The delayed converged digital TV joint venture YouView spent nearly £20m in its first nine months of operation, but still has no set top box products ready for launch.
The Guardian reports that YouView was handed £20.2m by its shareholders, including the BBC, ITV, BT and …
Read MoreJanuary 13, 2012 Tags: BBC, Channel 4, Companies House, ITV, Lord Alan Sugar, Stella English, TalkTalk, The Guardian, youview
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Shine Group chairman Elisabeth Murdoch to give keynote address at this year’s MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival.
Elisabeth Murdoch – the founder of production company Shine, maker of shows such as Masterchef and Merlin – is to give the MacTaggart lecture at this year’s MediaGuardian …
Read MoreJanuary 11, 2012 Tags: BBC, Elisabeth Murdoch, MacTaggart, MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Festival, News Corporation, Shine Group
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News Corp-controlled pay-TV firm BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) is buying itself a foothold in the looming social TV field by acquiring 10 percent of the startup Zeebox for a sum that is “double-digit millions” in both pounds and dollars.
“This is 100 percent new …
Read MoreJanuary 11, 2012 Tags: BBC, BSkyB, Sky Media, social TV app, Zeebox
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This week’s “Next Steps For Local Television” Westminster Forum conference proved quite an eye-opener for the uninitiated. With as many opinions as attendees, even agreement to disagree couldn’t be established.
With the main sessions split neatly into two hot topics – Technology and Content – the panelists and the audience divided pretty neatly …
Read MoreJanuary 10, 2012 Tags: BARB, BBC, Big Society, content, DCMS, Muxco, Ofcom
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