Findings indicate that greater ownership of connected game consoles, networked TVs, and alternative video-on-demand set-top receivers is generating significant growth in user-paid revenues. “Consumption of premium Internet video content to date has been low,” said Kurt Scherf, Vice President, Principal Analyst, Parks Associates. “Services have been available only on less-than-optimal screens – PCs and portable […]
Although Microsoft has denied that Zune would expand into communications in a similar manner to the iPhone, the company admitted that it was in an “exploratory phase” regarding supplementing the TV content it already licenses from studios with Zune-only material. Zune is looking for non-conventional programming that can capitalise on the device’s social networking platform, […]
“More coverage is the key issue because we are offering more channels than normal TV,” Cheng Ching-ming, director of interactive multimedia at Chunghwa told Bloomberg. The company, which began offering the service in March 2004, estimates the number of users of the service will climb to 600,000 by August 30, from about 500,000 at the […]
Broadband communications recorded sustained strong growth year-on-year: The number of fixed-line and broadband connections rose by 193,000 (+12.8 per cent) to 1,699,000. As at the end of June 2008, Swisscom's Bluewin TV IPTV service counted around 80,000 paying customers. Net growth compared to the previous year amounted to around 40,000 customers. The average one-time cost […]
Eldad Tamir, co-founder and General Partner at DFJ-Tamir Fishman Ventures, said the firm had been keeping a constant eye out for noteworthy investment opportunities. "We've been observing the mobile TV market and its ever-rising potential for some time now." “The consumer market is now starting to fulfil the vision that gave birth to Siano back […]
Sales decreased to E5.2 million for the three-month period ended June 30, 2008. The company reported a net loss of E0.8 million for the quarter. Private Media Group CFO Johan Gillborg said that during the first quarter of 2008, restructuring plans were developed in response to the shift of the Company’s business model from traditional […]
The new channel, available first to Comcast customers this week, features a host of exciting and popular action films and television shows, many available in high-definition (HD). Matt Strauss, Senior Vice President, New Media, Comcast Cable said movies were a very popular feature on VOD
The merger rumour surfaced following speculation that federal officials could be inclined to support it, following their approval of the XM-Sirius satellite radio merger. DirecTV and Dish attempted to merge several years ago, but the FCC rejected it in 2002 on competition grounds. In an earnings call following release of the company’s second quarter report, […]
NBC Olympics tops the survey, ahead of Yahoo Olympics, AOL Olympics; Beijing2008.cn and New York Times Olympics. Rounding out the top 10 are ESPN Olympics, USA Today Olympics, Olympics.org, BBC Olympics and Sports Illustrated Olympics. The audience to NBC's Olympics video offering – which will include more than 2,000 hours of live coverage during the […]
Speculation is increasingly mounting in Spain about France Telecom’s interest in acquiring Sogecable’s pay-TV unit, Digital Plus. The telco joins names such as Rupert Murdoch, Carlos Slim and Telefónica, among others, as being linked with the operation. Sogecable’s approach to France Telecom-controlled IPTV service Orange TV with the recent launch of a triple play offer, […]