iCraveTV ready to re-launch with stricter access rules and new content providers
News | 07/12/2000 4:00 am EDT
Embattled Internet broadcaster iCraveTV.com is preparing to take another run at viability this fall, this time with retransmission rights secured and a new blocking software that should appease rights holders. If the maverick company is successful, the re-launch will mark an end to its voluntary break in operations, which it accepted in return for lawsuits against it being dropped (CNM, March 22/00). Ian McCallum, VP corporate sales and development, told a packed lunch crowd at the CANARIE-sponsored Net 2000 show in Ottawa that the company is in talks with a few dozen content providers, mostly in Canada and the U.S., and is already eyeing expansion both within North America and around the globe. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here Unlock all the Canadian telecom, broadcasting and digital media news you need.Take a free trial or subscribe to The Wire Report now. FREE TRIALTwo weeks free access to thewirereport.ca and our exlusive newsletters. SUBSCRIBEUnlimited access to thewirereport.ca and our exlusive newsletters. Reuse & PermissionsUnauthorized distribution, transmission, reuse or republication of any and all content is strictly prohibited. To discuss re-use of this material, please contact: Customer Care, 613-688-8821 | subscriptions@hilltimes.com |