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. […]
Despite their relatively short market history, Telco IPTV providers are well-positioned, and lead in customer satisfaction and brand loyalty, according to a survey just published by analyst firm Strategy Analytics. Over 80 per cent of Verizon FiOS and AT&T U-Verse television customers reported to be "very" or "extremely" satisfied with their provider. Cable customers, on […]
MEF (Mobile Entertainment Forum) has launched its global 'Smart Pipe Enablers Initiative' to create an industry-wide framework that will lay the foundation for the next generation of mobile entertainment services. The impact of this initiative will be more useful services, taken up faster by the industry. Smart Pipe Enabler Services are to be provided by […]
Germany's Premiere wants a FTA channel, called Premiere Vitrine, to promote its pay TV services, and has applied to the Bavarian media authority for a licence. Premiere has struggled to make premium pay-TV a success in a country with over 30 FTA channels. Premiere closed Giga TV, a previous attempt at a stand-alone FTA channel.
French broadcaster TF1 has spooked investors with a gloomy outlook as the economy worsens and it slashed its dividend, sending shares in the country's leading commercial broadcaster down by as much as 18 per cent. TF1 said that 2009 sales would fall 9 per cent, three times more than analysts expected, and that it would […]
ITV is continuing to sell off non-core assets, striking a deal to offload a 70% stake in spectrum management company JFMG to transmission outfit Arqiva for £1m (E1.13m) in cash. The sale is being carried out by ITV Network Limited, in which ITV owns a 90.1% share. Arqiva now owns all of JFMG, providing access […]
Time Warner Cable shifted some key management positions in anticipation of its planned split with parent Time Warner Inc., naming CEO Glenn Britt to the additional position of chairman. The company received the necessary government approvals for the split earlier this month and said it expected to complete the split by the end of the […]
ANT has confirmed that Chunghwa Telecom has chosen the ANT Galio Browser as the user interface platform upon which to develop a successor to Chunghwa Telecom's successful Multimedia on Demand (MOD) Service. The existing MOD Service provides Taiwanese consumers with a range of multimedia services such as broadcast TV channels, on-demand movies and interactive services […]
ANT has confirmed that Chunghwa Telecom has chosen the ANT Galio Browser as the user interface platform upon which to develop a successor to Chunghwa Telecom's successful Multimedia on Demand (MOD) Service. The existing MOD Service provides Taiwanese consumers with a range of multimedia services such as broadcast TV channels, on-demand movies and interactive services […]
Discovery Networks EMEA, a division of media company Discovery Communications, has revealed that Investigation Discovery (ID), a 24-hour crime and investigation channel, will launch in Russia in April 2009. This marks the first continental European launch for ID, which rolled out in the UK in January 2009 following its US debut in January 2008.