Sky Deutschland reports its 2012 full-year results with sales up and EBITDA much improved but still negative. Sales rose 17 per cent to €1.33 billion and EBITA gained €104 million to end at -€51 million. Annual ARPU was up €1.44 to €31.90 reflecting a very competitive price market as HD subs climbed 56 per cent […]
UK broadband providers including BSkyB, BT and Virgin Media have been ordered by the high court to block access to three music and movie file-sharing. An order was granted to 10 record labels including EMI, Sony and Universal against six UK internet service providers requiring them to block three file-sharing websites: KAT, H33T and Fenopy. […]
Senior managers at UK free-to-air digital satellite platform Freesat have confirmed the service’s support for the HTML5 multimedia Internet standard. The move follows Freesat’s successful launch of YouTube built on HTML 5, offering a TV-optimised, visually stunning and fully interactive viewing experience. James Strickland, Chief Technology Officer, noted that previous standards such as MHEG, which […]
There’s no comment and absolutely nothing official but it seems that DirecTV, the US-based giant DTH broadcaster, is at least preparing for the introduction of something in Ultra-HDTV (or 4K for broadcast). DirecTV has filed with the US Patent & Trademark Office a bunch of new applications in readiness for this new transmission method. The […]
Kudelski, the owner of the Nagra video services company, announced its 2012 results to show restructuring has brought a return to profit. The company said strong performance in emerging markets brought sales of CHF860 million (€704m), down 4 per cent on 2011, and income of CHF68m before restructuring costs and CHF16m net income against – […]
ITV Commercial has revealed its findings following the trial of a new interactive advertising format, Ad Sync, which found that dual-screen advertising drives stronger engagement and post-advertising actions. Last year, during The X Factor finals, ITV created a new interactive ad format which allowed viewers to explore more about the advertiser’s products or services using […]
Eutelsat has been arguing with Deutsche Telekom over certain satellite assets at 28.5 degrees (which is the location used to beam hundreds of TV channels into the UK and Ireland). The dispute has been settled. The argument has been the subject of arbitration proceedings before the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris, and the result […]
Product Placement could significantly alter the way UK TV programming is produced, financed and consumed over the next few years, according to a KPMG report published ahead of the two year anniversary of an Ofcom ruling which allowed product placement for the first time on UK TV. The report – Taking a subtle approach: How […]
The US television and film industries have revealed plans to roll out a national multimedia campaign to inform parents about the many tools that can help them manage what their children see on television and at the movies. The industries will make a positive contribution to the national conversation on violent behaviour by launching a […]
Samsung’s extremely high-end 85” Ultra-HDTV screens have sold out in Seoul despite a massive 40 million Won ($36,800) price ticket. The Korea IT Times says that Samsung’s debut offering put just 77 units into the retail chain in mid-January, and they had all sold by mid-February, prompting Samsung to start adding additional supplies thanks to […]