Neil Berkett, Virgin Media CEO, has used the company’s results announcement to attack Ofcom’s decision not to investigate YouView, the BBC-originated platform to bring VoD to Freeview and Freesat. Berkett said he surmised Ofcom had seen its 25 per cent budget cut coming and has wrongly ‘deprioritised’ the issue. “When you have less resources to […]
Cablevision the biggest US cable provider said that its Q3 profits fell as customers cut back television services amid a weak economy and the growth of online video content. Net income at Comcast declined by 8.2 per cent to $867 million, down from $944 million, in the same period a year ago. “We are increasing […]
Virgin Media has announced revenue increased 6.4 per cent year on year in the third quarter to £978 million (€1.11bn) and that it would roll out superfast 100Mb broadband from December with pre-registration for the service opening today. Virgin Media claims that 13 million homes will have the potential to access the 100Mb service as […]
Major studios, cable and technology companies announced the launch of an Entertainment Identifier Registry (EIDR) to track movies, TV shows and other. Likening it to the International Standard Book Numbers (ISBNs) system used to identify books, members of the initiative said the registry was developed to make it easier for businesses to search, track and […]
Hoping to make Google’s TV less intimidating, Best Buy is offering free installation and set-up in the run up to Christmas to customers who purchase a Sony Internet TV or a Blu-ray player powered by Google TV. The electronics retailer’s Geek Squad Agents will deliver, install and connect the new gear, and also provide tips […]
The International 3D Society has published a survey revealing that 6 of 10 US adults (59 per cent) have yet to see a contemporary 3D movie (in the past three years) — an untapped and huge opportunity for consumer discovery. “Clearly consumers have a robust appetite for 3D Content” said Jim Chabin, President of the […]
Subhash Chandra’s Dish TV pay-TV operation in India is to raise $200 million in order to fund expansion. Dish TV is India’s largest DTH broadcaster. Dish TV has already tabled a shareholder’s resolution agreeing to raising $200 million, although it subsequently saw $100 million of fresh investment coming in from US-based Apollo Management. Dish TV […]
Technicolor has achieved the major milestone of 100 million gateways delivered worldwide, out of 500 million broadband connections deployed in households and businesses globally1.Technicolor has maintained #1 worldwide position for the last 10 years, and has delivered over 10 million gateways a year since 2005. The 25 million mark was passed in December 2004, and […]
BinWeevils, the immersive 3D online entertainment platform for children, has launched an integrated “social video-on-demand” service which will allow children to watch major TV hits from Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon. Available immediately, members of BinWeevils’ ‘Bin Tycoon’ subscription service will be able to pick from over 200 hours of on-demand TV content and communicate and […]
Teleste’s subsidiary Cableway AG has signed a three-year contract extension with Kabel Deutschland on the upgrading and maintenance services of cable networks. In terms of net sales, the estimated annual value of this frame agreement equals approximately €50 million. The agreement is based on the frame of the previous two-year contract now about to expire. […]