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 […]
EMI has reached an agreement with Dailymotion to deliver the company's music videos to the video-sharing service’s website, mobile site, iPhone app and the Dailymotion channel on Internet-connected TVs. From April 2010, Dailymotion users will have free access to videos from artists including Coldplay, Katy Perry and Robbie Williams. The deal covers all EMI’s labels […]
Freeview says research it commissioned shows that more than 350,000 Sky+ HD homes might switch to the digital terrestrial television service in the next six months. Freeview’s HD offering will initially comprise three channels – BBC, ITV1 and Channel 4 – with a fourth, likely to be Channel Five, to be added at the end […]
The UK online industry is trying to boost the embryonic VOD market by reducing ad rates and standardising media buying. NMA reports that ITV and Channel 4 have cut their online video rates from CPMs of £40 (E45) to around £20. Media buyers said it was a conseqience of increasing competition – SeeSaw, YouTube, Hulu, […]
Sion Simon, creative industries minister, has said the BBC must pay the extra £20 million (E23m) a year for digital audio broadcasting (DAB) radio transmitter network to ensure equivalent coverage as FM; 98 per cent. “In the crucial matter of building out the extra transmitter infrastructure so that the coverage matches that currently provided by […]
The Walt Disney Company has reported first-quarter profit that beat analysts' estimates as TV revenue rose and theme-park results stabilised. Net income totalled $844 million compared with $845 million a year earlier, when a gain on the sale of TV stations boosted results. Disney's revenue from digital operations exceeded $2 billion in 2009, Bob Iger, […]
BC Partners and CVC Capital Partners have made a joint E5.5bn bid for Kabel Deutschland. The Carlyle Group, Advent International and Bain Capital are each also thought to have submitted separate bids for KDG which is owned by Providence Equity Partners, reports FT. Bankers say they are prepared to provide between E3.5 billion and E4bn […]
Bob Iger, chief executive of Walt Disney, endorsed Apple's iPad and confirmed that the media company is developing content and special features for the new device. Iger said the iPad could be a “game changer” and would enable Disney to create new forms of content from ESPN, its sports cable network, and ABC, its broadcast […]