Digital Delivery is dramatically altering the Sports business, by changing the relationship between sporting bodies, their fans, and those who promote and 'deliver' the sport to fans. In particular, distribution of sporting content over digital TV channels and the internet is enabling: Sporting bodies to build communities among and between fans and their clubs and teams; Major clubs and federations to retain rights control; New entrants(such as telecoms companies)to gain control of distribution and associated revenues; An increase in sports viewing overall; A significant increase in audiences for minority and niche sports; Dominant sports, clubs and broadcasters to strengthen their positions
It was only a matter of time before Amazon added content delivery to its range of web services, which include the S3 storage service and EC2 on-demand computing. Amazon has just announced its intention to offer a content delivery service that could transform the industry and pose a serious challenge to Akamai Technologies, Limelight Networks and the plethora of new start-ups offering Content Delivery Networks.
Michelle Wong, 18 September 2008
The Walt Disney Company's Asian subsidiary The Walt Disney Company (Southeast Asia) Pte. Ltd. has increased its strategic investment in UTV, India's only integrated media and entertainment company with content creation abilities across platforms and genres. With this investment, Disney will be...
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Sarita Jones, 11 June 2008
CBS, the US broadcast network, is paying $1.8bn in cash to acquire CNET Networks, a technology and entertainment website operator. CNET was one of the last of the major independent internet content providers, and the sale price left some experts questioning whether CBS is overpaying to make up...
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Michelle Wong, 16 May 2008
The London-based Private Equity firm Vitruvian Partners is buying Tinopolis, one of the United Kingdom’s leading independent media companies, with around 2,500 hours of drama, factual, sports and children’s programming produced each year for more than 200 broadcasters worldwide, for about £45m.
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Sarita Jones, 12 May 2008
Adify the white-label online ad network, has been acquired by Cox Enterprises, for about $300 million, in an all-cash deal. Adify which was founded in 2005, had raised a total of $27 million in development funding and made about $7 million in revenues in 2007.
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Sarita Jones, 01 May 2008