Kamlesh Kalwar, an industry analyst with Frost, said that the Singapore online content market, which is dominated by online gaming, was worth $13.4 million last year. “Online gaming accounts for just under 50 per cent of revenues (in the online content market in Singapore), followed by online videos and online music, in that order,” Kalwar […]
Jan Karas, Director of Marketing for the Consumer Segment, Telefónica O2 said that thanks to its vast selection of channels and several above-standard functions, such as TV Archive and Videotéka, O2TV offered something for everyone. “Its popularity continues to grow and now, as the switch from analogue to digital broadcasting is accelerating, O2TV is one […]
The South African government also confirmed that it would meet a November 2008 deadline for switching on digital broadcasting, well ahead of the football World Cup, which it is hosting in 2010. The analogue system will be switched off in November 2011. The government revealed that it would pay about 70 per cent of the […]
Operating income for News Corp is expected to rise by a more moderate four to six per cent in fiscal 2009, compared with a mid-teens percentage range for 2008. Revenue at Fox Interactive Media, which includes the popular MySpace Internet social network, is expected to rise by about 30 per cent in 2009, executives said. […]
Overall revenue at ITV grew by 3 per cent in the six months to June 30th. However, the company expects total TV advertising revenue to fall by 1 per cent over the eight months to August, before declining by 20 per cent in September. Shares in ITV fell 12.5 per cent to 40.5p in early […]
Controlled by US cable pioneer John Malone, Liberty Global reported net income of $428 million, or $1.11 per share in the second quarter ended June 30th, compared with a net loss of $129.7 million, or 34 cents per share a year earlier. Revenue rose 25 per cent to $2.73 billion, from $2.18 billion a year […]
Stephen Froehlich, Senior Analyst, Consumer Electronics, noted that in Japan, iDTVs already displace about 1.7 million satellite set-top box shipments each year, having reduced that market from 2 million unit shipments in 2003 to just 0.3 million in 2007. “While the conditions in Japan that allow this are unique, it is clear that US cable […]