Rising demand for complex multimedia-centric applications is forcing handset manufacturers to design increasingly smart‚ and highly personalised mobile devices. A report from Juniper Research forecasts that these so-called smartphones will account for 23 per cent of all new handsets sold per annum by 2013. Driving interest in smart phones will be the proliferation of online […]
As market penetration rates for mobile services continue to soar in emerging markets, advertisers are expected to dramatically increase their spending on “third-screen” ad campaigns targeted specifically to users of mobile data services, providing a potentially huge new revenue stream for operators of mobile networks, according to the latest report from Pyramid Research. Pyramid predicts […]
From Branislav Pekic in Rome By 2012, pay-TV revenues will surpass advertising income in Italy, according to the latest research by the Milan-based e-Media Institute consultancy. The research indicates that advertising revenues will continue steadily, even after the strong fall in 2009, while revenues from pay-TV, pay per view and video on demand services will […]
In December BSkyB revealed a choice of three online Sky Player TV subscription packages – ranging from £15 (E17) to £34 per month – including channels such as Disney, MTV, Sky Sports, British Eurosport and Nickelodeon.
Google ‘s YouTube and Universal Music are in talks to create a premium online music video service. If they reach a deal, the service could mark a significant step forward in Google’s attempt to generate revenue from YouTube, which it acquired for $1.65 billion in 2006. They are in talks to create a stand-alone site […]
Content security provider Conax, has reported 36 per cent revenue growth in 2008 based on global sales of its smart card security solutions. Conax‚ success is highlighted by strong growth in leading industry markets Europe, India, China and Latin America. Conax is today the third largest provider of content security globally for digital TV. In […]
Orange France has reported a 66 per cent growth in pay-TV customers across its IPTV and satellite platforms in Europe last year, rising from 1.2 million at the end of 2007 to 2.1 million by the end of 2008. The France-Telecom company had the majority of these customers, or 1.9 million, in France, with 201,000 […]
At DVB World 2009, Microsoft and NXP, the semiconductor company founded by Philips, will demonstrate a prototype TV tuner for Windows Media Centre based on the new DVB-T2 digital terrestrial transmission system. The prototype, which comprises all major functionality of NXP's upcoming DVB-T2 one chip solution and is designed for the Windows 7 release of […]
BskyB has bluntly blamed C4 for bieng the architect of its own demise. In an unforgiving response to comms minister Lord Carter's interim Digital Report, it claims Channel 4 has wasted millions of pounds on failed business ventures and could be profitable if it was better run. BskyB says C4 wasted £270m (E309m) on “unprofitable […]
The Coda Research Consultancy has released findings from its three month market and behavioural study of UK Video on Demand via TV and online. Coda’s project “Video on Demand: Behaviour and Trajectories” shows that the launch of Project Canvas, and the launch of an aggregated subscription based VOD service by the middle of 2010 will […]