Netflix, the world’s largest online movie rental service, has surpassed 10 million subscribers, a milestone that reflects the widespread and growing appeal of the company’s service. Netflix members can get unlimited DVDs delivered to their homes and can instantly watch movies and TV episodes streamed over the Internet to their TVs and computers. In crossing […]
CI Plus LLP, a consortium of leading TV and Conditional Access Module manufacturers, has heralded a new era of protection against piracy with the publication of the new CI Plus Common Interface Standard. To implement the necessary content protection mechanisms that are based on digital certificates, CI Plus signed an exclusive multi-year contract with TC […]
French telco Viaccess and UDcast, provider of wireless IP broadcast solutions, have confirmed a partnership to provide an end-to-end mobile TV security solution, based on the OMA BCAST SmartCard Profile standard. The joint offering ensures full interoperability between the Viaccess purple-TV conditional access system with UDcast's Mobile TV head-end solution to provide a secure environment […]
UK telco BT has revealed that it has garnered 398,000 subscribers for its IPTV service ‘BT Vision’ in the fourth quarter of 2008, up from 340,000 subscribers at the end of the previous quarter. The group also saw an increasing number of its new customers subscribing to one or more of its on-demand programming packages. […]
Viasat Broadcasting' fourth quarter results show development in Central and East Europe and an increase in premium subs. Viasat's Nordic pay-TV operations grew sales by 10% as the combination of price increases and new services pushed up ARPU by 13% to SEK 4,097. Premium subscribers increased by 14,000 on the quarter, thanks largely to last […]
Virgin Media’s cable TV customers viewed more 500 million pieces of broadband video content last year, with the BBC’s iPlayer accounting for almost 20 per cent of programmes watched. The cable TV company said its on-demand TV service, which is accessed by 52 per cent of its 3.5 million subscribers, had 516 million views of […]
From Branislav Pekic in Rome Italian public broadcaster RAI has become a multimedia operator by relaunching its website and offering users access to all content as well as personalized services. Two new web portals are now available which provide access to a total of 22 live channels. Seven of them are RAI's TV channels (Rai […]
French IPTV operator Iliad boosted ARPU for its Free service to E36.90 during the fourth quarter of 2008. The operator said its record ARPU figure to-date was partly down to the launch of new services, including the Multi-TV Freebox in September. It introduced two new high-definition channels, France 2 and M6, and HD content on […]
The telco broadband market experienced a significant downturn in new subscriber additions during 2008, according to iSuppli Corp. "New telco broadband subscriber growth saw a 9.1 per cent decline in 2008 following double-digit gains during the prior five years," said Steve Rago, principal analyst, broadband and digital Home for iSuppli. Hardest hit was North America, […]
Israeli internet TV tech provider Tvinci has completed its first round of $1.6 million led by private investors. The Tel Aviv-based company is also looking for a second round in order to expand sales into other territories. Tvinci offers turnkey video customization tools to both mobile and pay-TV operators, and counts MSN and MTVN, including […]