“Telco TV market growth was strong in 2009. As a result, service revenue for the global telco TV market increased to nearly $12 billion in 2009 and will increase to nearly $17 billion by the end of 2010,” says Serene Fong, industry analyst at ABI Research. Western Europe generates the largest share of global revenue […]
The UK online industry is trying to boost the embryonic VOD market by reducing ad rates and standardising media buying. NMA reports that ITV and Channel 4 have cut their online video rates from CPMs of £40 (E45) to around £20. Media buyers said it was a conseqience of increasing competition – SeeSaw, YouTube, Hulu, […]
Sion Simon, creative industries minister, has said the BBC must pay the extra £20 million (E23m) a year for digital audio broadcasting (DAB) radio transmitter network to ensure equivalent coverage as FM; 98 per cent. “In the crucial matter of building out the extra transmitter infrastructure so that the coverage matches that currently provided by […]
The Walt Disney Company has reported first-quarter profit that beat analysts' estimates as TV revenue rose and theme-park results stabilised. Net income totalled $844 million compared with $845 million a year earlier, when a gain on the sale of TV stations boosted results. Disney's revenue from digital operations exceeded $2 billion in 2009, Bob Iger, […]
BC Partners and CVC Capital Partners have made a joint E5.5bn bid for Kabel Deutschland. The Carlyle Group, Advent International and Bain Capital are each also thought to have submitted separate bids for KDG which is owned by Providence Equity Partners, reports FT. Bankers say they are prepared to provide between E3.5 billion and E4bn […]
Bob Iger, chief executive of Walt Disney, endorsed Apple's iPad and confirmed that the media company is developing content and special features for the new device. Iger said the iPad could be a “game changer” and would enable Disney to create new forms of content from ESPN, its sports cable network, and ABC, its broadcast […]
Kent County Council's internet TV channel, Kent TV, which is run by Ten Alps, is to be axed. Launched in 2007 for an initial investment of £1.4 million (E1.6m) and had annual running costs of £600,000. The service aimed to cover a range of topics of interest to residents and visitors to the county. Critics […]
SingTel, Singapore’s largest telco, added 29,000 new mio TV customers for the three months ended December 31st, the same quarter it outbid rival StarHub to score the exclusive right to broadcast the 2010 to 2013 seasons of Premier League football. The 23 per cent increase is the biggest quarterly gain it has recorded since the […]
Virgin Media has confirmed Discovery HD as well as more HD shows on demand, as part of the company’s growing HD offering. Launching this spring, Discovery HD on Virgin TV will broadcast all 24/7 and offer content from Discovery’s extensive collection of more than 1500 hours of HD programming. In addition, Discovery Networks and Virgin […]
TechniSat Digital as unveiled the AirStar TeleStick 2 – a USB DVB-T Stick for the reception of Freeview digital TV and radio on a PC or laptop – approved by Freeview and carrying the Digital Tick logo. The AirStar TeleStick 2 is a small form factor USB stick for the reception of Freeview digital TV […]