The Australian federal government is to create a two-tier anti-siphoning list with major iconic sporting events going into the first tier with the requirement that they be broadcast on free-to-air TV. Communications Minister Stephen Conroy said no Australian events shown on free-to-air television had been removed. He said the major change would be creation of […]
The future of mobile TV in Italy seems under question, after mobile telephony provider TIM announced it will close its mobile TV service at year’s end, while Vodafone Italia is allegedly considering a similar move. Five years ago, both mobile operators signed a turnkey contract with leading commercial broadcaster Mediaset to use its frequencies and […]
Despite a slew of licensing deals with cable companies and this week’s iPad app announcement, TiVo is still struggling to turn around its losses. The company posted a net loss of $20.6 million for the quarter, up on a loss of $6.4 million during the same period a year ago. Revenue for the quarter dropped […]
Viacom had joined all the US networks and many other content providers in blocking Google TV. Viewers trying to access MTV, Nickelodeon and other Viacom brands will now get a ‘content unavailable’ message. The networks fear Google will encourage migration to online and shift viewers to an increasingly on demand behaviour pattern that will damage […]
Sony has brought its Qriocity online content rental service to Europe after a soft launch in Bravias and Blu-ray in the US. Sony says music and games will soon be added to the current movie menu as the service goes live in France, Spain, Germany, Italy and the UK. The eccentrically named Qriocity has European […]
Turner Broadcasting has released research, conducted with Magna Global, which the company says indicates a willingness by online video viewers to watch higher ad loads. Online streams of TV shows could support as many ads as broadcast television shows, Turner says. The test had Turner assigning visitors to its TNT and TBS websites. The first […]
UK’s Freesat has revealed a study called ‘The Joy of Sets’ that claims the biggest motivation for watching TV is the opportunity to talk about it with others. People no longer just tune in to be entertained. When we are not talking about it, we are inspired by it – to change jobs, take up […]
French pay TV channel Canal Plus has gone fully digital across the whole of France, one year before the official switchover deadline. “From November 24th, Canal Plus is fully digital. We are the first national free-to-air channel to stop analogue broadcasting, and it’s a key moment to us”, commented Canal Plus CEO Bertrand Meheut. Canal+ […]
China’s web TV market in 2009 had over 2 million web TV set shipments and about 1/4 million web TV STB shipments. The fast development of the web TV market is driven by competition between the giant domestic TV vendors and the low incremental cost for web TV functionality, helping drive wider user acceptance. As […]
Prisa has continued its strategy of making premium channel Canal Plus available on a wide range of platforms by signing a deal with Ono, Spain’s largest cable operator. Canal Plus will be added to Ono’s offering from December 1st. As well as the linear channel, subscribers will be able to access on-demand content. Canal Plus […]