Digital media and entertainment industry news

Liberty Global International seeks buyer for Chellomedia | 24 May 13 tags › Liberty Global International (LGI) is seeking a buyer for its channel and content arm Chellomedia. Chellomedia's international channel distribution produces revenues of around $514m as of December 2012...

Slovak incumbent to buy Digi Slovakia | 23 May 13 tags › Slovak incumbent telecommunications operator, Deutsche Telekom-owned Slovak Telekom, acquired from Romanian group, RCS&RDS, its satellite and cable TV platforms, Digi Slovakia. The price of the deal has...

Orange to launch satellite TV platform in Romania | 23 May 13 tags › Romanian National Broadcasting Council, CNA, awarded owned by France Telecom Orange Romania with a license to provide satellite TV in the country. The service is planned to launch yet in 2013 with short of 100...

Microsoft Targets Always-On Relevance With Xbox One's Integrated Entertainment Solution | 23 May 13 tags › Overall Positioning With the unveiling of Xbox One, Microsoft has put forward its vision for the evolution of its positioning of the Xbox platform as home entertainment hub, by building a hardware, software...

Deluxe Digital launches European movie delivery service | 23 May 13 tags › Deluxe Digital Cinema, the London-based operation, is launching a Europe-wide fibre-based movie delivery service for distributors and exhibitors, in association with Hewlett-Packard. The network aims to link...

Nintendo renews long-standing Sega collaboration | 23 May 13 tags › Nintendo has unveiled a software partnership with Sega, including exclusive instalments of the next game in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. Dubbed Lost World, the game will be released on both Wii U and 3DS. Further announcements surrounding the latest Nintendo Direct broadcast included a new Mario & Sonic Olympics title, New Super Luigi U (extensive, themed DLC for New Super Mario Bros. U), plus confirmed release dates for Wii U exclusives The Wonderful 101, Pikmin 3, and Game & Wario.

Continued decline for French physical rental market in 2012 | 23 May 13 tags › IHS Screen Digest has finalised 2012 video rental results in France based on data published by the French video association SEVN.

US Senate sends Marketplace Fairness Act to House | 23 May 13 tags › The US Senate passed May 6 the Marketplace Fairness Act 69-27 which, if the House of Representatives also passes it, promises to level the playing field in the battle between e-commerce sites and...

French physical video declines slows through 2012 | 22 May 13 tags › IHS Screen Digest has finalized physical retail consumer level and trade level data for year end 2012 based on data published by the French video association, Syndicat de l'Edition Vidéo Numerique (SEVN). Forecasts to 2017 have also been provisionally updated on the basis of these numbers.

Fox offers early digital access on new release titles | 21 May 13 tags › US studio Fox is to offer US consumers early digital access on all upcoming movie releases on DVD and Blu-ray Disc (BD) from May 2013.

Belgian Blu-ray Disc retail volumes and consumer spending grow in 2012 | 21 May 13 tags › IHS Screen Digest has finalised physical video retail numbers at consumer and trade level for year end 2012 based on data published by Belgian Entertainment Association (BEA). Forecasts to 2017 have also been provisionally updated on the basis of these numbers.

BSkyB to close Acetrax after finishing technology integration | 21 May 13 tags › BSkyB-owned transactional movie service Acetrax is to close on June 21st 2013. The service, which was acquired in April 2012, no longer offers download-to-own (digital retail/EST) movies but will continue to...