Entone, provider of IPTV home connectivity solutions, has confirmed the integration of VUDU's on demand entertainment services with Entone's next generation media hubs. This offering, available this summer, will allow Entone's telco customers to supplement their live broadcast television and digital video recorder (DVR) services with VUDU's library of more than 14,000 titles. Instead of […]
The European market for consumer electronics will likely contract in 2009 by around nine per cent and reach a total turnover value of E62 billion according to international market research institute EITO. This is the first reduction in the market for consumer electronics since the middle of the 1990s. "The reason for the fall has […]
More than 40% of U.S. adults under 35 are already viewing Internet video on the TV at least once per month, according to research firm In-Stat, which predicts that revenue from Web-to-TV streaming services will grow to $2.9 billion in 2013. Within five years, the number of U.S. broadband households viewing Web-to-TV content will grow […]
Toy maker Hasbro has formed a joint venture with Discovery Communications to create a TV network with original programming based on Hasbro brands. Hasbro has licensed its brands for a variety of different entertainments. Under terms of the deal, Hasbro will pay Discovery $300 million in cash for a 50 per cent share in the […]
Australia's biggest investment bank, Macquarie Group, has reported its first fall in full-year profits in 17 years. Net profit in the year to 31 March fell by 52% to A$871m ($635m). It also cut A$2.5bn ($1.8 billion) from the value of its assets because of the global financial crisis. The bank said it had cash […]
French authorities have pushed back a tender for a fourth 3G mobile operating licence in order to examine the terms and conditions of the award. The move follows warnings from incumbents that they would seek redress in the courts if the price set by the government for the concession is too low. French Secretary of […]
Comcast reported improving subscriber losses and nearly doubling its free cash flow for the quarter. Comcast said it lost 78,000 subscribers in the period – slightly worse than the 57,000 lost in the first quarter of 2008 but better than analyst consensus estimates of a 171,000 subscriber loss. Revenue rose 5.3% to $8.8 billion and […]
The US has added Canada to its “priority watch list” of countries where Internet piracy flourishes, reflecting a tough new line in the Obama administration over the Harper government’s failure to deliver on promises of new copyright laws. Canada joins a dozen countries – including Algeria, China, Russia, Pakistan, Indonesia and Venezuela – criticised by […]
The BBC and Virgin Media have confirmed the launch of high definition content on BBC iPlayer on Virgin Media. Virgin Media’s TV customers are now able to watch a selection of popular BBC programming. Virgin Media is the first TV platform to make BBC iPlayer available in full screen picture quality, directly to its TV […]
Croatian telco T-Hrvatski Telekom (T-HT) has reported a total of 150,953 subscribers to its IPTV service ‘MAXtv’ at the end of the first quarter of 2009, up 167.9 per cent from the 56,355 customers registered at the end of the same period in 2008. The telco noted that this strong growth was supported by the […]