Industry Moves: Telegraph, We R Interactive, Briefing Media, Turner
Here is a round-up of some of the latest executive-level hirings and exits in the world of digital media business…
ITN Unifying Ad Sales For Multi-Platform Video Syndication
UK TV video news producer ITN is unifying its online ad sales platform as it expands into a burgeoning number of online destinations.
YouView Spent Almost £20m In Nine Months
The much-delayed video-on-demand service YouView spent almost £20 ($30.89)m in its first nine months of operation and paid more than £1 ($…
News Corp.’s Sun Wins Appeal: Video On News Sites Won’t Be Regulated As VOD
More scrutiny of News Corporation’s UK tabloids by Ofcom… but this time with a good result for the media company. The UK communications re…
TV Catchup Gets Court Victories, But Europe Will Have Final Say
In the copyright case brought by UK broadcasters against the TV Catchup restreaming site, a UK High Court judge has handed the site some som…
Time Warner Makes $1.4 Billion Endemol Bid
Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) has made a takeover bid for Endemol, the debt-laden Dutch production company behind Big Brother and Deal or No Deal.
Microsoft Shifts Strategies To Expand Xbox Live TV, Go Global
After years of effort and speculation, Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) has pieced together nearly 40 broadcast services from around the world to boos…
Ditching net neutrality ‘risks irreversible harm’
A report published today in the UK labels arguments against network neutrality as “myths” — and suggests that attempts by broadband providers to manage online traffic will end up doing long-term damage to the entire Internet industry.
Channel 4, FilmFlex Position Themselves For Possible TV Movie Subscriptions
Back in November, Channel 4 launched Film4oD, a web-based, on-demand adjunct to its Film4 linear channels that requires payment for movies.…
SeeSaw Loses C4 Shows In Funding Hitch
The new owner of SeeSaw has run into difficulty hitting a deadline to secure multimillion-pound funding and has lost a key content deal with…