CBS said the fourth quarter was better than the preceding three quarters, buoyed by higher prices paid for advertising time sold closer to when TV programmes aired. Advertising pricing is up more than 25 per cent and, combined with more advertisements sold, CBS is expecting to add $100 million more in sales for 2009 than […]
E4 HD, Channel 4's second dedicated HD channel, is to launch on the 14th December on Sky's HD service, Sky+HD. A simulcast of E4, the channel will provide access to a wide range of hits series to UK and Irish viewers in HD for the first time. The multi-year deal will see E4 HD incorporated […]
ESPN UK will show live FA Cup football from next season, after agreeing a deal with the Football Association to fill the gap left by the collapse of the pay-TV broadcaster Setanta. ESPN’s offer is thought to have been 60 per cent higher than that tabled by the BBC, however, that bid is also reported […]
Discovery Communications has turned to a Hollywood marketing executive to lead its joint ventures with Oprah Winfrey and Hasbro. Peter Liguori, the former Fox Broadcasting chairman, will take over as Discovery's chief operating officer, replacing Mark Hollinger, who took over the group's international networks last week. The former HBO and FX Networks executive confirmed he […]
IMPALA, the International MHEG Promotion Alliance, has welcomed the news of the beta release of the world's first deployment of hybrid broadcast broadband MHEG Interaction Channel (MHEG-IC) by UK free-to-air satellite platform Freesat. Freesat, which is owned by the BBC and ITV, will allow access to the highly successful BBC iPlayer catch-up TV service via […]
3view has confirmed the availability of what it claims is the world's first Internet connected HD set-top box with free-to-air capabilities. This means retail partners now have access to the first commercially available set-top box which combines the ability to receive high definition free-to air programming with a raft of Internet capabilities. The device turns […]
Boxee said on that it would put its software into a set-top box that will go on sale next year. The company announced a partnership with D-Link, a Taiwanese manufacturer of networking equipment, which will make a device that will allow people to browse Internet videos on their TVs. The companies hope to keep the […]
Based on a Europe-wide survey of nearly 1,400 internet users aged 12-17 across seven major territories (UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, The Netherlands and Sweden), Forrster captured a number of key teen consumer trends: —TV is still the main media channel for teens. Reports of TV's death have been greatly exaggerated. European teens still spend […]
The UK government has launched a consultation into plans to return live coverage of the Ashes and home nations’ Football World Cup qualifiers to free-to-air TV. Currently, there is a list of sports which are reserved for broadcast live only on free-to-air TV, such as the football World Cup tournament, and, a second list that […]
BT is said to be in talks with Google about an online tie-up that would deliver big improvements in the quality of Internet video programming. BT is working on a deal to make Google’s You Tube and other video content available on a new digital delivery network, which BT’s wholesale arm is creating for ISPs. […]