UK’s Sky launches Roku-like box for just £9.99
Want a really cheap Web TV box? If you’re in the U.K., you can check out Sky’s Now TV box, which launched Friday and retails for £9.99. Read more at GigaOM »
Top digital exec leaves News Corp ahead of company’s split
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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 more »
BSkyB'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 more »
Cisco Wants To Buy News Corp's TV Software Maker NDS For $5 Billion
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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 more »
How 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 more »
Telegraph 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 more »
Sky'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 more »
Social TV Startup Zeebox Seeks Impact With TV Campaign
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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 more »
As 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 more »
Sky Will De-Couple Pay-TV Content From Satellite For IPTV Era
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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 more »
Sky Adding Broadcaster-Branded VOD Services From BBC And ITV
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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 more »
Hollywood Lambasts Sky Movies Ruling, But Open Access Gains Favour
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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 more »
Interview Part 1: Netflix's Hastings Aims To Challenge BSkyB
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Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) fancies bidding against News Corp-controlled BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) for Hollywood movies and TV shows, even though internati… Read more »
Univision Launches 'Noticias' Spanish-Language News App For iPhone, Android
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Hispanics, according to Nielsen, have the second-highest penetration of smartphone usage among U.S. ethnic groups, and today brings news of… Read more »
BSkyB Buys Stake In Social TV Start-Up Zeebox
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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 more »
Sky 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 more »
Al Jazeera, Apple Could Drive Up Sky Sports' Soccer Costs
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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 more »
BSkyB '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 more »
BSkyB Could Be Forced To Host On-Demand Movie Rivals
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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 more »
Industry Moves: Sony Music's Hesse, Sky's Jonesco, Capgemini, RBI, O2
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– Bertelsmann: Sony (NYSE: SNE) Music’s global digital head Thomas Hesse is leaving to join Bertelsmann in February, tasked with its digita… Read more »
BSkyB Retains James Murdoch As Chair
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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 more »
BSkyB Names New Independent Directors Ahead Of AGM
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BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) is to appoint Matthieu Pigasse, controlling shareholder of Le Monde and the French edition of Huffington Post, and Aberdee… Read more »
BSkyB Board's Letter Defending James Murdoch – The Full Text
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BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) deputy chairman Nick Ferguson’s letter to investors explaining why James Murdoch should remain chairman of the broadcaster… Read more »
Netflix And MGM Ink Exclusive Streaming Deal For UK And Ireland
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Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) is laying some content groundwork for its launch in the UK and Ireland, expected in early 2012: today it announced a de… Read more »
News Corp.: Net Income Down On $91 Million In Hacking, BSkyB Charges
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The aftershocks of the phone-hacking scandal that erupted at News International in the UK over the summer are still being felt by its parent… Read more »
BSkyB Has 1.6 Million Sky Go Users
BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) has declared its Sky Go live and on-demand service – with which subscribers can watch over PC, Mac, Xbox, iPad and iPhone… Read more »
Premier League Fans Can Buy Cheap Foreign TV Coverage, EU Rules
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UK football fans will potentially be able to watch cut-price Premier League matches, after the European Union’s highest court ruled on Tuesd… Read more »
Investment Advisory Repeats Call For James Murdoch’s Replacement
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Investors in News Corporation (NSDQ: NWS), Rupert Murdoch’s media company, were urged on Tuesday to vote against the re-election of his son… Read more »
James Murdoch’s Press Adviser Resigns Over Phone Hacking Strategy
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One of James Murdoch’s closest advisers has resigned from News Corporation (NSDQ: NWS), it emerged on Tuesday, amid disagreements over the w… Read more »
YouView Picks Sky’s Architect As CTO Ahead Of February Launch
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YouView has appointed BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) chief architect Chris Bramley its CTO, as it rolls toward an early-2012 launch. Read more »
Murdoch Shakes Up News Corp. Board (But Not The Way You Might Think)
The News Corp. (NSDQ: NWS) board will look a little different after the company’s Oct. 21 annual shareholders meeting but, so far, not when… Read more »
Sky News’ £4.99 iPad Fee Aims To Drive Satellite Subscriptions
Sky News, which had said it would introduce charges when it launched its iPad app back in March, has confirmed the price at £4.99 per month… Read more »
Letters Show Rivals Lobbying UK Government Against BSkyB Acquisition
The government has published a tranche of documents relating to the deal that never was – News Corporation’s aborted £8bn bid to take ful… Read more »
Analyst: Netflix, Lovefilm May Not Get A UK Window Until 2014
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Sky Movies’ stranglehold on UK subscription on-demand rights for movies may not be broken by competition authorities until 2014, according t… Read more »
BSkyB Told To Weaken Stranglehold On Hollywood Movies
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BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) has been ordered to weaken its stranglehold on Hollywood films on pay-TV after an investigation by the Competition Commiss… Read more »
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News Corp Claims No Hacking Financial Impact, Seeks BSkyB Alternatives
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News Corp will pursue alternative acquisitions to BSkyB (NYSE: BSY), buy back more shares and raise investors’ dividends – but will apparent… Read more »
BSkyB, BBC Talking Over VOD TV Solution
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Sky and the BBC are still discussing ways to place the broadcaster’s catch-up TV service on the platform operator’s set-top box, despite app… Read more »
BSkyB CEO: The Idea We’re Not Fit Or Proper Is Laughable
After presenting a strong set of results to investment analysts, BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) CEO Jeremy Darroch faced a difficult final question from… Read more »
Booming BSkyB Sweetens Shareholders, Sees 800k VOD Users
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BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) is trying to keep investors happy, even without a big exit to News Corp.
2010/11 earnings per share jumped 30 percent to… Read more »
