Irdeto, the global expert in securing and delivering premium content and digital assets, congratulates customer Videocon d2h, a provider of direct-to-home (DTH) services for India, for recently reaching two million subscribers. To achieve this significant milestone, Videocon d2h relied on Irdeto’s robust end-to-end pay-TV solution suite to create a distinctive user experience with direct access […]
The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) has revealed that pay-TV in Asia has reached the tipping point of 50 per cent penetration of all Asian TV homes. This development opens the door to massive growth in ad revenues over the next five years. According to Asia Pacific pay-TV industry research carried out […]
LoveFilm has lowered its pre-tax loss to £934,000 (E1.06m) in 2009, from £7.4 million in 2008, as revenues increased by one third. The online film rental service reported its paying subscriber base was up 29 per cent in 2009 across its markets in the UK, Germany, Norway, Denmark, and Sweden, boosting revenues by 32.9 per […]
According to an annual piracy survey by CASBAA and Standard Chartered Bank – is that over $2 billion will have been lost to piracy this year. CASBAA noted that this loss, while high, does not include revenues lost to Internet piracy. Also research undertaken by PwC reveals that at least $262 million is lost annually […]
Virgin Media has announced the launch of the Nokia N8, the first handset to come preloaded with its own video-on-demand software. The Virgin Media Player app will also give access to content from 4oD, Comedy Central, MTV and Nickelodeon. Virgin says: “The brand-new Nokia N8 is the first handset to come pre-loaded with the ‘Virgin […]
SES Astra and Astrium, a wholly-owned subsidiary of EADS, have confirmed that Astrium will purchase a 75.1 per cent stake in SES Astra’s satellite equipment provider and ground system integrator ND SatCom, based in Friedrichshafen, Germany. With this agreement, SES Astra and Astrium will be reinforcing their long-term relationship, and will also explore the potential […]
Virgin Media has confirmed a deal with NBC Universal International Television Distribution for the video-on-demand rights in the UK to a selection of NBC Universal series. Under the terms of the agreement, these titles will be offered as new content across Virgin Media’s three entertainment platforms; TV, online and mobile. From December 1st Virgin Media […]
Sogecable, Spain’s largest pay-TV group and owner of Cuatro, has been re-branded as Prisa TV. It will hold all Prisa’s TV assets: Digital DTH platform, Digital Plus, Cuatro, the Portuguese channel TV1, the production company Plural with offices in Madrid, Lisbon, Miami and Rio de Janerio and the US New York-based channel Vme. Prisa TV […]
Sky Anytime+, Sky’s new Internet delivered VOD service, is to begin rolls-out to Sky+HD homes this week with STBs connecting to the Sky Broadband network to access a comprehensive on-demand service. Once connected, customers will have access to an updating library of content which they can ‘pull’ to their TVs to watch whenever they like. […]
Satellite broadcaster BSKyB’s first quarter results reveal it is fast approaching the 10 million subscriber mark, reporting net customer growth of 96,000 to reach 9.956 million households by the end of September 2010. It also reported Q1 net product growth of 989,000, up 12 per cent on the prior year. 2.3 million customers are now […]