Ralph Rivera, the BBC’s newly appointed head of digital media, has predicted that catch-up viewing would not surpass the 10 per cent mark by 2015. Speaking at the Guardian Media Festival the former AOL exec agreed with other contributors that the importance of mainstream linear TV would remain. On future media at the BBC he […]
India’s phenomenal growth in broadband in 2010 – second only to China and the US – is leading towards the country soon becoming one of the top ten users of broadband in the world. That was the message delivered at the Convergence India event in New Delhi by Broadband Forum Chief Executive Officer Robin Mersh. […]
One of the star attractions of Sky Atlantic has been delayed. The fifth series of the critically acclaimed US drama Mad Men could be held up until next year because of a financial dispute. AMC, the US cable network which broadcasts the show, has so far failed to strike a deal for the new season […]
Access, a global provider of advanced software technologies to the mobile, beyond-PC and digital TV markets, has announced that Access’ NetFront Browser, an advanced and powerful mobile browser, has been selected by Nintendo as the new browser engine for the Nintendo 3DS handheld game console. Designed to provide a high performance browsing experience in memory […]
Motorola Mobility has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Swedish IPTV software provider Dreampark. The acquisition is expected to close in the second quarter of 2011. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Dreampark’s software portfolio maximises operator flexibility and performance by taking advantage of the powers of open standards, such as HTML and scalable […]
Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset will launch an all-news channel this autumn, according to chairman, Fedele Confalonieri. He said that the channel would be available on all distribution platforms, DTT (Tivu), DTH (Sky Italia and TivuSat) and IPTV (Telecom Italia, Fastweb). Mediaset vice-president Piersilvio Berlusconi, said the group’s pay-TV unit, Mediaset Premium, plans to invest E30-40 […]
Global IPTV subscription had a record 34.6 per cent growth in 2010 according to figures prepared by Point Topic for the Broadband Forum. 2010 was also a landmark year for broadband subscriptions – following the milestone half billion lines achieved in July 2010, subscriber figures continued to climb steadily and ended the year at 523,066,022 […]
Speaking at IP&TV World Forum this morning Johannes Larcher, SVP International with Hulu, revealed the company turned over $260 million in 2010 and is forecasting $450 million for 2011 with a substantial contribution from Hulu+, the new subscription service. Larcher said that in 2010 30 million US users streamed over 800 milion pieces of content […]
The Spanish Competition watchdog, CNC, has imposed a E500,000 fine on Mediapro, shareholder in La Sexta, for abuse of dominant position in football TV rights. CNC argues that Mediapro is abusing its competitive position by hindering the exploitation of football TV rights to the Spanish Football League and the King’s Cup by other TV operators. […]
Kabel Deutschland, Germany’s largest cable operator has launched its VOD offering ‘Select Video’ in the cities of Berlin, Hamburg and Munich. With this initial launch, approximately 2.3 million households can receive the VOD offer which currently includes 2,500 hours of Hollywood movies, Pay TV and Free TV content. More than 60 per cent of the […]