After a 6.7 per cent drop in 2009, the global consumer electronics market is expected to achieve a mild recovery in 2010, with revenue expanding by 1.6 per cent partly because of improving sales of LCD-TVs, digital STBs and appliances, according to iSuppli. Worldwide consumer electronics OEM revenue will rise to $317.3 billion in 2010, […]
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's move to lower advertising ceilings for pay TV will hurt Sky Italia unit and curtail growth at the other networks it says. New Italian regulations would gradually limit the maximum amount of advertising per hour of pay television to 12 per cent in 2012 from 18 per cent now. Free-to-air […]
BSkyB has won a five-year legal action against Electronic Data Systems (EDS) for deceit, negligent misrepresentation and breach of contract. The UK Courts found that EDS had lied to Sky in order to secure a contract as part of the company's investment in a new customer relationship management system. In summer 2000, Sky appointed EDS […]
From Branislav Pekic in Rome Italian public broadcaster Rai and satellite operator Eutelsat have signed a collaboration agreement that will facilitate the transition to television of the future. Several technology issues will be covered by the research and experimentation: Stereoscopic TV (3D) in HD, the development of innovation networks for the feeding of urban repeaters […]
Roku, the television set-top box maker spun off by Netflix, is planning to raise $30 million in private funding this quarter and may sell shares to the public next year, Chief Executive Officer Anthony Wood said. The company, which lets customers stream movies from Netflix and Amazon.com on their TVs, along with music from Pandora […]
Central European Media Enterprises (CME) is in the final stage of acquiring News Corp’s Bulgarian broadcaster bTV for about E500 million, according to reports. The deal is expected to be completed towards the end of February.
Red Bee Media has appointed Brian Levy as Director and Chief Technology Officer reporting directly to CEO Bill Patrizio. Patrizio said: “Brian's extensive experience across both the media and IT sectors will be instrumental to Red Bee Media's growth as we continue to connect viewers with the content they want to watch on whatever platform […]
The Coalition for Innovative Media Measurement, an industry group formed last year to promote innovation in TV and cross-platform audience measurement, has confirmed the addition of six new members: Gannett, PepsiCo, Belo, ConAgra, Hearst Television and Microsoft. CIMM now has a total of 21 members. In addition to announcing the new members, CIMM unveiled the […]
Cox Communications has announced the successful completion of voice calling and HD video streaming over wireless networks using 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology. Cox’s 4G technology and service trials utilise the AWS and 700 MHz spectrum that it acquired at Federal Communication Commission auctions in 2006 and 2008. Cox spent over $550 million for […]
Avail-TVN, the largest digital media services company in North America, has announced an industry-wide, long-term digital media services deal with entertainment channel, VOD and online service, EPIX. The agreement provides EPIX with the technological capability to access over 48 million VOD households via every service provider in North America, providing a seamless on-ramp to launch […]