South Africa’s TopTV, owned by On Digital Media (in which SES Astra has an investment position), is under pressure. CEO Vino Govender left the company early in February ahead of a restructuring although remains as a shareholder. Eddie Mbalo, the broadcaster’s chairman, has assumed the CEO role until a replacement for Govender is sourced. ODM, […]
Channel 4 has teamed up with Hat Trick Productions and Widebeam Digital to become the UK’s first terrestrial channel to launch a publicly available mobile app that uses hidden audio triggers to unlock exclusive additional content. Enabled by Intrasonics Technology, viewers can enable the app to ‘listen in’ on episodes of Facejacker to unlock bonus […]
BBC News have confirmed the launch the BBC News app for Android large tablet devices for audiences all around the world. The app is available to download from Android Market. This launch follows the success of the BBC News app for Android smartphones, which has been downloaded more than three million times globally since launching […]
Liberty Global has announced financial and operating results for the year and the three months ended December 31st, 2011. Highlights include organic RGU additions increased 42 per cent to 1.2 million, revenue up 5 per cent to $9.5 billion and operating income increased 30 per cent to $1.8 billion. Meanwhile, Dutch daily De Telegraaf reported […]
Cable Europe and ZVEI -German Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers´ Association have called on the European Commission to ensure that any second Digital Dividend gained from potential spectrum reallocations in the 700MHz band ensures practical coexistence between new mobile services and the existing equipment and services already providing European consumers and business with connectivity. In a […]
Deutsche Telekom has reported a €1.3 billion loss for 2011 due to a drop in demand in Europe. It would have been worse had it not picked up €3.2 billion in compensation for the collapse of the AT&T deal. Deutsche Telekom did however further increase the number of subscribers to its IPTV service Entertain in […]
The largest private TV channels in Spain, Mediaset-controlled Tele 5 and Antena 3 TV, reduced their profits in 2011 by 10.6 per cent and 14.4 per cent respectively following the sharp fall in ad revenues with a drop of 11.4 per cent and 2.6 per cent respectively. Mediaset Spain, ower of Tele 5 and Cuatro, […]
Australia is the biggest market for global iPlayer to date and is providing some unique consumer insight, according to Matthew Littleford, General Manager for BBC Worldwide’s global BBC iPlayer. Launched in Australia in September 2011 as part of a pilot, the global BBC iPlayer is available on iPad, iPod and iPhone in 16 markets in […]
Switzerland’s Kudelski Group, owner of Nagravision, has revealed its 2011 annual results. Group revenues in constant currency declined by 3.8 per cent from CHF 1.069 billion (€887m) in 2010 to CHF 896.6 million in 2011, with the Digital TV segment driving most of the decline The continued fall of USD and Euro rates affected the […]
Canoe Ventures, the advanced television joint venture of the US’s leading cable companies, is shutting down the bulk of the venture that lets viewers interact with TV ads, laying off 120 employees. It will shift its operation from New York to Denver, where it will concentrate its resources and efforts solely on video-on-demand advertising. In […]