Disney is in talks with Yahoo! over making videos from its television networks available through the internet media company’s tv software, according to a news report.
The Wall Street Journal cites people familiar with the discussions said the entertainment giant is keen to try new digital models for video distribution.
The ability to offer some of Disney’s networked material would bring Yahoo into the battle between Apple, Google and Cisco Systems to combine internet video and conventional television, the newspaper said.
Disney is keen to try new digital models for video dsistribution; News Corp. is in talks with Samsung Electronics and other companies over licensing TV shows and movies from its 20th Century Fox library, the WSJ said, citing people familiar with those talks.
Nearly one third of Brits plan to change ISPs in 2011
A new survey of almost 500 broadband internet users in the UK has revealed that 45 Percent are unhappy with their current ISP and as a result almost one third plan to swap ISP in 2011.
The results from 491 respondents to ISPreview.co.uk’s latest survey have revealed that 45% of UK consumers are unhappy with their current Internet Service Provider, with almost one third (31%) planning to switch ISP in 2011 (another 32.5% were undecided).
Most of the problems appear to stem from displeasure at broadband speeds and support quality, with 36% rating their provider’s internet connection speed as “Poor” and 26% giving the same verdict for Customer Support.
Just 36% of consumers said they had no plans to switch ISP this year.
“It’s deeply disappointing to see that consumer satisfaction with mainstream ISPs is still so extremely low,” remarked ISPreview.co.uk’s Founder, Mark Jackson. “Just 37% felt that their broadband speed was ‘Good’ and an even lower 35% gave the same opinion for ‘Customer Support’. Clearly ISPs need to work a lot harder to keep customers happy and combat churn. We predict that the situation will improve as faster and more reliable superfast broadband services slowly become widely available between now and 2015”
“However the advertising of so-called ‘unlimited’ usage deals will face tighter regulation this year, as should broadband speeds. ISPs will also be required to adapt to a raft of new laws (e.g. to combat unlawful file sharing). The result of all these changes could cause some prices to climb in 2011, which would be an unwelcome but perhaps unavoidable move on top of the current VAT hike,” Concluded Jackson.
