From Colin Mann in London The UK Government departments responsible for business and media have published a plan aimed at securing Britain's place at the forefront of the global digital economy. The interim report – produced by voluntary Steering Board of industry experts led by Stephen Carter, the Minister for Communications, Technology and Broadcasting – […]
A large percentage of the BBC’s £130 million-a-year (E141m) digital switchover surplus licence fee money is expected to be taken by comms minister Lord Carter to help achieve his goal of getting broadband in every UK home by 2012. It has been reported that the outline of a deal has been reached, although the full […]
The latest UPC viewer survey says many have trouble reading text on TV and a zoom facility would be useful. The fifth annual UPC Television Survey, conducted in 11 European countries, focussed on accessibility. The main issues of Europeans regarding visibility of texts on the TV screen are related to the contrast between screen text […]
Subscription and download media store revenue rose 26.9 per cent in 2008 to $3.3 billion, forecast to advance by 19 per cent in 2009, according to a report by AccuStream iMedia Research. The report analysed content verticals including music, movies, television, sports, news and entertainment with detailed subscriber, service and transaction velocity numbers, monthly and […]
UPC Austria is to invest E100 million in DOCSIS 3.0 development to improve connection speeds across Austria. The triple-play provider said it would begin to increase the speed of Internet access through the chello, student, classic and plus portals by 100 Mbits and reduce prices on 2nd February. UPC Austria chief Thomas Hintze said 2008 […]
Comcast together with Disney-ABC Domestic Television, has announced the launch of the subscription video on demand service, Disney Family Movies. The service, which showcases classic and contemporary Disney family movies from one of the world's largest film libraries, is now available to Comcast digital customers. Disney Family Movies gives customers unlimited access to approximately 20 […]
From David Del Valle in Madrid Spain’s Telecommunications Market Commission (CMT) has freed Telefonica from the obligation of sharing its network with other operators for speeds over 30Mbps. Below that speed, the company will have to offer rivals a wholesale service, whether offered via the copper wire network or its new fibre optic network. It […]
As expected, Cablevision has ditched carriage of the VOOM networks, replacing the high-def channels with content from the big three premium programmers. The New York-area MSO said it is serving more than 1.3 million HD customers, penetrating 50 percent of all its digital TV households, the cable operator said. Cablevision said it is delivering access […]
Virgin Media is considering whether to delist on New York's Nasdaq – a legacy of its ntl past – in favour of listing back at home in the UK, as part of a review of company finances. "Our new CFO is looking at our capital structure, including how we are listed and what our dividend […]
From Branislav Pekic in Rome Portugal Telecom will air live coverage of 16 games of the Portuguese Football League (Liga Sagres) simultaneously on TV (Meo), mobile phones (Meo Mobile) and on the Internet (Sapo portal). The partnership between Portugal Telecom, public broadcaster RTP and rights holder Sportinveste Multimédia will permit the transmission of the 16 […]