Over half a million households across the UK have access to a satellite TV dish which they don't use, even though they are capable of receiving subscription-free, HD, digital satellite TV services. Research by Harvard International, the distributor of Grundig and Goodmans digital television equipment, estimates that 600,000 homes across the UK are missing out […]
The Walt Disney Co has unveiled KeyChest, its proprietary alternative to DECE's Digital Rights Locker, to enable consumers to buy films or television shows from various distributors, store them on remote servers, and play them on multiple platforms ranging from TVs to computers and phones. Disney said it plans to roll-out KeyChest for both the […]
Apple has agreed to buy Quattro Wireless, a mobile advertising and publishing company. The move puts Apple in head-to-head competition with Google which just unveiled its new Nexus One phone (see below). Quattro runs advertising networks for smartphone applications and for the mobile Web. Its advertisers roster include Procter & Gamble, Coca-Cola, Netflix and Disney. […]
Google has said it is defending its online advertising empire with the launch of its own brand mobile phone. It said the Nexus One represented the next frontier in the company’s $20bn core business – selling advertising through search.
According to research from The Diffusion Group (TDG), by 2014 more than 360 million households worldwide will own the components necessary to enjoy Over-the-Top (OTT) video services on their TV, with more than half actively receiving OTT services. This and other themes are discussed in TDG's latest digital media analysis, Broadband-Enabled TV: Evolution of OTT […]
A TV ad for Sky has been banned for suggesting that the switchover to digital TV sets would be technologically complex if consumers did not sign up with the satellite broadcaster. The ASA said that because the ad pushed Sky+ as the way to “become digital” with BSkyB, whereas in fact it was not necessary […]
The Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA) and the HomePlug Powerline Alliance have entered into a formal liaison agreement to facilitate communications and information sharing between both organisations. The two organisations will be coordinating efforts in educational and informational programs and activities that promote new multimedia applications and the benefits of home networking. “By establishing a […]
BSkyB has confirmed that its forthcoming Sky 3D TV service, which is to launch later this year, will be compatible with a wide range of 3D Ready TVs being launched in the UK and Ireland during 2010. LG, Panasonic, Samsung and Sony all intend to introduce '3D Ready' TVs this year, and Sky's 3D service […]
Fibre-optic service providers for Internet, TV and phone services scored tops overall in Consumer Reports’ latest survey of telecom services in the US. Verizon FiOS and AT&T U-verse, whose networks are fibre-optic based, received top scores for Internet and TV service and were among the better phone providers. Consumer Reports’ survey also found that satellite […]
Market research firm Infonetics Research has published three video-related market share and forecast reports: Video Infrastructure and Subscribers, Set-Top Boxes and Subscribers, and Video Services and Subscribers. Hignlights of the report include: – Worldwide set-top box (STB) revenue dropped 6 per cent in 3Q09 from 2Q09, due to lower subscriber growth, a decrease in purchases […]