Sheikh Fahad Alsalem Al Ali Alsabah, the chairman of the media city in Kuwait and nephew of the Emir of Kuwait, is planning to launch a multilingual bouquet of television channels with a very ambitious aim. He wants to promote dialogue, improve the image of the Arab world and also to fight against fanaticism in […]
European households connected to cable TV fell from 34 per cent to 30 per cent between 2008 and 2009, giving a loss of around 8 million TV households, according to research by Strategy Analytics. These losses are believed to have been to the benefit of DTT, as the share of European households using DTT services […]
Six months after completing the digital migration, Spain is to face a new switch-off process as all DTT (National, Regional and Local) operators will have to change their frequencies long before 2015 following the allocation of the so-called digital dividend. The Government hopes to approve the new migration plan in the first half of 2011 […]
The EU’s latest broadband and Internet survey (eCommunications Household Survey), covering 27,000 homes throughout the EU, has found an average 43 per cent of those households do not have internet access. Almost 20 per cent cited cost as the reason. The EU is committed to making basic broadband available to all Europeans by 2013 (and […]
Virgin Media and Spotify have made a deal which will see the music streaming service bundled with the ISP’s broadband offerings. The tie-up will bring an end to Virgin’s own plans for a streaming and unlimited download service. The Daily Telegraph reports “Spotify and Virgin Media are close to concluding a partnership deal. The finer […]
The first-ever study on Canadians’ viewing habits of online video conducted by Ipsos Reid and M Consulting finds 80 per cent of all Canadians indicate watching some video content online. Among those that have watched video online 41 per cent watch more online video content than they did last year. A growing audience means a […]
The newly enlarged Motive Television has commenced trading on AIM after its reverse takeover of AdecqDigital and a £4.75 million (E5.45m) fundraising. With the acquisition, the company is targeting an emerging technology market with a new product range. Motive aims to benefit from changing trends with a move from linear traditional real-time viewing to ‘non-linear’ […]
Danny Cohen has been appointed as controller of BBC1. Cohen has been in charge of BBC3 since May 2007, and will now be in charge of the country’s most popular TV channel with a budget of £1.13 billion (E1.288bn). He takes over the role immediately and also joins the BBC Vision board. Prior to joining […]
The UK Department for Education has pulled the plug on Teachers TV. Ten Alps, which co-owns the site with ITN, told the London stock exchange that the government is cancelling the £10 million (E11.5m) annual contract from April 2011 as part of the cuts. Ten Alps CEO Alex Connock, said: “The news came out of […]
Apparently Ofcom members were already gathered to discuss whether or not it will trigger a competition investigation on YouView, when Sky got in touch to say it was submitting a complaint to join those already received from Virgin Media, IP Vision, Six TV, United For Local Television and the Open Source Consortium. Ofcom and YouView […]