Redbox is preparing to challenge Netflix head-on, the kiosk DVD rental company has confirmed. Redbox President Mitch Lowe said his company’s forthcoming digital option will be a subscription-based Internet streaming service. A single monthly fee would allow users to access movies on multiple devices and access discs through kiosks.
Canal Plus Group reported a 5.8 per cent rise in full-year EBITDA as it moves closer to the planned initial public offering of Lagardere’s 20 per cent stake in its French unit, Canal Plus France. EBITDA for the full year rose to €690 million while revenue rose 3.5 per cent to €4.71 billion as more […]
eMarketer estimates that in 2011, 68.2 per cent of US Internet users, or 158.1 million people, will be watching video content online each month. By 2015, that figure will increase to 76 per cent of Internet users, or 195.5 million people. In the same period, online video advertising spending will surge from $1.97 billion to […]
South America’s main cable MSO ‘Net’ wrapped 2010 with a total of 4.2 million pay-TV subscribers, representing a 14 per cent growth year-on-year (and a year ago growth was a sluggish 3.5 per cent). Net claims to be the operator with the largest number of HDTV subscribers in the region although does not break out […]
Fashion TV (FTV) will start test-broadcasting in full 3D on February 18th. FTV’s 3D signals will beam out daily at 2pm and 11pm for Europe, Asia (Hong Kong time) and the USA (ET), from a total of 10 satellites around the globe. Signals are being uplinked by RRSat. FTV is building up content, including the […]
Virgin Media Inc (the UK operator is listed NASDAQ) has announced strong results for 2010 the year and quarter ended December 31, 2010. Revenue growth across all areas was up 5.8 per cent to £3.876 billion (€4.60bn) with Q4 over £1 billion, up 6.6 per cent. Operating cash flow – a key measure for indebted […]
A reduction in the time allowed for advertisements on commercial broadcasting channels has been called for by the House of Lords Communications Committee, who report that existing regulation of the market is no longer relevant in the digital age and doesn’t serve the best interests of viewers. The Committee – part of the UK parliament’s […]
MTN has unveiled InternetOnTV, bringing affordable Internet access to South Africa’s unconnected masses. MTN InternetOnTV is a home phone and Internet device in one, including a built-in 3G modem that supports 7.2Mbps connectivity. The package includes a keyboard, RCA cable and mouse. The MTN InternetOnTV device can be used with a PayAsYouGo SIM card and […]
In order to respond to the strong demand for additional DTH capacity in Asia, SES World Skies, a division of SES, has commissioned the SES-8 spacecraft from Orbital Sciences Corporation for a launch in the first quarter of 2013. SES-8 will feature 33 high-power Ku-band (36 MHz-equivalent) transponders and will be co-positioned with the NSS-6 […]
Rovi and Cablevision have announced that they have entered into a multi-year agreement whereby Cablevision will license Rovi interactive programme guide (IPG) intellectual property. The agreement provides Cablevision with a licence to the Rovi IPG patent portfolio for next-generation set-top box, online and mobile platforms. “Increasingly, MSOs are offering their subscribers access to entertainment content […]