tandberg TV; Observers Are Skeptical
U.S. broadband tech company Arris agreed to buy Norwegian digital broadcast systems maker Tandberg Television for $1.2 billion, but Reuters…
IOL Broadband Raises Rs.39 Crores By Alottment To QIBs
IOL Broadband, an IPTV content provider, has raised Rs. 39 crores by means of a preferential allotment of shares to Qualified Institutional…
GBN Plans Regional News Channels; Bahl Denies Web18 Listing Plans, Looking For Intenet Acquisitions
The TV18 group intends to launch at least two more channels, and sees potential in the regional language space. Sameer Manchanda, Joint MD o…
@ CES: Sling Media Generates Buzz On The Floor
A change in my 6 a.m. travel plans — I swear, I only had one glass of wine at BlogHaus — gave me a few hours to spare in Las Vegas and a c…
Star Asia Chief Quits; Sameer Nair Joining NDTV's Entertainment Channel?
The buzz is that Star India CEO Sameer Nair is on his way out. He is expected to join NDTV’s new entertainment channel which it is setting u…
Apple TV Can't Beat Cable and Satellite — Except When It Comes To Looks
When Apple TV was shown off this past week at Macworld, with its ability to stream the growing list of 350 TV shows and 250 movies available…
Cellcast Launches User Generated Content TV; Mostly Aggregation; Copyrighted Clips
Cellcast Interactive India, which produces Bollywood Dhamaal and Bid2Win in India has launched what it calls a user generated content platfo…
The Interest In Mobile TV And The Willingness To Pay
Business 2.0has an article on mobile TV, which points out the interest in the industry to provide mobile TV and asks the pertinent question…
OTA Music Purchasing Lags Far Behind Penetration Of Music-Capable Mobile Phones, Research Says
With all the excitement around music content at CES, and the question marks around the impact Apple
New Content Missing From New TV Services
Red Herring has a piece bemoaning the lack of new content from start-up producers on the new TV services such as mobile TV and IPTV.
“It’s…
WWIL And Zee News List On Stock Exchanges; Subhash Chandra Talks About Plans
Demerged businesses from the Zee group – Wire and Wireless India Ltd (WWIL) and Zee News listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange at Rs.80 and Rs…
Make Room On The Couch: iTV is Now Apple TV
[by Carleen Hawn] Nevermind the iPhone, that’s six months away: So what can Apple fans get right now? Well, February. iTV, renamed today as…
Global Broadcast News To Raise Rs.105crore Via IPO; Sets Price Band Of Rs.230-Rs.250
Global Broadcast News Limited, which runs CNN-IBN and IBN-7, has announced its IPO at a price band of Rs.230 to Rs.250 per share, at a face…
Modeo's Mobile TV Closed Beta Launches In NYC; Content From Fox, Discovery
As promised, mobile TV startup Modeo (spinoff from Crown Castle) has launched its beta trial in NYC this week, after three years of developm…
BSNL To Test IPTV In Kolkata In Feb; Launch Planned For April
BSNL’s Calcutta Telephones unit is going to trial IPTV in Kolkata in February and plans to launch commercial services in April, reports the…
Modeo's NYC Closed Beta Launch Coming Next Week With CES
Mobile TV startup Modeo (spinoff from Crown Castle) is going to launch its beta trial next week in NYC…the company says it is a beta comme…
Macrovision Buys Digital Home Software Firm Mediabolic for $43.5 Million
Mediabolic, a developer of entertainment networking software, has been bought out Macrovision for roughly $43.5 million in cash.
Mediabolic…
Industry Moves: Jason Seiken Joins PBS As SVP-Interactive
Jason Seiken, founding editor of washingtonpost.com, is joining PBS as SVP-interactive. Seiken, most recently VP-content and programming at…
Mobile TV Signals In Australia Could Distort Regular TV Signals
This controversy may be a storm in a teacup, or could blow up in their face, if not addressed properly: In Australia, mobile TV rollout may…
IPTV In India In 2006: Tested, Launched, But Not Marketed To Users
Reliance Communications plans to launch IPTV in ten metro cities, including four metros, by the end of 2008, reports DNA. They’re targeting…
UAE's Mobile TV Battle To Start in 2007
An interesting story about the Gulf country UAE’s upcoming competing mobile TV services form the two incumbent operators Du and Etisalat. Bo…
CNN-IBN Plans IPO, More Citizen Journalism Initiatives
Business Standard reports that CNN-IBN has planned a Rs.105 crore IPO, probably in January, with Rs.5 crore reserved for employees. Rs.40 cr…
Verizon's Mobile TV Launch Nearing: Pared Down To Basics To Begin With
Verizon and Qualcomm are getting ready to launch the mobile TV service in the next couple of months or so, and Telephony has some details of…
Resort TV Network Plum TV gets $20 Million From Freston, Pittman, Jimmy Buffett
Talk about wealth: Plum TV, a new TV network aimed at broadcasting local events/news at resort towns for the rich, has received $20 million…
Time Broadband Launches IPTV Services; Interview With Co-Founder Tushar Shah
At the launch of Time Broadband’s IPTV service yesterday, Amit Dev, CTO and Director of Operations told me that they’ve deployed H.264 AVC t…
Zee Channels To Be Broadcast In 20 Countries In Africa
Media Overseas, a subsidiary of the Canal+ group will be broadcasting Zee TV, Zee Cinema and Zee Music in more than 20 countries in Africa,…
Zee’s Demerged Structure; Topline Of Rs 11,000 Crore By 2011 Says Subhash Chandra
The details of the restructuring of Zee Telefilms Ltd into Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL), Wire and Wireless India Ltd (WWIL), ASC…
K-Serials To Plug Idea Cellular Via Ringtone
This is an interesting case of product placement: exchange4media reports that starting December 18th, all ringtones in the K-serials on Star…
Malgudi Days Available On Reliance Mobile World
Reliance Communications has launched mobisodes of R.K.Narayan’s Malgudi Days, available on Reliance Mobile World. [source: The Hindu Busines…
Modeo’s Hopes Ride On NYC Launch
RCR Wireless News has interviewed Michael Ramke, who will be the CEO of Modeo after former CEO Michael Schueppert announced his resignation…
Bharti Is Evaluating DTH Entry
Now Bharti Airtel is planning an entry into the direct-to-home television space, reports Indiantelevision.com. Bharti, which is already test…
Gaming Is The Biggest Trend Says Turner Asia Sr VP & GM Ian Diamond
In an interview with Indiantelevision.com, Turner Entertainment Networks Asia Sr. VP and General Manager Ian Diamond says that gaming is the…
The Dutch End Free Analog TV; First To Go Completely Digital
A sign of the times … Overnight Sunday The Netherlands became the first country to go completely digital for TV. About 74,000 households s…
ESPN-Star Sports Won ICC’s 8-Year Rights For $1.1 Billion; Potential To Earn $2.4 Billion
ESPN-STAR Sports has won the audio visual rights for all International Cricket Council events for an eight-year period starting from 2007 to…
Time-Shifting/DVRs Could Cost Broadcast TV $600 Million
That’s the number Nielsen Media Research CEO Susan Whiting came up with, for 2007, though even that seems low to me. The measurement giant s…
Kingfisher Airlines Ties Up With Dish TV For Live TV In-Flight
Well, we’d reported it first after Tiecon New Delhi 2006, now here’s the official announcement: Kingfisher Airlines has tied up with Dish TV…
Zee’s Wire & Wireless India To Raise Rs 200 Crore Funds Ahead Of Listing In 2007
Zee Network’s cable business Wire & Wireless India Ltd (WWIL) is looking to raise a debt of Rs 200 crore for investing in its digital initia…
Updated: Media And Entertainment Industry To Consolidate; Revenues To Double By 2010
Updated below
According to a Credit Suisse report, India holds significant opportunity for global media and entertainment companies in the m…
MTNL’s IPTV Service Gets The Go-Ahead From The Indian Government
Responding to a question on MTNL’s IPTV service, the Minister for Communications and IT, Dayanidhi Maran has said that IPTV is a Value Added…
Personalized Mobile TV Advertising
This is what everyone has been talking about for a while… it seems that Ericsson is finally doing it. Ericsson and the Norwegian Broadcast…
Mobile Video/TV Gain Media Interest
There’s a couple of good articles about mobile video and mobile TV, more feature articles than news but with quotes from some interesting pe…
Star India’s Backward Integration: Sets Ups Fox Television Studios, Deepak Segal To Head It
News Corp is setting up a production house – Fox Television Studios India Pvt Ltd (FTSI) – in India which forms part of Star India’s backwar…
Televisa Launches Online Video Services; U.S. Still No-Show Due To Legal Quagmire
Mexican media giant Televisa has launched a range of new online video services for users in Latin America, and also plans to offer phone ser…
Disconnect Between Mobile TV Offerings And Consumer Expectations
BroadGroup Tariff Services has released a report arguing that “current Mobile TV pricing and marketing models fall short in meeting customer…
Sify Ties Up With SET To Webcast Footage From Reality Show Big Boss
Sifymax has tied up with Sony Entertainment Television for webcasting footage from Big Boss, the Indian version of reality show Big Brother.…
ESPN-Star Sports Bags English Premier League Football Rights For South Asia Till 2010
The ESPN-Star Sports combine has won the Broadcast, Internet and Mobile rights for the Barclay’s English Premier League for South Asia till…
UTV JV With Malaysian Co Astro; To Launch TV Channels, Games, Website Targeting Youth
Ronnie Screwvala’s UTV and Malaysian DTH and Pay TV co Astro All Asia Networks Plc. have planned a 50:50 joint venture that will launch a TV…
Mobile TV Needs Time, And Editors
The Next Gen TV conference saw executives from ITV ON, Orange and Freemantle Media saying that mobile TV would need time to develop as a pla…
Russian Sistema To Launch Mobile TV In 2008 — Source
“Digital Television Broadcasting, an affiliate of major Russian holding AFK Sistema, is currently buying companies that hold frequencies for…
TV18-Australian Broadcasting Corp Tie-up; Tanuj Garg Joins Studio18 From UTV
TV18 has got exclusive rights from Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) to distribute its infotainment channel ‘Australia Network’ in I…
ITV Rejects 4.7 Billion GBP Approach from NTL
What else was to be expected, after rival BSkyB took an 18 percent stake in ITV…ITV said there was little, if any, strategic logic for it…
IOL Broadband Increases Share Capital; Allotment To BCCL, Maula Soon
Following up on BCCL and Maula Trading Co picking up stake in IOL Broadband, Equitybulls reports that the Board of Directors of IOL Broadban…
Mobile TV Chip MAker Gets Another $30 Million
Fabless semiconductor company Newport Media, which specializes in silicon for mobile TV receivers, has closed another big round: $30 million…
DVB-H War In Italy
Philip Taylor, Director of Wireless Internet Applications at Strategy Analytics, has a piece on RCR Wireless comparing the two DVB-H network…
Meravideo.com’s Inter-College Video Contest, ApnaTube Numbers And Skepticism
Meravideo.com is planning a reality show/an inter college video contest, according to this article in the Economic Times. Kanwaldeep S. Kals…
Dubai Plans DVB-H Service
Dubai Media City (Wikipedia) has teamed with the United Arab Emerite’s new telco du and broadcast companies Dubai Media Incorporated and Emi…
Protecting The Turf: BSkyB Buys 17.9 Percent Stake in ITV; No Takeover Bid, It Says
Updated below: After all, it is a small matter of UK TV landscape being redrawn: British Sky Broadcasting Group, run by James Murdoch, has a…
Operators Blocking Off-Portal Streaming Video Services
Handset debugging specialist, WDS Global, has said that operators are preventing third-party mobile video suppliers from selling directly to…
More Details On Orange’s Planned HDTV Service
Telecoms.com has some more details on the mobile HDTV service Orange France is planning to release, apparently tomorrow. It will cost 12 eur…
Tivo Extends TivoCast Online-To-TV Service; Ties With ICM ON Celebrity Channels
Tivo is slowly ramping it up, but “slow” might turn out to be the operative word here: Tivo has launched several new features designed to do…
Slingbox To Launch With A U.S. Mobile Operator
So said Blake Krikorian, CEO of Slingmedia, the company that makes TV and place shifting device Slingbox, at the Web 2.0 conference today……
France Telecom Invests In Movies
Telecoms: France Telecom (which runs the Orange mobile group) said it plans to invest in the production of movies beginning next year. “The…
Mobile TV/Video Worth US$8.35 B In 2011, Funding Difficult — Informa
Although the global market for mobile TV and video will grow quickly (rising from US$2.46 billion in 2006 to US$8.35 billion in 2011) conten…
Be Cautious With Mobile TV In Europe — Ovum
Ovum has warned that while mobile TV has a lot of potential in Europe, the industry should proceed with caution because of uncertainties aro…
Jump TV Sign Up Three Sahara Channels For Internet Broadcasting
Jump TV has signed a deal with GloboSat Entertainment LLC to offer Sahara One, Sahara Samay and Sahara Filmy to it’s largely expatriate targ…
MobiTV Raises Another $30 Million; Adds Hearst and Adobe As Investors
Mobile TV firm MobiTV, which raised a big $70 million in third round earlier this year in July, has added another $30 million to that round,…
MTNL Adds 74 More Channels To Its IPTV Bouquet
Has anyone got opportunity to try out MTNL’s IPTV service? They recently launched 26 free-to-air channels on IPTV. The state-owned telco is…
Lakme Fashion Week To Be Webcast Live On Sify Max
SifyMax is the “official broadband partner” for the Spring Summer collection week of the Lakme Fashion Week 2006, to be webcast live between…
HiWire Joins Mobile DTV Alliance
The Mobile DTV Alliance (set up to promote DVB-H in the US) has finally convinced HiWire to join, which is good because before then it just…
Mobile Content Deals — TV, Games, Music
–Virgin Mobile has added ITN News to its mobile TV service, joining various BBC programs, ITV1 and some other channels on its DAB service.…
European Satellite Operators Join To Maximize Delivery Of Mobile Services
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Web-based TV Ad Buying Firm Spot Runner Gets $40 Million Funding
Spot Runner, which offers small businesses a web-based solution for TV advertising (think of it as Google AdWords for TV), has raised a big…
Italian Content Distributors Demand Wireless Rights
Italian distributors of video content (Silvio Berlusconi-owned Medusa (the sister company of top commercial broadcaster Mediaset) and RAI Ci…
Mobile TV In South Africa
This article has a pretty comprehensive analysis of the state of digital media and convergence in South Africa, and how it relates to the Af…
Switzerland Starts DVB-H Trial
A DVB-H mobile TV trial has been launched in Switzerland. The trial is run by Swisscom Broadcast, an arm of telecommunications company Swiss…
Interview With Michiel de Gooijer, Endemol
Successful mobile content, we keep hearing, needs to be made for mobile. Endemol has produced a series of successful mobile projects and Mic…
London Media Summit: Fremantle – “Experimenting Like Crazy”
Fremantle CEO Tony Cohen is a dab hand at presentations, and even managed to engineer some X-Factor hot pants into his talk somehow. Fremant…
IOL Broadband Now Inks IPTV Deal With Star TV
DNA reports that IOL Broadband signed a deal with Star TV on Wednesday to broadcast channels from the Star TV bouquet on MTNL and BSNL’s IPT…
New Air India Boeings To Have VOD And Digital Audio
The Economic Times reports that the 23 new Boeings that Air India has ordered will have digital audio and Video On Demand in the upper and b…
Crown Castle Promises Modeo In NYC By Years End
Crown Castle has released its earnings for the third quarter, but only the Modeo part really applies to mobile content:
“During the company’…
Fox Airs Cameraphone Video Footage Live
Fox has aired video footage from a cameraphone, live from the scene. Fox journo Scott Wilder was 20 blocks from the New York building which…
Australian Mobile TV Bigger Than Pay TV By Xmas
Some TV programs in Australia may have a bigger audience on mobile phones than on pay TV services as early as the end of this year…”We’ve…
Interesting Tidbit: Oxford Offers Mobile TV Course
“The Oxford University 3G Mobile TV course is lead by two of the foremost experts in the field of 3G: James Parton, who was involved in the…
BBC To Launch Two New Channels In India; Local Content, Acquisition On Cards
Times Online: In a significant move, BBC plans to launch two new television channels in India this year. It will launch the children’s chann…
Shashi Kalathil Appointed CEO Of NEO Sports
Exchange4media.com: Nimbus Communications has appointed Shashi Kalathil as the CEO of its new sports channel NEO Sports. Kalathil was a Pres…
CNN-IBN Owner Global Broadcast News To Go Public; Files Red Herring Prospectus
Exchange4media.com: TV18 Group is going places. Its group company Global Broadcast News Ltd (GBN), which owns the English news channel CNN-I…
Rohit Gupta In Charge Of Digital, Licensing and Telephony At Sony Television
Exchange4media.com: There are some changes at the top level in Sony Entertainment Television. Rohit Gupta, EVP, Ad Sales & Revenue Managemen…
