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BSkyB buys Telefónica UK’s fixed-line business for $300M
The deal will make Sky the UK's second-largest fixed-line broadband and voice player. It also makes it more likely that the O2 UK mobile business will be open for a merger with one of its rivals.…
Read MoreTop digital exec leaves News Corp ahead of company’s split
Jon Miller, the well-respected chief digital officer of News Corp, is on the way out after presiding over the company's sprawling digital properties. The move comes at a time that News Corp is splitting into distinct entertainment and publishing companies.…
Read MoreBSkyB's Internet TV Service Will Have A New Brand – 'Now TV'
UK pay TV platform leader BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) will take a bold step for its upcoming satellite-less, over-the-internet TV packages by launchin……
Read MoreCisco Wants To Buy News Corp's TV Software Maker NDS For $5 Billion
Cisco (NSDQ: CSCO) says it wants to buy News Corp.'s TV set-top box software maker NDS Group for $5 billion to improve its own offering and……
Read MoreHow Netflix's Hastings Could Get BSkyB Off An Anti-Trust Charge
The UK inquiry in to whether Sky Movies' exclusive first-run subscription VOD deals with six major Hollywood major studios is anti-competiti……
Read MoreTelegraph Puts Mobile App In Subscription Bundle
The Telegraph and Sky News may each operate subscription iPad outlets - but, with latest revisions to their mobile offerings, the two news p……
Read MoreSky's Internet TV Service Could Offer Pay-As-You-Go Shows
BSkyB's upcoming over-the-top internet TV service could create a new post-subscription ecosystem for pay-per-view and pay-as-you-go TV shows……
Read MoreSocial TV Startup Zeebox Seeks Impact With TV Campaign
One of the nascent social TV space's most interesting new second-screen software services will this week court mainstream users with a natio……
Read MoreAs Sky Growth Slows, Can Internet Defend It From Downturn And New Rivals?
BSkyB's financials are still improving, but the company is now flaunting a range of new internet upgrades to try containing subscriber growt……
Read MoreSky Will De-Couple Pay-TV Content From Satellite For IPTV Era
BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) is acting to head off rising City concerns about the threat from over-the-top connected TV services, by announcing it will……
Read MoreSky Adding Broadcaster-Branded VOD Services From BBC And ITV
The UK's leading pay-TV provider BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) is taking a significant step to improve its PVR box's new IP on-demand TV service by addi……
Read MoreHollywood Lambasts Sky Movies Ruling, But Open Access Gains Favour
Six Hollywood studios have urged the UK's competition watchdog to throw out its assertion their Sky Movies deals are anti-competitive. But s……
Read MoreInterview Part 1: Netflix's Hastings Aims To Challenge BSkyB
Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) fancies bidding against News Corp-controlled BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) for Hollywood movies and TV shows, even though internati……
Read MoreUnivision Launches 'Noticias' Spanish-Language News App For iPhone, Android
Hispanics, according to Nielsen, have the second-highest penetration of smartphone usage among U.S. ethnic groups, and today brings news of……
Read MoreBSkyB Buys Stake In Social TV Start-Up Zeebox
News Corp-controlled pay-TV firm BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) is buying itself a foothold in the looming social TV field by acquiring 10 percent of the……
Read MoreSky Sports News Relaunches iPad App, With Fee For Non-Pay TV Subs
When the News Corporation-controlled UK satellite broadcaster Sky launched a free iPad app for its Sky Sports News channel in September 2010……
Read MoreAl Jazeera, Apple Could Drive Up Sky Sports' Soccer Costs
Cash-rich pay-TV service Al Jazeera Sports could force Sky Sports to bid 25 percent more for 2013-16 Premier League rights when negotiations……
Read MoreBSkyB 'Perplexed' By On-Demand Movie Judgement
"We confess ourselves slightly perplexed," BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) finance chief Andrew Griffith told Wall Street investors, when asked about the……
Read MoreBSkyB Could Be Forced To Host On-Demand Movie Rivals
BSkyB's set-top boxes may have to offer services like Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX), Lovefilm and Blinkbox alongside its own Sky Movies, under new pr……
Read MoreIndustry Moves: Sony Music's Hesse, Sky's Jonesco, Capgemini, RBI, O2
-- Bertelsmann: Sony (NYSE: SNE) Music's global digital head Thomas Hesse is leaving to join Bertelsmann in February, tasked with its digita……
Read MoreBSkyB Retains James Murdoch As Chair
James Murdoch has been re-elected chairman of BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) at the pay-TV and telco company's annual general meeting, with 81.24 percent……
Read MoreBSkyB Names New Independent Directors Ahead Of AGM
BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) is to appoint Matthieu Pigasse, controlling shareholder of Le Monde and the French edition of Huffington Post, and Aberdee……
Read MoreBSkyB Board's Letter Defending James Murdoch – The Full Text
BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) deputy chairman Nick Ferguson's letter to investors explaining why James Murdoch should remain chairman of the broadcaster……
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