BBC research has revealed that the BBC iPlayer has now received more than 75 million requests to stream or download programmes since launch. The research also shows that BBC iPlayer enjoyed another month of strong growth during April. The total number of requests for downloads and streams of BBC programmes in April was 21 million, […]
From David Del Valle in Madrid The new Minister of Industry, Miguel Sebastian, has confirmed the analogue switch-off deadline, scheduled for April 3 2010, ruling out a delay in the migration to digital, contrary to Sogecable’s hopes of a deferment. The decision to allow pay DTT services, as broadcasters such as Mediapro – a shareholder […]
France’s Conseil superieur de l’audiovisuel has revealed that Canal+ was the sole applicant in response to the TV regulator’s request for applications to provide a pay-TV channel in high definition. The CSA has deemed the application admissible.
DISH Network Corporation, Americas third largest pay-TV provider and NBC Universal, have signed an agreement to provide interactive trigger capabilities to NBC Universal’s 14 television networks and 10 NBC owned-and-operated TV stations. DISH Network subscribers who have a digital video recorder will now be able to use their remote controls to request more information from […]
Over the next four years, shipments of televisions that offer a superior picture by using 100Hz/120Hz and faster refresh rates will rise from negligible levels to nearly 90 million in 2012, according to iSuppli Corp. Paul Semenza, vice president of iSuppli, forecast that 120Hz refresh technology would be found in 46.2 per cent of LCD-TVs […]
Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) and Videoload, the Video on Demand (VOD) and Electronic Sell Through (EST) service from Deutsche Telekom, have inked an agreement that makes Sony Pictures titles available through the service. Videoload customers can now buy Sony Pictures titles digitally on an EST basis for retention on their PCs and burning to […]
Redback Networks, an Ericsson company that makes video-centric routers, has released results of a nationwide survey in the UK, measuring the popularity of on-demand TV and Internet video. In a survey of 2168 online adults, the Redback sponsored research showed that more than half of UK residents (57 per cent) watch up to 10 hours […]
From David Del Valle in Madrid The new Minister of Industry, Miguel Sebastian, has confirmed the analogue switch-off deadline, scheduled for April 3 2010, ruling out a delay in the migration to digital, contrary to Sogecable’s hopes of a deferment. The decision to allow pay DTT services, as broadcasters such as Mediapro – a shareholder […]
From Nick Snow in Nice The TM Forum has revealed it has been working with the UK Government to establish a new industry programme aimed at serving the procurement needs of large-scale end-user organisations. These buyers purchase IT and communications technology on a scale equivalent to many service providers and as such many of the […]
Annual adspend on mobile search will reach $445 million in 2008 – representing more than 34 per cent of total mobile adspend – before rising to more than $2 billion by 2013, according to Juniper Research. The Juniper reports – Mobile Search and Discovery and Mobile Advertising – found that as operators abandon the 'walled […]