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JumpTV Rejects LiveVideo Offer in Favor of NeuLion Merger

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 27, 2008 - 9:42am.

Los Angeles - MySpace founder Brad Greenspan's LiveVideo Network venture this week made a $12.6 million offer for 25% of JumpTV, but the offer was turned down in favor of a previously announced merger agreement between JumpTV and NeuLion, Canada's Globe and Mail reported.

JumpTV to Merge with IPTV Firm NeuLion in $40 Million Deal

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 9, 2008 - 7:01am.

Toronto - JumpTV, a Toronto-based broadcaster of live and on-demand sports and international television programming over the Internet, announced on Monday that it will merge with NeuLion, an IPTV service that offers live and on-demand sports, international and religious programming over the Internet and through set-top boxes.

tags: Deals | Sports | Video | TV | Mergers | IPTV | JumpTV | NeuLion |

JumpTV Focuses on Sports, Hispanic TV; Other Units for Sale

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 14, 2008 - 9:20am.

Toronto - JumpTV, an online broadcaster of sports and international TV programming, announced on Thursday a strategic realignment towards its sports and Hispanic broadcast content, while looking to sell off its content delivery network and content based outside of Latin America.

tags: Deals | Sports | Video | TV | JumpTV | CDN |

Internet TV Broadcaster JumpTV Acquires Cycling TV for $4.95 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 10, 2007 - 9:59am.

Toronto - JumpTV, a provider of live Internet TV channels, said this week that it will acquire U.K.-based Cycling TV for $4.95 million in cash and stock.

JumpTV Buys Unit of College Sports Webcaster XOS for $60.25 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 18, 2007 - 12:07pm.

Toronto - JumpTV, a provider of live TV broadcasts over the Internet, announced that it will acquire the broadband network business unit of XOS Technologies, which focuses on U.S. college sports, for $60.25 million.

JumpTV Adds International TV Channels to Joost Streaming TV Service

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 2, 2007 - 4:31pm.

Toronto, Canada - JumpTV, an Internet TV network featuring international news and entertainment channels targeted at expatriates, announced that it has signed an agreement to add its programming to Joost, the streaming TV service launched by the creators of Kazaa and Skype. Toronto-based JumpTV offers consumers a selection of 270 channels from 70 countries on a subscription basis. The company will initially offer free Spanish-language TV channels from Chile, Colombia and Peru, as well as an Arabic-language comedy channel on Joost.

tags: Video | P2P | TV | Streaming | JumpTV | Joost |

Internet TV Broadcaster JumpTV Raises $100 Million in AIM Offering

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 26, 2007 - 12:32pm.

Toronto - JumpTV, an Internet TV network that syndicates more than 270 news and other channels from over 70 countries, announced that it has raised about $100 million in an offering of shares on London's Alternative Investments Market (AIM).

JumpTV Adds Dubai Channels to International TV Streaming Service

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 26, 2006 - 12:50pm.
Dubai - JumpTV, a provider of subscription-based Internet TV channels that broadcast international TV feeds, announced on Monday that it has added three channels from Dubai to its lineup.

JumpTV to Host Live Internet Stream of Palestine TV Network

Authored by dmw on April 6, 2006 - 3:16pm.
Ramallah, Palestine - Toronto-based Internet TV network JumpTV announced on Thursday that it has signed an agreement with the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation to serve as the exclusive Internet broadcast partner for Palestine TV. "Since Palestinians living away from home do not have access to local media, it becomes all the more difficult to stay in touch with current events," said JumpTV president Kaleil Isaza. "By subscribing to JumpTV, Palestinians can keep up-to-date with what is happening minute-by-minute, hour-by-hour in Palestine." JumpTV, whose service includes live network streams from nearly 60 countries, offers its channels for $5.95 per month for dial-up access or $9.95 for broadband access in the U.S. and Canada.

Internet TV Network JumpTV Adds Five Iraqi Channels

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 25, 2006 - 9:04am.
Baghdad - JumpTV, an online TV network that syndicates more than 100 local channels from nearly 50 countries, announced on Wednesday that it has launched five independent Iraqi TV channels on its service. For a monthly subscription of between $9.95 and $19.95, viewers can watch Iraqi channels including Al Baghdadia, Alsumaria and AldiyarSat, which is broadcasting gavel-to-gavel coverage of the trial of Saddam Hussein. The service is mainly intended for Iraqi expatriates, but the company hopes to add subtitled translations to attract more English-speaking subscribers.
tags: Internet | TV | JumpTV | Channel | Iraqi |