News International is investigating working with News Corp sites such as Sky and MySpace, to create a behavioural targeting network across its properties. The creation of such a network would allow News International titles, such as The Times and The Sun to share data on reader behaviour and enable brands to target across both News […]
The European Commission has backed plans from Dutch telecoms regulator OPTA to open up the country's cable TV market. OPTA plans to force the country's four largest cable operators Ziggo, UPC, Delta and CAIW to open up their digital networks to third parties. According to OPTA, the regulations are needed to boost competition in the […]
From David Del Valle in Madrid The sale of DTT devices in December broke all records with more than 1,016,487 pieces sold in only one month, nearly two times the sales in November with 590,813 or in September with 546,163. Out of the total December sales Integrated DTT TV sets represented 444,000 units, with 369,000 […]
Eutelsat has raised its revenue target for the full year after the world’s third-biggest satellite operator posted a 52.8 per cent increase in net profit over the first half of 2008-2009. Eutelsat said it now targeted sales of E910 million in full-year 2008-2009, up from a target of more than E900 million last confirmed on […]
Following the Kangaroo blockade, Channel 4 is preparing to launch its new strategy for free online TV catch-up next month. Unlike its 4oD TV download service, the broadcaster’s shows from the last 30 days will appear directly on Channel4.com web pages – in the mould of the BBC iPlayer. This move has not been provoked […]
Lithuanian telco TEO has revealed that the number of subscribers to its IPTV service ‘Interactive GALA’ more than doubled during 2008 to reach 40,400 by year-end. Its DTT service, which launched in March, reached 26,300 customers by the end of 2008, and its broadband subscriber base saw an increase of 15.2 per cent during 2008 […]
ITN is celebrating the most popular news application in the iTunes chart with a tool that allows users to watch video news reports on their iPhone, even if they have no signal. The ITN application -free from the iTunes Store – offers a browseable menu of the latest headlines in UK and international news, sport […]
Disney has agreed a 30-film deal with film director Steven Spielberg and his DreamWorks venture. Disney will receive a fee for each DreamWorks film it distributes and markets through its global pipeline. Disney's pay-television deal with Starz, the cable channel owned by John Malone's Liberty Media, will see the DreamWorks included providing it with a […]
STAR, a wholly owned subsidiary of News Corporation and Asia's leading media and entertainment company, has confirmed the appointment of Yeshpal Sharma as its Vice President of Distribution and Advertising Sales for the UK and continental Distribution and Sales and head of STAR's North American and European offices.
Alix Pryde is to become the new Controller, BBC Distribution. She replaces Richard Waghorn who has left the BBC to become Chief Technology Officer for SABC, the South African public service broadcaster. …………..