Research shows that India's TV market is expected to experience growth in all sectors until 2013. The Indian economy is weathering the worldwide downturn far better than almost any major country and is forecast to grow 4.3 per cent in 2009 and 6.5 per cent the following year; lower than past rates, but much better […]
The BBC Trust ruled out any substantial flotation of the broadcaster's commercial arm. Chairman Sir Michael Lyons said the BBC Trust "wouldn't contemplate" a loss of direct control over the sale of programmes and merchandise which had been produced using licence fee money. His ruling came a few days after reports that the BBC's strategy […]
Inverto Digital Labs has confirmed it is becoming a supporting member of the HbbTV standard and that the HD+ hybrid set-top-box platform Scena 6, planned for the German market in Q1 2010, will support the Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV (HbbTV) standard. The hybrid STB platform will incorporate a CE-HTML browser from Pleyo that is working […]
Opera Software has confirmed it will provide web technology to Thomson. The Opera Devices SDK 9.7 Web technology will be integrated in Thomson's line of STBs, in the STB middleware software "THOMSuite" and the Thomson Service Platform software SmartVision". Opera will serve as one rendering component for the next generation of Thomson platforms, which allows […]
Pay-TV revenue in the UK will climb from $6.2 billion in 2009 to $8.2 billion by 2014 as IPTV grows at a CAGR of 26 percent within the forecast period, according to the latest report from Pyramid Research. The U.K. communications market is one of Europe’s largest and most dynamic markets, expected to generate US$47.1 […]
According to a report from The Diffusion Group, revenue from the delivery of Internet video to the TV will grow nearly six-fold in the next five years, from a meagre $1 billion in 2009 to $5.7 billion in 2014. TDG says that in 2009, pay-per-view services will account for 96 per cent of global OTT […]
Enders Analysis has told the Westminster eForum that online video "is not a revenue stream of any significance for anyone" despite industry hopes it would by now be a major contributor. Enders predicted VOD will generate only £200 million (E225m) a year in "direct revenue" and another £100 million a year in advertising by 2013. […]
Freeview TV are demanding that set-top box and PVR manufacturers accept new DRM standards to protect HD content. The BBC told Ofcom it should encrypt the DTT HD signal via a "broadcast flag" so that only selected PVRs will be able to record over Freeview. The actual audio and video won't be scrambled, but the […]
After more than a dozen years of failing to live up to its promise, web access on the television is finally ready for prime time, with retail sales of Internet-Enabled Televisions (IETVs) set to rise by a factor of six by 2013, according to iSuppli. The research group predicts worldwide sales of IETVs will rise […]
Optima Telekom , a Croatian provider of fixed telephony services, has launched a digital television service brandeded OptiTV. Available with five different triple-play packages which also include Opti Telefon fixed telephony and OptiDSL or OptiCarnet broadband Internet services, OptiTV includes 70 TV programmes, free access to the Snimalica DVR service for three months, and the […]