The number of media companies present in the FTSE 100 will be at its lowest level for more than 10 years, according to research from A review of all the companies identified that once ITV is relegated this week, only five per cent of the FTSE 100 will be media companies. This is a significant […]
The BBC Trust is launching a public consultation as part of a wide-ranging review into how the licence fee is collected. The Trust is responsible The Trusts review will consider areas such as: – The range of payment methods available to licence fee payers and whether it is clear to people when a TV licence […]
FastWeb has launched Warner TV, a new entertainment channel from Warner Bros. International Television Distribution (WBITD). The non-exclusive new Warner TV channel is a
Miniweb, the Interactive Service Provider has confirmed a significant funding round, securing access to $32 million of venture capital investment. The funding is lead by
The Broadband Stakeholder Group (BSG) – the UK government's advisory group on broadband – will this week publish a report on the costs of deploying The report, produced by Analysys Mason for the BSG, sets out the costs of the various technology options in detail and explains how those costs mount up as fibre is […]
Chellomedia, the content subsidiary of cable operator Liberty Global, is to buy Spektrum, a documentary channel in eastern Europe, in the company's fifth acquisition in Although no figure has been confirmed, Chellomedia is believed to be paying £60m (E74.4m) for Spektrum, which is owned by HBO Central Europe, a joint venture between Home Box Office, […]
Shopping channel QVC has launched QVC On Demand. QVC first launched video on demand in 2006 and, with this next generation service enabled by
Oz government seeks to boost DTV take-up Australian Communications Minister Stephen Conroy says restrictions on televised sports will be reviewed in an effort to encourage the Conroy stated the success of digital television depended on changes to sport broadcasting rules, and the rule that bans major sporting events from being broadcast on any digital channels […]
The adoption of Russia’s state-funded programme for the switch to digital TV, scheduled for completion in 2015, is to be postponed. The information technology and The most crucial unsolved issue is whether all the population will be supplied with digital equipment free of charge, as earlier announced. Meanwhile, industry players say that technological challenges also […]
On the basis of monthly adoption data for all commercial Mobile TV networks since May 2005 up until March 2008 or later, TeleAnalytics Mobile TV