BBC Worldwide Secures Digital Distribution Rights To Indies’ Back-Catalogue
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P2P TV Net Neutrality – Are We Heading For War?
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Industry Moves: BBC Hires Another Microsoft Exec For iPlayer
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Broadband Content Bits: Joost/Paramount Movies, Disney Reboot, C4 4OD Expands
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ITV Aims For £150 Million Online Revenue, Emphasis On Display And Targeted Web Video Ads
ITV executive chairman Michael Grade has declared his intention to bring in £150 million in online revenues by 2010 (it’s currently around… Read more »
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Microsoft Courts BBC, Others For Euro Xbox Video Marketplace Launch
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Prime Minister Spells Out BBC iPlayer Issues To Petitioners
10 Downing Street has responded to the 16,071 people who signed an online petition calling on the BBC to make its iPlayer TV catch-up softwa… Read more »
Idiots In The Box, Part Deux: Vudu's Movie Box Launches; Content From All Majors and 17 Indies
By Rafat Ali
Vudu, another new digital movies-to-tv service which I skewered a bit in April, will be launching this month, and NYT and WSJ do their usual… Read more »
UPDATED: Broadband Content Bits: Telegraph.co.uk TV, Neuf's Media Centre, ITV.com VOD Ads
- Telegraph.co.uk: The Telegraph’s website has launched Telegraph TV News Now, an interesting extension of its relationship with ITN that in… Read more »
Babelgum Plans China Launch, Amends Online Film Festival Rules
Babelgum, the Ireland-based, Italian-backed Joost rival, aims to open in the Chinese market early in 2008. BusinessWeek reports the online T… Read more »
Earnings: TiVo Q2 Net Loss Expands, As Revenues Gain 5.1 Percent
By David Kaplan
One of the later Q2 earnings entries, DVR marketer TiVo (NSDQ: TIVO) said its Q2 net loss widened to $17.7 million from last year’s $6 milli… Read more »
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UK TV Net Five Set To Launch Ad-Supported Web VOD
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Earnings: Playboy Swings To Black With $1.9 Million Q2 Profit; Revs Grow 6 Percent
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A stronger TV business, with a particular emphasis on its VOD offerings, led to a turnaround for Playboy Enterprises (NYSE: PLA) swung to a… Read more »
BBC Web TV iPlayer Beta Launches; Some Testers Grumble
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Ad Industry Roundup: Interpublic; Nielsen; Miller; Universal/Google
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BBC Trust Finally To Hear iPlayer Platform Neutrality Concerns
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Broadband Content Bits: Broadband Emmys; XBox-Disney Movies; Netflix Streaming; TiVo-Amazon; MLB
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BBC Targets Million Annual iPlayer Users, Allows Some YouTube Abuse
Some more details off the back of yesterday’s announcement BBC’s iPlayer will be available, ahead of latest schedule, in July:-
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Wimbledon Live: Everything But Streamed Strawberries And Cream — For A Fee
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Broadband Content Bits UK: Granada/Orange; Diana Concert; iTunes Store
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Apple To Launch Online Movie Rental Service; For Fall; $2.99 Rental: Report
By Rafat Ali
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VOD Day & Date with DVD Results: Sell-through, VOD Up; Rentals Fall
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Earnings: TiVo Reverses Last Year’s Net Loss
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TiVo (Nasdaq: TIVO) reversed its fortunes in Q1 from the year before, with net income of $835,000 compared to a net loss of $10.7 million in… Read more »
EU Broadcasting Directive Extends Rules To On-Demand, Web Escapes
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Two-Way TV Sells Large Majority Stake For $10.6 Million; Eyes U.S. Expansion
Ingenious Media, a British media investment house, has bought a controlling stake in interactive television content producer Two-Way TV for… Read more »
Earnings: ITV Hurt By Ad Falls While Online Relaunch Faces Further Delays
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BBC’s Highfield Defends Innovation, Appoints Mobile Controller
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Ad-Supported VOD From ABC/ESPN Launching on Cox; Ad Skipping Disabled
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Tiscali Launches On-Demand Internet Movie Rental/Purchase Outlet
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Still Waiting For ITV.com Relaunch; Some More VOD Details
It’s still not here, but ITV did today stage a press launch hailing its eager-awaited web revamp as “the most comprehensive commercial websi… Read more »
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Some more details on the BBC Trust’s final, final go-ahead for the BBC to roll out its iPlayer on-demand plans. The project will offer seven… Read more »
Barna-Alper Productions Makes Strategic Investment In IThentic
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Toronto, Canada-based Barna-Alper Productions has made a strategic investment of an undisclosed amount in New York-based iThentic, an online… Read more »
Channel 4′s 4OD Beats Expectations; 20 Million VOD Deliveries In First Six Months
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