ITV new media head
ITV Worldwide, the broadcaster's overseas commercial arm, is appointing former Roo sales director Jason Binks as head of digital and new media. ITV Worldwide says
September 9, 2008
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Google to agent NBC ads
NBC Universal has confirmed that it will sell advertising time on "several" of its cable networks through the Internet company. The announcement comes 18 months The announcement comes 18 months after Google reached its first deal to broker television ads on behalf of Dish Network. NBCU and Google characterised their ad-selling move as part of […]
September 9, 2008
Cable America to increase capex
Cable network operators in North America will increase their capex spending through at least 2010 in an effort to compete more effectively with telephone and “Cable industry infrastructure expenditures will keep rising through at least 2010, as North American MSOs upgrade their plant and equipment for the rollout of such new technologies as switched digital […]
September 9, 2008
Google, Liberty back Africa connect
Google has thrown its weight behind ambitious plans to bring internet access to 3bn people in Africa and other emerging markets by launching at least Google has joined forces with Liberty and HSBC bank to set up O3b Networks, named after the "other 3bn" people for whom fast fibre internet access networks are not likely […]
September 9, 2008
Scotland seeks digital channel
Scotland should get its own digital television channel and more money to address a significant imbalance in its share of national broadcasting, an independent inquiry The Scottish Broadcasting Commission suggests that UK broadcasters are failing to properly serve their audiences in Scotland or spend a fair proportion of their budgets on Scottish programmes – a […]
September 9, 2008
MIB guidelines for Indian IPTV
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has issued guidelines for provisioning of IPTV Services in India. The guidelines “bring clarity on various platforms capable The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has issued guidelines for provisioning of IPTV Services in India. The guidelines “bring clarity on various platforms capable of providing IPTV services, the regulatory provisions […]
September 9, 2008
U-verse HD multi PVR
AT&T has upgraded the video recording function of its Internet-based television service called U-verse, stepping up its competition against cable service providers. AT&T’s improved U-verse The free upgrade will be deployed to all customers by the end of the year. It needs no visits from technicians or any new hardware as the advanced Internet protocol […]
September 9, 2008
UK brands failing to monetise digital media strategies
Market research by industry analyst, Redshift Research, on behalf of Oxygen8 Communications, has found that major UK brands are still failing to monetise their digital The research finds that whilst consumers are interested in accessing more services from organisations on their mobile phones, corporates and media companies are failing to make the most of digital […]
September 8, 2008
HBOlab launches web video
HBOlab, an experimental offshoot of the cable powerhouse focused on online programming, is launching a Web video series featuring a cast of the Internet’s most Jessica Rose, star of the Web sensation “lonelygirl15,” will be joined with top YouTube talent, including video bloggers known as sxePhil and KevJumba, for the scripted comedy “Hooking Up.” Set […]
September 8, 2008
Comcast debuts Fancast
Comcast has launched its Fancast Store, an electronic storefront that offers more than 3,000 digital downloads of TV shows and movies for rent or Comcast has launched its Fancast Store, an electronic storefront that offers more than 3,000 digital downloads of TV shows and movies for rent or purchase. The move puts Comcast's Fancast digital […]
September 8, 2008