The chairman of BBC Worldwide, Etienne de Villiers, is to step down at the end of the month after almost three years in the role. De Villiers, who served on ITV’s board as a non-executive director from 2004 to 2007, was appointed as chairman of the BBC’s commercial holdings board in September 2005 with a […]
Managing the Bigger Picture In the quest to deliver content to consumers “anywhere, anytime, on any device”, broadcasters find themselves having to accommodate large volumes of multi-format content based on cunsumer demand and the need to deliver beyond conventional distribution. Farah Jifri discovers how the broadcast industry is reposnding to the challenge. Download Bigger Picture […]
PRS for Music and YouTube have signed a licensing agreement that covers music contained in videos streamed via the online video platform. As a result, premium music videos will be reinstated to YouTube in the UK. The deal will be backdated to January 2009, when YouTube's previous licence expired. As a result of the agreement […]
Sony plans to launch 3D TVs next year in a move to spur sales amid slowing growth in flat TV demand. CEO Howard Stringer announced the 3D TV launch at the IFA trade show in Berlin. Stringer said “As with high definition a few years back, there are a variety of issues yet to be […]
ESPN announced it has secured the rights to broadcast the UEFA Europa League for the next three seasons. Formerly known as the UEFA Cup, the UEFA Europa League has a group stage that includes 48 clubs, 10 of which were eliminated in the playoff round of UEFA Champions League qualifiers. The ties will begin on […]
News Corp is said to be in talks to take a stake in Arab media and entertainment group Rotana, owned by the Saudi Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal. Reports say News Corp is looking at a 20 percent stake. Rotana owns a film production company, a magazine (Rotana Magazine), television (Rotana TV), and seven music channels […]
More than $10bn in advertising disappeared from US media markets in the first six months of this year, according to new data from Nielsen showing a 15.4 per cent year-on-year decline. The study showed sharp differences in the behaviour of different media and product categories, with cable television the only medium on which ad spend […]
According to an InfoCom study the number of mobile TV users continues to grow but there is still no proven business model so far. Japan, South Korea and Italy are the leading markets for broadcast-based mobile TV services but mobile TV subscriber growth in these markets is driven mainly by free or partly-free access and […]
QuickPlay Media has unveiled the findings of its latest quarterly US consumer consumption analysis. The results-aggregate usage statistics from 17 representative QuickPlay-powered services revealed a rise in consumer demand for video downloads as well as a sharp increase in average length of stream views. The latest findings, compiled between April 1st and June 30th, 2009, […]
Americans are increasing their overall media consumption, and media multi-tasking is part of the equation, according to data from The Nielsen Company's most recent Three Screen Report. During 2nd Quarter 2009, the number of people watching mobile video increased 70 per cent from last year and people who watch video online increased their viewing by […]