One of the founders of the Pirate Bay has introduced Flattr, a micropayments system that revolves around members paying a fixed monthly fee. At the end of each month that cash will be divided among participating sites a Flattr member wants to reward. Members might want to reward a band that made a track they […]
From Colin Mann in Barcelona A global industry alliance has been launched at the NetEvents EMEA Press Summit for online video delivery solution providers – including content owners and hosting companies, broadcasters, equipment and software vendors, user device manufacturers and ad-insertion companies. The mission of the Video Convergence Forum (VCF) is to accelerate the interoperability […]
According to figures from the Chinese State Administration of Radio Film and Television’s (SARFT), one-third of China’s cable television networks (not including Hong Kong, Macau, or Taiwan) have been restructured as of Q4 2009, and there is a total of more than 62.85 million cable DTV subscribers nationwide. This is 38.56 per cent of all […]
Intelsat, the world's leading provider of fixed satellite services, has confirmed that International Launch Services (ILS) successfully launched the Intelsat 16 satellite (IS-16). The satellite, built by Orbital Sciences Corporation, will provide expansion capacity for SKY Mexico's direct-to-home services, including HD programming. In addition, IS-16 will be available to provide backup capacity for SKY Brazil.
Kabel Deutschland (KDG), Germany's largest MSO that is currently considering its options between sale and IPO, has used the occasion of its results announcement to reject outright the demands of Deutsche Telekom for regulation of the cable market to open up the networks to competitors. KDG pointed to ADSL's dominance in the market for fast […]
BT has increased the number of subscribers to its IPTV service BT Vision by 18,000 in the last three months of 2009, according to the UK telco's latest quarterly results. Since its launch in 2006, it has won just 451,000 customers. Sky TV has 9.7 million UK customers. The average number of views per month […]
Apple could begin selling US television shows for $1, half of its charge on its iTunes digital media store, when the computer maker's iPad tablet computer hits the stores. The test, expected to coincide with the April consumer debut of the iPad, will offer some shows at the lower price as a way to test […]
From Colin Mann in Barcelona Social networking-driven video-sharing will be one of the drivers in placing increasing bandwidth demands, according to panellists at a NetEvents Press Summit. Vince Vittore, Principal Analyst, Yankee Group, suggested that video has moved way beyond the one-time passive broadcast experience and will increasingly be driven by consumer activity, as well […]
Viasat has added an additional 21,000 premium subscribers in the fourth quarter, across its DTH and IPTV platforms. Turnover increased by 6 per cent on the year to SEK 4076 billion, up 4 per cent year on year. However, a charge on Bulgaria's Nova Televizia of SEK 3.352 billion took MTG into a fourth quarter […]
BBC Vision, the corporation’s TV and video content division, is to cut back on digital spending to protect its programme budget. Jana Bennett, the BBC Vision director, told a meeting of television producers that the corporation wants to reduce digital costs and focus on ensuring that the BBC continues to make high-quality programmes. The BBC […]