Responding to surging demand for digital-to-analogue TV converter boxes, the new Zenith DTT901 digital TV tuner – with analogue pass-through for pickup of low-power TV stations – is now available in the US. Since January, US households have requested millions of $40 government coupons to subsidise most of the cost of digital TV converter boxes. […]
Independent retailers that have signed up to Digital UK's 'digital tick' scheme are providing a better service to prospective customers than those who have not, according to the switchover body. Even so a 'mystery shopper' exercise revealed a continued lack of knowledge, or ability to explain, the inability to record channels in addition to the […]
Consumers are demanding more personalization and entertainment content on their mobile phones, driving mobile video revenue to exceed $3.5 billion in 2008, according to research by MultiMedia Intelligence. By 2012, the mobile video and mobile TV market will exceed $15 billion, including direct pay and advertising. Mobile video, which relies on the mobile operator's 3G […]
Despite one billion video views on most days, YouTube hasn’t been popular with big corporate advertisers. Worldwide revenue from YouTube ads has fallen short of Google’s expectations this year, and is likely to total about $200 million for the full year, according to reports in the WSJ. YouTube is heading Google’s campaign to extend its […]
Cablevision Systems will give customers another 15 free high-definition channels as it faces stiffer competition from satellite TV providers and Verizon. The cable operator said it would add mainstream HD channels including Discovery, Nickelodeon, FX, FOX News, AMC and The Weather Channel to its line-up from July 28, bringing its HD offering to 60 channels. […]
Almost a third of UK people under the age of 25 have watched TV via the internet, according to research from the IPA. The IPA Touchpoints report, which queried 5,400 people, revealed that 29 per cent of people between the ages of 15 and 25 had watched TV online, along with 18 per cent of […]
A study from Knowledge Networks reveals that while consumers are turning to new video technologies – such as online streaming and mobile video – most of their video-related spending continues to be on conventional sources such as DVD rentals and purchases. New findings from, How People Use the Video Marketplace, also show that Generation Y […]
From Colin Mann in Salzburg According to Maria-José Montpetit of Motorola's Home and Network Mobility Technology Office, video is now at the centre of a device's design, where it was once an afterthought. “Video is now a first-class citizen,” she told delegates at EuroITV.2008. “Devices are now designed for some kind of video.” Delivering a […]
The set-top 'giveaway' by incumbent Telia, is being blamed for the slump in the number of subscribers to the DTT pay platform Boxer. Subs fell by 8,000 in the second quarter, bringing the installed base to 701,000 still 23,000 more than at the same point in 2007. “Competition in the Swedish pay-TV market is becoming […]
Virgin Media has sent out warning letters to 800 of its customers in an attempt to crack down on illegal downloading. The letters are part of a 10-week pilot programme run in conjunction with the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) – the body that represents record companies in the UK. The BPI has been calling on […]