In the first half of 2009 UK Internet advertising and grew by 4.6 per cent to £1.752 billion (E1.6bn), despite the entire advertising sector contracting by 16.6 per cent during the same period. According to the bi-annual online advertising expenditure study from the Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) – the trade body for digital marketing – […]
General Electric is said to have sounded out Comcast, the US cable operator, over the sale of at least part of NBC Universal if Vivendi decides to divest its 20 per cent holding in the group that it controls. While Comcast denies any deal is in place, the move underlines General Electric's expectation that Vivendi […]
Advanced Digital Broadcast (ADB), supplier of technology to the global digital television industry, has launched its first HD interactive digital terrestrial (DTT) set-top box for the Italian retail market that will allow Italian football fans to watch Serie A in HD as well HD programmes broadcast in the switch-off areas. The i-CAN3810T-HD, marketed under the […]
From David Del Valle in Madrid Media group Vocento has launched the first Regional DTT network in the country with DTT channels operating in Madrid (Onda 6), Andalusia (channel Sevilla TV), the Basque Country (channels, Teledonosti, Alava 7 and Bilbovision) and Murcia (Canal 6) for a potential audience of 16 million people. Broadcasting 24 hours […]
Virgin Media and BT have attacked BSkyB's pricing mechanism for its premium channels in a joint submission to Ofcom's pay-TV inquiry. The companies say Sky's "near monopoly" restricts consumer choice and keeps prices high. Ofcom has already recommended it should regulate the wholesale price of Sky's premium channels. The two companies, plus Freeview provider Top-Up […]
Cisco is to acquire Tandberg for $2.96bn. The Norwegian public corporation is the world's biggest maker of videoconference equipment and was the mother company from which Tandberg Television (now owned by Ericsson) was spun off in the 1990s.
News Corp has announced a series of executive appointments within the company's Digital Media Group, the division responsible for driving digital strategy across the organisation, and directing the company's standalone digital media businesses. News Corp. Digital Media's (NDM) new executive team includes General Counsel and EVP of Business Affairs Dan Fawcett; EVP of Operations Jack […]
From Colin Mann in Cannes David Lancefield, Entertainment & Media (E&M) partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), has suggested that innovative, new measurement models are required to harness the power of cross-platform advertising and content monetisation for E&M. “The combination of the worst cyclical downturn in decades, with the structural transition to online, has resulted in a burning […]
Time Warner Cable is launching Enhanced TV a PVR-catch up type service which has features that allows customers to watch shows without planning ahead, Chief Strategy Officer Peter Stern said. Subscribers can restart programmes if they missed the beginning, watch shows up to three days after the air date, and eventually view programmes older than […]
German cable operator Kabel Deutschland (KDG) plans to offer broadband Internet with download speeds of up to 100Mbps from 2010. KDG's CEO, Adrian von Hammerstein, told a German newspaper that the new offering will initially be available in large urban areas, with up to four towns covered in the first half of the year. The […]