Annual revenues generated by mobile search services are expected to reach $4.8bn by 2013, according to a report from Juniper Research. Whilst revenue generated by data charges associated with mobile search is significantly higher than that generated by mobile advertising at the present time, the gap will close over the next five years as the […]
Italian antitrust officials are set to probe into the competition-related aspects of a new law that dictates how Italian football television coverage is shared. The investigation is the latest in a series of moves against the controversial law, which was passed in January, just before the collapse of the Italian government led by Romano Prodi. […]
From Branislav Pekic in Rome Italian public broadcaster RAI is to launch a dedicated channel for teenagers on digital terrestrial and satellite by the end of June. RaiSat director, Carlo Freccero, said that Rai Quattro will be the “iPod of RAI viewers”. He added that the programme schedule has already been defined, but that the […]
Television stations owned by CBS are launching an online advertising initiative with local bloggers and social media sites. The ad network will involve CBS-owned TV stations generating online modules called “widgets,” which individuals can easily add to their Web sites. The widgets will contain local news as well as advertising, which the CBS stations will […]
After installing TiVo's Desktop Plus PC software, users will be able to subscribe to RSS feeds of their favorite Web shows. Users will also be able to transfer home videos from their computers to their DVRs. “Through the addition of new applications such as Web video, we continue to build toward our goal of making […]
The Office of Electronic Communications (OEC) is expecting the first commercial offers of mobile TV to appear in Poland this year, Anna Strezynska, the President of OEC confirmed. “I think that mobile TV will emerge this year because it already exists. Local tests give very promising results. About 12 channels of good quality can be […]
Shanghai Telecom’s IPTV promotion launched in mid-January has been declared a success with as many as two or three thousand new subscribers signing up each day between February 7th and now. Shanghai Telecom’s Internet official Yang Bingfeng added that he is confident that total user numbers will reach 800,000 before the end of the year.
The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) has released its “Digital Vision: India in 2012” report in New Delhi, providing an overview of the opportunities for rapid development of India's digital broadband and television industries. The CASBAA Digital Vision report also provides an assessment of India's pay-TV environment, along with recommendations for senior […]
Over 120 MPs have shown their support for plans to introduce a UK wide local channel on Freeview, by joining the United for Local Television coalition. The designated local television network on the Freeview platform, Channel 6, could carry local news, programming, advertising and networked public service content. United for Local Television put forward that […]
Harmonic has confirmed that that Sun Direct TV has deployed Harmonic’s digital video solutions for India’s first MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) direct-to-home (DTH) broadcast service. Harmonic has enabled Sun Direct TV to offer its new DTH service to 40 million homes in southern India by providing an end-to-end solution encompassing the latest generation DiviCom Electra encoders, […]