Turner to Provide Content for Net TV Company
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SAN JOSE, Calif.  -- Akimbo Systems Inc., a startup that plans to deliver video over the Internet to television sets, has signed a deal for mainstream content from Time Warner Inc...
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NBC Universal and News Corp. have announced the inclusion of several cable networks in their online video venture expected this summer.
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LOS ANGELES  - Fox Broadcasting Co. is set to announce Thursday that it will make select primetime series available for download-to-own on the Web sites of more than 200 of its affiliated stations during the next few months.
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NBC Universal said on Wednesday it   will offer episodes of some of its new prime-time shows for   free online viewing on personal computers in a bid to build an   audience for its fall schedule.
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The England and Wales Cricket Board is set to announce a new TV rights agreement covering the period from 2006-2009.
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By Wendy Brown, The Santa Fe New Mexican  Feb. 11--ALBUQUERQUE -- Chris Duncan, general manager of Comcast in Albuquerque, wants his company to come to an agreement with KRQE officials about the rights to future high-definition television broadcasts as soon as possible.
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NBC and Fox are set to launch an advertising-supported online video site that hosts programming from varied entertainment companies in a bid to seize viewers from Google Inc.'s YouTube, the broadcasters said.
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The BBC prepares to unveil plans that will have wide-reaching impact on programming and jobs.
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NBC Universal is preparing to buy  Sparrowhawk Media, the private-equity backed owner of the  Hallmark channel, for 175 million pounds ($351 million) to make  its biggest foray into Britain&#39;s TV industry, a newspaper said.
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Comcast Corp. plans to begin offering music videos on demand to its broadband Internet subscribers early next year, part of a multiyear deal with the television network Music Choice.
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(InfoWorld) - Big names are coming to mobile video after a slow start for a service that has been touted as a perfect use for fast 3G (third-generation) networks. Three deals announced Monday brought prominent Hollywood figures and a major media company deeper into the business of mobile video. They will bring comedy, news, and other shows to small screens later this year. Time Warner's Turner Broadcasting System International signed a deal with Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson in which the communications technology company would deliver a broad package of Turner content to mobile operators' portals and offer some directly to users with mobile browsers. Youth-oriented MVNO (mobile virtual network operator) Amp'd MobileÂ signed on partners including "King Kong" and "School of Rock" actor Jack Black and an executive producer of the science-fiction TV drama "The X-Files" to create original shows. Mobile media company FlycellÂ has formed a development and production company and reached a deal with two Hollywood producers to develop five scripts this year. Mobile operators already offer many video services, both live and on demand, but they aren't yet being used by most cellular customers. However, service providers have been lining up bigger partners and well-known content sources, such as the Sundance Institute, have been joining in. Verizon Wireless last yearÂ made a deal with Google's YouTubeÂ unit to show some of the user-generated video site's clips. Ericsson's deal with Turner encompasses news stories and video from the broadcasting company's CNN unit along with animation from the Cartoon Network cable TV channel and its Adult Swim brand. Turner will sell a package of content to carriers to include in their own mobile portals, and Ericsson will handle the technical side of delivering those offerings. The companies will also make some CNN material, namely text news and weather, available free on a mobile Web site for any browser. Turner already supplies some of this content to mobile operators an in individual basis, setting up a delivery system each time, said Brian Hickman, director of sales at Ericsson. Ericsson will adapt the content for multiple devices and streamline the process, he said. The companies will first start working with operators in Latin America and the Europe, Middle East and Africa region and plan to expand to other areas later. The free mobile-Web content can be blocked from users outside those areas, Hickman said. The services don't depend on having Ericsson network infrastructure, and Ericsson will seek similar deals with other media companies. Amp'd Mobile announced a deal with Black and two partners to develop an exclusive series of comedy shorts. Viewers will vote on the shows and determine which return and which are cancelled, the company said. Amp'd will also work with Icebox, co-founded by "The X-Files" executive producer Howard Gordon, which will produce an investigative news series about paranormal sightings around the world. Flycell's new production company, Flycell Productions, will work with an executive producer of the HBO miniseries "Band of Brothers" to develop scripts for seven, three-minute mobile shows. Flycell Productions also said it has already entered into co-production agreements for three mobile shows of its own.
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Swiss ISP will deliver pay-TV channels and video-on-demand service.
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NBC Universal announced plans today for a service that will make popular NBC programs available to download free to personal computers and other devices.
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NBC Sports and Web broadcaster   MediaZone will announce on Wednesday a joint Internet sports   channel offering viewers of a broader array of sports events   worldwide, from rugby to big-wave surfing.
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Sumo TV offers viewers the chance to create  content and get paid for it when it is broadcast on satellite.
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Following in the footsteps of rival CBS, NBC said Wednesday that it will allow users to post snippets of popular NBC news and sports programs to their personal web sites.
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Under the broad partnership, Viacom's TV and movie content will find its way on to Xbox and MSN, while Microsoft will be able to server ads to Viacom's U.S. web sites.