The online TV company SeeSaw has taken a huge hit recently – not only has the private equity firm lost a key content deal with Channel 4, but the company’s designated chairman, Michael Jackson, has stepped down from his position.
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TV is moving to the cloud, according to TechCrunch. Although the industry will resist change, it is inevitable – and positive. It will allow viewers to find and share new content and consume television in a different way.
The X-Factor returned to ITV1 on Saturday night, repeating its success of last week with a peak audience of 10.2 million viewers.
The latest report from Ericsson ConsumerLab shows a rise in on-demand viewing figures, while people are spending less time watching scheduled broadcast television.
So this year’s Media Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival was all about Google; Google and convergence. Eric Schmidt was the first non-broadcast industry speaker to deliver the MacTaggart lecture. But it wasn’t all boffins – there was a lot of luvving too!
I have been following the Athletics World Championships this week, as I am sure many of you have too. I hadn’t realised until I went to tune in for the first time that Channel 4 had snaffled this from the Beeb – and taken Michael Johnson with them.
ITV shares were up 3.3pc yesterday after The Telegraph revealed that it has been in talks with Silvio Berlusconi’s Mediaset – one of Endemol’s shareholders – about a potential takeover deal.
Rovi has signed a new partnership deal with Panasonic to power the TV manufacturer’s next generation EPG for connected TV and DVD/BD recorders in Europe.
Channel 4 has made its catch-up viewing figures for 4oD available for the first time, launching its first 4oD Monthly Report for July 2011.
IP Vision, a provider in the UK’s nascent hybrid DTT/IPTV over-the-top (OTT) TV sector, has announced that the FetchTV content portal will be available this autumn via an app as a service to consumers on Panasonic’s VIERA Connect compatible TV sets sold in the UK and Ireland.