ITV has reported an 8 per cent year-on-year increase in TV ad revenue in the first three months, and is predicting a World Cup-fuelled 22 per cent surge in the second quarter, but has warned that the outlook in the second half remains “highly uncertain”. ITV chief executive Adam Crozier, giving his first management update […]
Korea will transmit its first stereoscopic 3D television programmes over terrestrial broadcasting networks on May 19th, the Korea Communications Commission (KCC) has confirmed. All four of the country’s land-based television stations – KBS, MBC, SBS and EBS – will participate in the trial services, beginning with the 3D broadcasts of the 2010 Colorful Daegu Pre-Championships […]
Harmonic and Omneon have confirmed the signing of a definitive agreement in which Harmonic would acquire Omneon for some $274 million in cash and Harmonic stock. The proposed acquisition would combine Harmonic's position in video delivery infrastructure with Omneon's technology for the production, management and distribution of digital media. “This proposed combination will position Harmonic […]
From David del Valle in Madrid Around 12 million TV sets in Spain, 46 per cent of the total market, are not ready for HDTV and another 11 million need a special set-top-box to watch it, according to the Electronic Association, Asimelec. Most of those 12 million are “old TV sets”, capable of receiving DTT […]
Telegent Systems has revealed that continuing growth in demand for its free-to-air mobile TV receivers has propelled it beyond a milestone of 80 million units shipped since it first launched its mobile TV receiver technology in mid-2007. Analyst firm Forward Concepts estimates that 78 million broadcast TV handsets were shipped globally in 2009. “We have […]
Despite taking place some three weeks earlier than its traditional late May date and suffering from some unseasonably miserable weather, the ANGA Cable Show managed to continue its success story in 2010 and closed with another record in exhibitor and visitor numbers. For the first time 15,000 trade visitors attended the Trade Fair and Congress […]
From Branislav Pekic in Rome Italy could bring forward the final analogue switch-off to 2011, according to the Deputy Minister of Economic Development, Paolo Romani Speaking during the Fifth Annual Digital Terrestrial Conference in Milan, Romani said that he will talk to the presidents of the Regions (Tuscany, Umbria, Sicily and Calabria), for which the […]
Europe’s biggest commercial broadcaster RTL Group expects to see results improving this year compared with 2009 after it posted strong first-quarter earnings thanks to a recovery in TV advertising markets. Compared to a weak first quarter in 2009, most of the Western European TV advertising markets recorded robust growth during the first quarter 2010, with […]
From Colin Mann in Cologne Unity Media, Germany's second largest German cable TV operator is seeking new takeover targets to compete more effectively with dominant telco Deutsche Telecom. “We expect a consolidation in the market,” said, Gene Musselman, the new head of Unity Media, who is also a senior European manager for Unity Media parent […]
Vodafone, Wind and Swisscom's Fastweb are collaborating to build a rival Italian broadband network to Telecom Italia's The three Italian operators are preparing to launch a E2.5 billion broadband network plan. Under the five-year plan, the telcos are aiming to replace the traditional copper network by building a superfast broadband network in 15 cities. The […]