Ofcom has received two applications from the PSBs who are eligible to apply for capacity sufficient for a fourth High Definition service on Multiplex B. The applicants are Five and a joint bid from Channel 4 and Welsh-language broadcaster S4C. Ofcom is now considering both applications and expects to publish its decision in April 2009. […]
From David Del Valle in Madrid Spain’s largest pay-TV group, Sogecable, hit a record E1.87 billion in revenues for 2008, but failed to stop the fall in subscribers as the company lost 30,000 pay-TV clients in its up-for-sale digital DTH platform Digital Plus on the year. Sogecable’s free-to-air channel Cuatro increased by 13.7 per cent […]
Nearly 40 percent of U.S. internet-enabled households subscribe to premium entertainment services that offer DVD delivery, music downloads or video games on demand, according to a report released Wednesday by market research firm The NPD Group. The reason, according to NPD, is that consumers today are looking for value. "For just a few dollars a […]
Hulu is bowing to the demands of its content masters and has asked to be removed from Boxee's media centre platform. Boxee had no formal relationship with Hulu and was just gaining some traction with users. Up to this point, Boxee had provided access to Hulu, Netflix, ABC, CBS, MTV and more for free. Hulu […]
According to China’s State Administration of Radio Film and Television, the official website of China Central Television CCTV.com will soon open a nationwide Internet TV station.
The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) has confirmed that its American National Standards Institute (ANSI)-accredited SCTE Standards Program has begun to investigate the standardisation required for the carriage of next generation 3D content on cable networks. The SCTE Engineering Committee, which oversees the Society's development of technical standards covering all aspects of cable networks, […]
Former BBC3 controller Stuart Murphy has been appointed as the director of programmes at Sky1. Murphy, who is currently creative director at independent production house Twofour, maker of Sky1’s Noel’s HQ, will replace Richard Woolfe, who is moving to head Channel Five.
Anevia, a video service infrastructure provider, and Vianeos an IPTV middleware provider, have confirmed the deployment of their IPTV solution at French Grenoble "Stade des Alpes" stadium. Vincent Meddour, Anevia Sales Manager comments: "Grenoble stadium is one of the first sport players to innovate with a new technology. IPTV perfectly suits professional sport values: strong […]
Broadband has transformed video viewing habits in Western Europe, where over 20 per cent of broadband households have watched a film or TV programme online in the past six months, according to international research firm Parks Associates, whose The Impact of Online Video in Europe , addresses these changes in viewing habits. European consumers are […]
The worldwide market for pay-Direct-to-Home (DTH) satellite television rose significantly in 2008, with an estimated 18 percent rise in subscriptions, reports In-Stat. The primary reason for this increase was strong growth in the Indian market, which more than doubled to about 9 million subscribers at the end of 2008, the high-tech market research firm says. […]