Video advertising company FreeWheel has raised $16.8 million in funding from Disney's Steamboat Ventures, and existing investors, including Turner Broadcasting System, Battery Ventures, and Foundation Capital . This brings the company's total funding to nearly $30 million. Founded by former DoubleClick employees in 2007, FreeWheel allows marketers and publishers to manage video advertising campaigns across […]
Telenet, the Belgian MSO, had 1,065,000 digital homes as of March 31, 2010 but is still losing basic analogue subscribers to the fierce competition from Belgacom, which offers 'free' TV with a number of its broadband and telephony packages. During the first quarter 144,000 new customers signed up. Digital TV added 65,000 homes, while 34,000 […]
DirecTV Group and DISH Network have confirmed the launch of the Advanced Satellite Advertising Platform (ASAP), a new interactive advertising platform giving national television advertisers unprecedented reach to nearly 30 million US households. Advertisers will benefit from a turn-key, one-stop-shop approach with respect to the process of creating, planning, buying and implementing a national interactive […]
Three Hong Kong broadcasters have ended a dispute that would have shut out free coverage of the World Cup in the city of 7 million people but the partial solution only airs matches to households with digital decoders. Hong Kong’s World Cup rights holder, the pay-TV broadcaster Cable TV, was at loggerheads with local terrestrial […]
Technetix, the European broadband cable and telecommunications equipment supplier, has joined MoCA as an Associate member. Technetix has recently added MoCA-compliant solutions to its product portfolio. The company is prominent in the access network and 'final mile' equipment market in Europe, and is rapidly expanding its footprint worldwide. The Technetix liberti product family, which includes […]
Advanced Digital Broadcast (ADB) has signed an agreement with Bulgarian telecommunication operator CableTEL-Eurocom for the delivery of an advanced cable solution offering its latest TV experience with ADB's Carbo user interface and a multitude of interactive capabilities. The ADB solution includes home networking functionalities and will come with an array of advanced applications such as […]
US reports say the FCC may use their veto power over Comcast's planned purchase of NBC Universal to demand concessions that help Web competitors. The Federal Communications Commission extended its review of the deal in part to assess the effect on online video services. The FCC may bar Comcast, the largest US cable service, from […]
BSkyB is ditching red-button ads campaigns from current advertisers on Sky channels and third parties, including MTV and Nickelodeon. However, the service will continue on ITV, UKTV and Virgin Media, as their slots are sold independently of Sky Media. At its peak in 2006, 160 campaigns were running on the red-button service but by 2009 […]
German regional cable operator Kabel Deutschland (KDG) has announced its key performance indicators (KPIs) for the year ended 31 March 2010, reporting a 3.6 per cent year-on-year rise in total revenue generating units (RGUs) to 12.048 million. However, total direct subscribers fell to 7.47 million, down by 33,000 from the previous year primarily due to […]
Virgin Media is launching an online movie service provided by FilmFlex, the Sony-Disney JV that operates Virgin's premium on demand service. Movies can be streamed directly to PCs and will be of sufficient quality for users to also watch on their TV with a suitable connection. "Virgin Media already offers the UK's leading movies on […]