Arqiva is understood to have paid in the region of £8m (E9.3m) to buy the assets of Project Kangaroo. Arquiva also acquired Project Kangaroo assets such as the brand name See Saw, which it has the option to use for its own proposed video-on-demand service that will launch in the coming months. The remaining Kangaroo […]
From Colin Mann in London Dawn Airey, the Chairman and CEO of UK commercial broadcaster Channel 5, has said that there must be industry consolidation to ensure the sector's continued existence. Pointing out that in comparable broadcasting markets, the industry had consolidated around a couple of major commercial players, Airey told members of the Broadcasting […]
Arqiva is to buy the technology behind the defunct broadband TV venture Project Kangaroo and launch a video-on-demand service of its own. The company is now talking with broadcasters and content providers to stock up for the service. Arqiva said the new video-on-demand service would appear in the coming months and feature “both free-to-air and […]
Kabel Deutschland reports growth in subs to digital TV, telephony and fast internet. In the three months to March 31, 2009 Germany's largest operator revealed the RGUs for internet and phone services had increased by 87.9% year-on-year to 1.42 million. The internet business contributed 707,500 and telephony 710,300. Some 70% of new customers are attracted […]
Euroconsult has reported that growth in the fixed satellite market has remained strong despite the adverse economic environment. According to Euroconsult the sector grew in terms of both transponder demand (+9 per cent) and overall revenues (+10.7 per cent) representing a peak in the current decade. Digital entertainment and emerging digital markets remain the primary […]
Time Warner's second quarter net profit fell due to double-digit percentage declines in print and online advertising, but edged ahead of expectations. The owner of AOL and the Warner Bros film studios said its net profit fell to $519 million from $564 million from continuing operations a year earlier. Revenue fell 9 per cent to […]
Streaming media provider Vudu has partnered with LG to include its software into upcoming LG high-definition TVs. The move will get rid of the intermediary set-top box and allows consumers to directly watch on-demand content from the Internet on their TVs. The Vudu service delivered through LG TVs allows consumers to discover and watch HD […]
GlobeCast, content management and delivery specialist, and Eutelsat Communications have announced the signature of a new contract at Eutelsat’s specialist video neighbourhood for central European digital TV markets at 16 degrees East. The new contract for one transponder will be used by GlobeCast to broadcast channels produced by TVR, Romania’s national public broadcaster. It doubles […]
BSkyB is expected to announce 100,000 net additional subscriptions in its financial reporting today. This will bring the company's subscriber base to roughly 9.4 million, on target to hit the 10 million mark by Q3 2010. Despite a troubled economy, Sky has managed to hold on to—and indeed, grow—its subscriber base over the past year. […]
Microsoft and Yahoo have confirmed an agreement on a search and advertising deal. Microsoft will now power Yahoo search while Yahoo will become the exclusive worldwide relationship sales force for both companies' premium search. This will give the two companies a combined market share in the US search ad market of about 30%. Google would […]