Sony CEO Howard Stringer has revealed that the beleaguered company is intent on taking on Apple and is now ready to do so: “I spent the last five years building a platform so I can compete against Steve Jobs. It’s finished, and it’s launching now.” The reference to the integrated multi-device approach allied to owned […]
Nearly 50 per cent of consumers are using another electronic device while watching TV at home, according to findings from a new wave of ‘Living with Digital’ consumer research carried out by Futuresource Consulting. The most popular reasons for this include combating boredom, needing something else to do and keeping in touch with friends, though […]
While companies such as Netflix and Hulu have the potential to be serious media contenders, the content roster from over-the-top (OTT) television platforms is not as broad or compelling as the line-up provided by traditional pay television companies, suggests credit ratings agency Fitch Ratings in a market commentary. According to Fitch, padding of their Internet […]
Telefonica-owned IPTV service Movistar Imagenio gained 20,000 clients in the third quarter of the year bringing the total to 804,000, up four per cent on a year earlier, and breaking the loss trend experienced in the first half of the year. Globally, Telefonica reached 3.2 million pay-TV subs by the end of the third quarter, […]
The US Senate has voted to keep in place the Federal Communications Commission’s rules aimed at preserving open Internet access. Republicans were attempting to overturn the so-called net neutrality rules, and a resolution to do so failed 52-46 in the Democratic-controlled Senate. The White House had earlier threatened to veto the action if the Senate […]
Disney has reported that its fourth-quarter net income rose 30 per cent, thanks to higher spending by theme park visitors and growth at pay TV operations ESPN and Disney Channel. Advertising revenue was up, but like other media companies, Disney maintained a cautious outlook. The price for TV ads booked at the last minute “has […]
SES reported a healthy set of numbers on November 11 for its nine-months trading to September 30. Perhaps most notable was the all-important contract backlog figure, up nine per cent since the end of 2010. The figure represents the forward orders contracted for transponder space on SES satellites. Its other numbers were also in positive […]
Google and LG Electronics may unveil a television using the search giant’s software at the January Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, according to Bloomberg. The product would be LG’s first model with Google TV. Support from the world’s second-largest TV manufacturer would boost Google’s attempt to bring its dominance in Internet search to living […]
BT has claimed that Britain is on target to meet the Government’s ambition for the country to have the ‘best broadband in Europe’ by 2015. Sean Williams, the Group Director of Strategy Policy and Portfolio for BT, said that “We will be top of the major league, certainly if not by 2015 then by very […]
The number of illegally downloaded video games has gone up nearly 20 per cent in the last five years. Figures from research firm Envisional also suggest the top five games from 2010 were pirated online almost a million times. Industry executives are worried these figures mean a generation of people will expect to get games […]