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BSkyB Shutting Rivals.net As Mirror.co.uk, ESPN Prep Football Sites For New Season

Jul 3, 2009 11:04 AM

Just as football clubs get rid of their under-performing players in the summer, BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) has shut down Rivals.net, a network of fansites covering all 92 Football League clubs and part of the Football365 group of sites it bought in 2007.

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Newspapers, TV, Broadcast, Companies, Disney, ESPN, News Corp., BSkyB, Trinity Mirror

Sky Resists Ofcom’s Demands To License Its Content

Jun 26, 2009 4:33 AM

BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) should lower its subscription prices and offer its premium sports and movie content to rivals on a wholesale basis to ensure technological innovation on other platforms, according to media regulator Ofcom. As part of a new public consultation kicked off today on possible remedies for the pay…

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, TV, Broadcast, IPTV, Satellite, VOD, Companies, BT, News Corp., BSkyB, Virgin, Virgin Media

RIP Setanta, 1990-2009: A Victim Of ‘Cheap Opportunism’

Jun 24, 2009 4:23 AM

It took on BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) as a plucky challenger in the battlefield of live sports, but at 6 pm on Tuesday Setanta’s channels went off air as the company’s UK division fell into administration following a failed £20 million rescue attempt last week. Adminstrator Deloitte said yesterday it’s working…

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Posted In: Entertainment, Sports, Media & Publishing, TV, Broadcast, Companies, News Corp., BSkyB, Setanta

ESPN Wins Its Euro Goal With English, Spanish Football Rights

Jun 22, 2009 3:52 PM

US sportscaster ESPN (NYSE: DIS) has achieved its long-standing ambition of establishing a major foothold in the UK and Europe by winning the rights to broadcast 46 live English Premier League rights next season and 23 games for three seasons starting in 2010/11. That’s all the rights in collapsing Setanta’s…

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Posted In: Entertainment, Sports, Companies, Disney, ESPN, News Corp., BSkyB, Setanta

Broadband Content Bits: Warner Bros-Blinkbox; LoveFilm; Five-Brightcove; Mama Group; Odeon Cinemas

Jun 15, 2009 4:09 AM

—Warner Bros-Blinkbox: London-based VOD site Blinkbox has signed a deal to add Warner Bros movies to its streaming service on a paid-for basis. Already a Blinkbox partner, Warner now adds more than 1,100 films and TV shows both new and old, with prices for movies around the £2.19 mark. The…

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Posted In: Entertainment, Movies, Media & Publishing, TV, VOD, Companies, Five, News Corp., BSkyB

Why Setanta Couldn’t Score Against Sky In Pay-TV Game

Jun 11, 2009 5:44 AM

Pay TV in the UK is notable for its disappointing lack of digital strategy. BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) may be pushing its content through the XBox and a standalone online portal—but essentially, despite all the lip service and stated commitment to new, online business models, just like newspapers the industry still…

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Posted In: Entertainment, Sports, Media & Publishing, TV, Cable & Telecom, IPTV, Satellite, VOD, Companies, News Corp., BSkyB, Setanta

Reports: Shift To Wholesale Strategy For Cash-Strapped Setanta

Jun 2, 2009 2:26 AM

When your business model is under threat, you have no choice but to change it. According to several reports, sports broadcaster Setanta is considering a radical switch in strategy from a customer-facing TV subscriptions to wholesale content distribution. FT.com reports that the company, which owns English Premier League TV rights…

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Posted In: Entertainment, Sports, Media & Publishing, TV, Cable & Telecom, IPTV, Satellite, VOD, Companies, News Corp., BSkyB, Setanta

UK Round-Up: BSkyB Makes VMtv Bid; Terra Firma’s EMI Cash Injection; Newspaper Readership Grows

May 29, 2009 4:26 AM

—BSkyB—Virgin Media: BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) could be looking to bolster its digital TV portfolio by splashing out on seven channels from its close pay TV rival Virgin Media: according to FT.com, Sky is offering a so-far unbeaten £160 million for VMED’s VMtv content division, including Living and Bravo. VMED has…

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Posted In: Entertainment, Music, Media & Publishing, Magazines, Newspapers, TV, Companies, EMI, News Corp., BSkyB, Virgin, Virgin Media

First-Look Pics & Video: Sky’s Exciting Xbox TV Service Brings Football Fans Together

May 28, 2009 6:01 PM

BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) and Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) announced they will deliver the former’s live TV and VOD through the Xbox games console (see our post for full details). The result, which lets football fans join a text-and-audio “party” during live games, is perhaps the most innovative on-the-market social TV experiences…

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Posted In: Entertainment, Gaming, Sports, Media & Publishing, TV, IPTV, VOD, Companies, Microsoft, News Corp., BSkyB

BSkyB, Microsoft Push Social TV Through Xbox; Focus On Live Sport

May 28, 2009 6:00 PM

Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) is giving Sky a leg-up in the VOD and IPTV stakes. The pair have teamed to bring both on-demand shows and more than 20 live Sky channels to Xbox Live in Q3. This deal gives Xbox its first UK TV content but is also the first time…

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Posted In: Entertainment, Gaming, Movies, Companies, Microsoft, News Corp., BSkyB

Sky News Does Cit-J App As BBC Faces iPhone Dilemma

May 27, 2009 3:37 AM

Yes, Sky News is just the latest news org to jump on the app bandwagon. Its new iPhone tool packs the usual mix of news section feeds, includes three headline video wrap-ups (only for top heads, showbiz and weather, but not for individual stories), and, weirdly, a page inviting SMS…

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Posted In: Mobile, Companies, Apple, BBC, News Corp., BSkyB

Broadband Content Bits: BSkyB’s Music; Global Radio; Tiscal-Yell.com; German EPG Deal, Adult URLs

May 26, 2009 3:39 AM

—BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) music: Long after plans of the scheme first surfaced, more detail on BSkyB’s music download subscription service, run in partnership with Universal. The service, called Sky Songs, will reportedly charge from £4.99 per month for five tracks to £11.99 for 20 tracks and two complete albums, according…

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Posted In: Entertainment, Music, Media & Publishing, TV, IPTV, VOD, Companies, NBC Universal, News Corp., BSkyB, Vivendi, Countries, Europe, Germany

Industry Moves: BBCWW Ads, WEF Comms, I-Level CEO, Sky Media MD, Ten Alps

May 21, 2009 6:50 AM

—BBC Worldwide: Global ad sales EVP Chris Dobson has poached two former Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) coworkers in a restructure designed to sell ads “across the ‘three screens’ of television,  web and mobile for the first time”. Microsoft’s international sales marketing director Anne Goodman becomes VP of enablement and trade marketing,…

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Posted In: Industry Moves, Companies, BBC, BBC Worldwide, News Corp., BSkyB

Broadband Content Bits: ITN Source Does Music; CNBC Mobile; BSkyB Ads; Zoopla Widget

May 13, 2009 11:00 AM

—ITN Source: ITN’s multimedia division is adding music to its thousands of hours of TV footage through a deal with EMI Music-owned digital music distributor KPM Music. Anyone that buys a clip from ITN Source using its online store (pictured) will be given the option of also downloading one of…

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Posted In: Advertising, Entertainment, Music, Media & Publishing, TV, VOD, Mobile, Companies, News Corp., BSkyB

Updated: Sky Slams BBC’s Canvas As Anti-Competitive, Partners Respond

May 12, 2009 3:39 AM

We warned BBC director-general Mark Thompson back in March that his Project Canvas was likely to face Kangaroo-style competition scrutiny. Now Sky has ripped the proposal to shreds in a 14-page BBC Trust submission designed to open a competition inquiry. Sky says… —It’s anti-competitive: Canvas “has the propensity to affect…

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, TV, IPTV, VOD, Companies, BBC, News Corp., BSkyB

Broadband Content Bits: Celebdaq Is Back; Kids’ iPlayer; Anti-P2P Lobby; Brightcove-Sevenload

May 11, 2009 7:45 AM

—BBC-Celebdaq: The BBC is resurrecting its online celebrity news-based stock exchange game Celebdaq. Though the game is still played by around 25,000 people a week, its popularity waned since the buzz surrounding it briefly prompted a spin-off BBC3 TV show in 2003. The re-launched game, developed by Monterosa, will incorporate…

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Posted In: Entertainment, Music, Sports, Legal, Digital Britain, Regulatory, Technologies / Formats, P2P, Companies, BBC, Channel 4, NBC Universal, News Corp., BSkyB, Virgin, Virgin Media, Vivendi

Broadband Content Bits: FindAnyFilm.com Traffic, French IPTV Subs, Google Share, Sky Deutschland

May 8, 2009 10:27 AM

—FindAnyFilm.com: The UK Film Council’s new website claims to have hit 10 two million visits in the 10 weeks since its launch. FindAnyFilm.com, dubbled a “Google (NSDQ: GOOG) for film”, launched in January after a £1 million build-out to offer cinema and TV listings, DVD, Blu-ray and download options for…

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Posted In: Entertainment, Movies, Media & Publishing, TV, IPTV, Companies, News Corp., BSkyB, Countries, Europe, France

Video Advertising Measurement Open Standard Finally In Sight

May 7, 2009 7:43 AM

It’s taken a while, but broadcasters, online publishers and advertisers could be close to agreeing a standardised system to measure online video viewing. The Broadband Measurement Working Group, a coalition of broadcasters, ISPs and measurement bodies, is to start testing a new measurement metric next month, 18 months after starting…

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, TV, VOD, Companies, BBC, BT, Channel 4, Five, ITV, News Corp., BSkyB, Virgin, Virgin Media

Industry Moves: Discovery Networks; MEN Media; BSkyB

May 1, 2009 9:48 AM

—Discovery Networks: Kathy Toher is the new director of international advertising across EMEA, excluding the UK, for Discovery Networks Europe. She moves over from classical music download site Passionato, where she was head of advertising sales and promotion since its launch last year. Last month former MD of UK channels…

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Posted In: Industry Moves, Media & Publishing, Newspapers, TV, Cable & Telecom, Satellite, Companies, Guardian Media Group, News Corp., BSkyB

Earnings: Sky Grows On HD, Broadband Plateauing, True VOD Next Year

Apr 30, 2009 1:44 AM

Jeremy Darroch’s BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) posted a 23 percent-better operating profit of £622 million over the first three months of this year, despite signing 100,000 fewer broadband customers than in the year before. Broadband sign-ups slowed from 229,000 to 130,000 (total now 2.08 million)—Sky’s only business segment in which growth…

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Posted In: Money, Earnings, Companies, News Corp., BSkyB

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