Concurrent, expert in video and media data and advertising solutions, has formed a partnership with Clearleap, an Internet-based TV technology platform. Utilising Concurrent's Media Data and Advertising Solutions (MDAS) and Clearleap's network-based platform for media management and distribution, the two companies are offering an integrated solution to provide a comprehensive end-to-end view of the subscriber […]
Frank N. Magid Associates, specialist in research-based consultation, and Metacafe, the independent online video site, have released survey results revealing consumer behaviour and preferences in online video viewing. The survey found that short professional videos are among those most regularly watched online, and well over one-third of consumers (37 per cent) who watch these clips […]
In Italy’s telecom market, video revenue will triple its share of total revenue by 2014, presenting a $4.4 billion revenue opportunity for operators, according to a report from Pyramid Research, the telecom research arm of the Light Reading Communications Network. Italy’s pay-TV market generated $2.9 billion, with 5.6 million subscriptions at the end of 2008, […]
Preliminary results from IMS Research's forthcoming 2009 study on the World Market for Set-top Boxes and iDTVs has revealed that during 2008 the mantle of being the leading digital pay-TV platform was taken from DTH satellite by digital cable. According to Stephen Froehlich, a senior analyst in IMS Research's consumer electronics research group, "Digital cable […]
Forrester Research is backing the US interactive ad market to reach $55 billion over the next five years—meaning marketers will go from spending just 12 per cent of their total ad budgets online this year, to 21 per cent by 2014. Search and display will command the biggest percentage of spend overall—with $31.5 billion and […]
The English Premier League will take until the end of the week to decide between the bids it has received for Setanta's relinquished 46 EPL games. The smart money is on half going to Sky (it can't take all of them because of competition regulation) and half to ESPN. Pay-to-watch service Top Up TV has […]
BT Ireland and UPC Ireland are being taken to court by the big four music labels Universal, Warner, Sony and EMI, over illegal downloads and file sharing. The operators have been issued with a plenary summons by the four main record labels with a hearing for both scheduled on July 6th. The case stems from […]
Canoe Ventures has cancelled plans to introduce its Community Addressable Messaging (CAM 1.0) product, citing a range of technical difficulties with the offering. The service, which was set to launch this summer, would have allowed advertisers to run one spot in 370 pre-selected, high income cable “zones” and another in the rest of the country. […]
Many telecom companies are shifting away from traditional communications access providers and targeting the needs of a digitalised society. To this end, they have started looking for ways to not only offer Quad Play services that include fixed telephony, fixed broadband, TV and mobile communication services but also to enable end users to perform their […]
From Colin Mann in London Research carried out by independent PR agency Edelman has revealed that UK adults aged 18 to 34 are more trusting in the entertainment industry than those in the US. UK trust in the sector remains stable at 29 per cent compared to last year, whereas the US has seen a […]