ABC is attempting to capitalize on the upcoming Election 2012’s heavy news cycle with its announced joint venture with Hispanic TV powerhouse Univision to launch an English-language news, information and lifestyle network targeting Latinos. The as yet unnamed network plans to tap into cable TV’s stronghold on election coverage, spearheaded by rivals Fox and NBC [...]
Over the top subscription based internet TV service Skitter, has been told to stop retransmitting feeds from the local Fox, ABC, CBS and NBC channels. The Skitter service which charges $12 monthly and streams feeds from Local TV affiliates in the Portland area and offer internet services such as Youtube along with local broadcast network [...]
The BBC’s long-standing ‘Broadcasting House’ building in London (England) has applied its new reformatted IPTV broadcasting equipment to practical use for the first time, with a slightly unusual choice of tenant taking over the first live output. Given a multi-million pound refurbishment following the BBC’s decision to move most direct studio TV-based operations from London [...]
While Hulu recently announced their plans to make all potential users show proof of membership to a cable or satellite TV service before permitting entry, linear TV network CBS have claimed that they might be interested at forming content partnerships with the online service. It is thought that CBS are using the news of Hulu becoming a [...]
Although the company are firmly in the firing line of the TV networks, the Aereo internet TV platform has launched in New York today. The service offers live and TV-on-Demand from the big free-to-air TV networks that include NBC, ABC, CBS, PBS, FOX, CW plus more than 20 local channels. The system streams the TV [...]
Aereo Inc., the company behind a recent ‘revolutionary’ approach to creating internet TV servers, are set to have their service closed down before they have even started, as local networks in New York City (USA) claim that the online service is unauthorised, and would most likely violate their copyrights. Aereo have maintained that they are in the right, [...]
