Com Hem the Swedish MSO reported an 11% revenue increase in the second quarter. Digital television subscriptions increased by 4%, passing the half million at 504,000. Pay-TV subscribers on the analogue network continued to fall to 60,400 from 77,300, with migration to digital. Fast internet grew subs were up by 0.3% to 513,100 and telephony […]
Television advertising still has the greatest impact on consumers according to a survey published by Deloitte/YouGov on behalf of the Edinburgh International Television Festival. Of the 2,123 UK viewers polled, 64 per cent of respondents ranked television commercials as the advertising format with the most impact. Television advertising had the most impact on young viewers, […]
Mobile operator O2 has unveiled its new mobile TV service. However, the service is only available on certain handsets, with the iPhone absent from the list. The mobile TV package will be divided into two offerings: the lifestyle pack, which includes entertainment, music, and news from channels such as RTE News Now, CNN and the […]
BBC Worldwide is rebranding its BBC Prime channel to BBC Entertainment later this year. From November, the general entertainment channel will be renamed BBC Entertainment across Europe and the Middle East. Dean Possenniskie, general manager and senior vice-president EMEA BBC Worldwide Channels said the move would help to give the brand consistency across its key […]
Microsoft Video Player has had almost 170,000 views of in the first fortnight since it launched in the UK, says the Guardian. Microspft launched a pilot of the MSN Video Player on 3 August after the banning of Project Kangaroo by competition regulators in February. The first figures on usage show that after 11 full […]
News Corp has unveiled details of a shake-up of its Hong Kong-based Star television group as James Murdoch, chairman and chief executive for Europe and Asia, looks to cut costs and consolidate overlapping businesses in the region. About 150-200 jobs at Star are expected to go in the Hong Kong office over the next 12 […]
Telegent Systems and independent market research and consultancy firm In-Stat have revealed that the number of free-to-air mobile TV users worldwide will reach 54 million this year. A white paper predicts six fold growth to 300 million users by 2013 and highlights common global mobile TV usage trends revealed by primary research conducted by Telegent […]
TMT companies are showing some signs of confidence over the economy, according to new research from accountants and business advisers BDO Stoy Hayward, which looked at confidence levels in the sector over the next six months. The survey covered technology, media and telecoms companies across the UK, with worldwide revenues ranging from £10m (E11.7m) to […]
Market research firm Infonetics Research has released a Mobile Video Equipment, Phones, Services, and Subscribers report, which tracks DVB-H, DVB-SH, 3G, MBMS, TdTV, FLO, and CMMB products and vendors, including Apple, LG, Motorola, Nokia, ONDA, RIM, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, and others. “Though video-capable phones continue to become more widely available, subscriber uptake of pay TV […]
Over the next five years, the worldwide value of Content Delivery Network (CDN) services will pass $2 Billion annually by 2011 and continue growing thereafter, reports In-Stat. Growth in CDNs is a result of increasing usage of "over-the-top" Internet video, as well as their flexibility to manage content for delivery through multiple delivery channels to […]