August 8, 2007

BBC Worldwide America to distribute ‘The Office’

by Jan Harris

BBC Worldwide (BBCWW) America has secured distribution agreements with Netflix and Vuze, which will make popular sitcom ‘The Office’ available for legal download in the US.
The deal makes the complete two seasons of ‘The Office’, which stars Ricky Gervais and was written by Stephen Merchant, available to Netflix and Vuze subscribers.
Netfix’s six million subscribers […]


August 8, 2007

AT&T ordered to acquire licence for IPTV

by Jan Harris

The Attorney General of Connecticut, USA, Richard Blumenthal, has urgently requested that AT&T should acquire a cable licence for its U-verse IPTV service.
Blumenthal filed an emergency request with state regulator the Department of Public Utility Control (DPUC), asking it to order AT&T to stop selling its IPTV service while it applies for franchise approval. […]


August 7, 2007

Fireworks and Mondo in digital content deal

by Jan Harris

Fireworks International, the television and feature film distribution division of ContentFilm, has secured a distribution deal with US digital entertainment company Mondo Media.
Under the terms of the agreement, Fireworks will have international rights, excluding in the US, to distribute over 20 hours of shortform animation for Mondo Media.
The catalogue, entitled Mondo Media’s Mondo Mini […]


August 7, 2007

BBC iPlayer racks up 120,000 downloads

by Jan Harris

iPlayer, the BBC’s online TV on demand service, has already been downloaded over 120,000 times, just one week after its beta launch.
The service is proving so popular that the BBC expects this number to reach 500,000 within six months, and reckons that iPlayer will account for 11 per cent of catch up viewing by […]


August 6, 2007

Nortel considers IPTV and VoIP acquisitions

by Jan Harris

Nortel Networks, the Canadian telecoms equipment manufacturer, is in takeover mode.
According to Reuters the company is in talks with potential takeover targets in key sectors including IPTV, VoIP and enterprise. Companies considered as possible targets include Tellabs, Sonus Networks and Foundry Networks.
Nortel’s 2007 second-quarter results fell short of analyst’s expectations, with revenue down 8% […]


August 6, 2007

Indian government forms group to develop IPTV policy

by Jan Harris

The Indian government has established an inter-ministerial group (IMG) which will develop policies and regulations for the country’s nascent IPTV industry.
At the moment IPTV in India is unclassified as either a telecoms or cable service, causing ambiguities about how the service is regulated.
If it is removed from the jurisdiction of the cable networks […]


August 3, 2007

Indian cable industry calls for IPTV regulation

by Jan Harris

The MSO Alliance, an Indian cable industry organisation, has asked the Indian government to regulate the country’s IPTV industry.
There is concern that without regulation, over 3,000 unauthorised television channels could enter Indian homes without control, including channels featuring adult content.
At the moment the IPTV industry in India is largely unregulated. The telecoms industry believes […]


August 3, 2007

Tiscali in IPTV distribution deal with RAI

by Jan Harris

Tiscali SpA, the Italian telco, has entered into a distribution agreement with Italian public broadcaster RAI.
Under the terms of the agreement, Tiscali will distribute content from RAI on its IPTV service in Italy, which will be launched in late October.
Tiscali already operates an IPTV service in the UK, through its Homechoice subsidiary.
Intially, […]


August 2, 2007

PCCW to launch high-definition IPTV

by Lin Freestone

Hong Kong telco PCCW is planning to launch the first HD broadcasts for its IPTV service on 11 August.
The first high-definition content to be broadcast by PCCW’s “now TV” IPTV service will include live sporting events such as Premier League soccer and lifestyle programmes from VOOM.
PCCW has secured a three-year contract for Premier […]


August 2, 2007

VOLNY TV launched in Czech Republic

by Kathryn Lang

VOLNY, a telecoms operator based in the Czech Republic, has begun commercial operation of VOLNY TV, a new IPTV service, initially in Prague and parts of Brno.
VOLNY TV offers around 40 Czech and foreign TV stations, movie channels, video-on-demand and HBO Digital.
It also features the VOLNY Album, which allows photos to be published […]


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