Ofcom has released details of its 2009-10 annual plan, with emphasis on delivering spectrum through the digital dividend and promoting competition in pay-TV. Ofcom expects to make a decision on proposals to force Sky to offer some of its premium channels wholesale in spring 2009. The current consultation as a result of Ofcom's pay-TV review, […]
IAC/InteractiveCorp Chief Executive Barry Diller has told Reuters he expects his company will have up to $2.2 billion in cash by March 2009 and has no plans to use it for share buybacks, although he is keen for acquisitions. “My sense is that we wouldn’t be purchasers of our own stock and that’s because tomorrow […]
'Next generation guidance' company Vizimo has confirmed the acquisition of TIOTI (Tape It Off The Internet), the popular, interactive, TV social networking website. Vizimo plans to use TIOTI as a shop window in which to pioneer, demonstrate and test new functionality and tools that tie together TV, the web and, increasingly, mobile devices. TIOTI launched […]
The Guizhou provincial broadcasting authorities plans to invest a total of RMB 2.2 billion (E0.25bn) between 2008 and 2010 into accelerated construction of a province-wide integrated television and data network in order to ensure effective cable coverage and transmissions at the central, provincial, municipal, and county levels. The project is planned to be completed in […]
ITV is changing the name of its on demand player to ITV Player. The move is part of the broadcaster's aim to create a recognisable brand as their content becomes available on other platforms and coincides with a recent deal with BT to show ITV content on their video-on-demand (VOD) service BT Vision. The re-brand, […]
Tandberg Television has confirmed that KT, Korea’s leading integrated wired/wireless communications service provider, has selected a Tandberg IPTV head end to support the continued growth of its Mega TV IPTV service. Mega TV has over 700,000 subscribers and provides interactive and pay per view services, including movies on-demand. KT will use TANDBERG Television's market leading […]
After an extended period of strong sales growth and profit performance the IABM Industry Index reveals the first indication of a downturn in the broadcast and media technology sector. The IABM Index tracks year on year change in overall sales and profitability for the broadcast manufacturing and media technology sector worldwide by examining the latest […]
According to a report released this week by market research firm iSuppli, HDTVs are now the leading television product on the market in terms of global shipments, outstripping SD sets this year for the first time. Based on the firm’s data, HDTV shipments, which were at 97.1 million in 2007, could reach as high as […]
A jump in average broadband download speeds in the UK from 4.1Mbps in January to 5Mbps in October 2008 has coincided in Brits move from watching predominantly low-quality video clips on platforms like YouTube to high-quality video on the BBC’s iPlayer which perform best at download speeds. Picture quality and sound via streaming technologies is […]
STV and UTV, the two UK regional franchise holders of ITV licences, have told Ofcom, the British broadcast regulator, that they wanted nothing to do with a single nationwide licence for Channel 3 in the UK. The idea was floated by Michael Grade, executive chairman of ITV, in recent remarks at a Royal Television Society. […]