From David Del Valle in Madrid Spain’s first pay DTT channel, Mediapro-owned Gol TV, has reached the one million subs mark three months after its launch as a pay TV channel through all possible platforms, beating its own forecast of one million for the first year of operation. The channel has 150,000 DTT subscribers, IPTV […]
Verizon has launched an interactive TV version of its In-Home Agent customer self-help tool on its FiOS TV platform in the US. According to the company, the new tool uses “the advanced FiOS network” to diagnose issues, report back to customers, and then quickly and automatically fix most problems. The new In-Home Agent app, which […]
BSkyB has ended talks with Google about the opportunity for its pay-TV content to be made available on YouTube. Sky said : “The pay model is at the heart of our business and allows us to invest significantly in high-quality, distinctive content.While we do offer some content on a free basis via both the TV […]
From Branislav Pekic in Rome Hot on the heels of La7, Italian broadcasters Sky Italia, Mediaset and RAI are also planning to launch their own “on demand” services. This month, Sky Italia is introducing Sky Selection On Demand, a free service that allows subscribers equipped with MySky and MySkyHD decoders to choose from a constantly […]
In October 2009, the number of households in Hungary using digital television topped the 1.1 million mark, according to the flash report released by the National Communications Authority (NHH). According to NHH estimates and previous surveys, of the close to 3.8 million Hungarian households approximately 3 million subscribe to some sort of television service. The […]
AT&T has that it has reached its 2 millionth AT&T U-verse TV customer. In the last year, AT&T has added one million customers to the award-winning TV service available to millions of homes across the US. AT&T has also announced the launch of AT&T U-verse High Speed Internet Max Turbo, which offers broadband speeds of […]
From Colin Mann in Geneva Digital television technology specialist Advanced Digital Broadcast (ADB) has demonstrated live that it can deliver the promise of tru2way interactive technology for cable system operators, and consumers. At a recent CableLabs Interop event, ADB showed how its ADB-4820C high-definition set-top box could seamlessly support the full functionality of both Cisco […]
CBS said the fourth quarter was better than the preceding three quarters, buoyed by higher prices paid for advertising time sold closer to when TV programmes aired. Advertising pricing is up more than 25 per cent and, combined with more advertisements sold, CBS is expecting to add $100 million more in sales for 2009 than […]
TeamCast, a specialist in mobile TV and DTT, is partnering with the Finnish operator DNA Oy – the operator selected by the Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications in Finland for the operation of two multiplexes in VHF frequency band, using the DVB-T2 standard (the new digital terrestrial broadcasting standard which supports HDTV programmes). The companies […]
From Branislav Pekic in Rome La7 has become the first national broadcaster in Italy to launch an on-demand platform in High Definition, available online and free of charge. The platform allows viewers to watch shows broadcast by the channel on-the-air over the past week. Meanwhile, according to the CEO of Telecom Italia Media, Mauro Nanni, […]