Advanced Digital Broadcast (ADB) has confirmed it will supply its latest DVB-T digital video recorder platform for the Norwegian market under its agreement with Grundig. The DTR 8860 VOD is the first-to-market to fully support RiksTV’s push-VOD service, which is using the pVOD solution from Osmosys. RiksTV plans to launch its new push-VOD service in […]
The rising popularity of digital video recorders seemed to spell doom for prime-time TV because the technology lets viewers skip ads, but a study has shown DVRs are probably replacing DVD viewing, not TV. More than 90 per cent of people surveyed in May by Knowledge Networks Inc., a market research firm, said they typically […]
Shares in BT have plunged by 25 per cent to their lowest-ever level after it shocked the City with a profits warning. Shares sank below the price they floated at in 1984 after the telco admitted in an unscheduled trading update that earnings at its Global Services arm will be much lower than expected. The […]
BSkyB has answered recent downbeat analysis with a better than expected 25 per cent increase in first quarter profits and the addition of 87,000 new customers, which takes the broadcaster past the nine million mark for the first time. Chief executive, Jeremy Darroch, said the business, which now has 9.067 million subscribers, had its best […]
NBC Universal has launched its new mobile portal in Japan to coincide with the theatrical run, in Japan, of the blockbuster movie 'Wanted'. It is set to offer downloadable content and services to mobile customers via a number of operators, including NTT Docomo, KDDI-au and SoftBank Mobile. NBC Universal will distribute and market its content […]
Virgin Media has had a competition tribunal appeal rejected that, if upheld, could have resulted in rival pay-TV broadcaster BSkyB being forced to sell its entire 17.9 per cent stake in ITV. Last month Virgin Media lodged an appeal arguing that the Competition Commission failed to properly consider special rules governing the plurality of media […]
Project Kangaroo, the joint venture between ITV, Channel 4 and BBC Worldwide to provide an online video on-demand service, will not pose a threat to competition, the project has said in its submission to the Competition Commission's inquiry. In 73 page rebuttal of competitors claims, Kangaroo insists it will not reduce competition in the nascent […]
Jupiter Telecommunications (J:COM) announced that the total subscribing households as of September 30th, 2008 served by J:COM's 18 consolidated franchises reached 2.90 million, up 288,000, or 11 per cent since September 30th, 2007. Combined revenue generating units for cable television, high-speed Internet access and telephony services reached approximately 5.21 million, up 604,600 or 13.1 per […]
AT&T has confirmed it will add up to 30 new HD channels next week at no additional charge to customers’ current U-verse HD service package. The US telco says the channels will give it more than 75 HD channels. The new channels include several regional sports networks, premium movie channels and basic cable networks.
TV made a big contribution to Telenor's third quarter revenues, driven by an increase of 21,000 cable TV internet subscriptions, and price increases to Canal Digital's cable and DTH subscriptions. The price rises followed the decision to drop the separate HD tier, instead including the channels as part of the regular tiers. Canal Digital Group […]