The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) has published new data for subscription TV penetration across the Asia Pacific, noting that the region now has 326 million pay-TV, up 26 million homes in 2009. According to CASBAA estimates, backed by global data, subscription television in Asia Pacific now reaches more homes than the […]
People who download music illegally also spend an average of £77 (E85)a year buying it legitimately, a survey has found, while those who claimed not to use peer-to-peer filesharing sites spent a yearly average of just £44. Almost one in 10 of those questioned aged between 16 and 50 said they downloaded music illegally. However, […]
Ofcom has confirmed that Lord Burns will be the next chairman of Channel 4, and will join the broadcaster’s board immediately for a handover period before Luke Johnson’s departure in January. He will join Channel 4 immediately as chairman-designate, working with Johnson to find a new chief executive to replace Andy Duncan. Duncan is expected […]
Signs of an improvement in Britain's television advertising market emerged after ITV forecast that it would end the year with the best rate of advertising growth since 2007, and reported the early repayment of £75 million (E83.5m) in debt. The group said there had been an unexpected improvement in advertising since it last updated the […]
The Commission has moved to the second phase of an infringement proceeding against the UK over failure to provide its citizens with the full protection of EU rules on privacy and personal data protection when using electronic communications. The action stems from complaints over BT's trial of the Phorm targeted advertising system. "People’s privacy and […]
From David Del Valle in Madrid Pirates are targeting Spanish pay DTT. The Spanish police have seized 21,000 illegal DTT devices in the port of Algeciras, in the south of Spain. Imported from China the decoders could theoretically have cost operators E630,890 of subscriptions. Two companies, one Chinese and the other Spanish, have been targeted […]
According to TGI Latina, a consumer study covering the region's media industry, Discovery Channel ranked as the number one pay TV channel in viewer satisfaction and weekly viewership throughout the region. Discovery Channel has occupied the top position in the TGI rankings throughout each of the ten years the study has been published. The survey […]
From David Del Valle in Madrid Spanish broadcasting services provider Abertis Telecom, along with Microsoft, is launching an Internet TV platform to distribute DTT channels. The platform will follow the model of Hulu.com. All broadcasters are negotiating to include their TV content on the platform as a way to exploit a new business opportunity as […]
Sonic Solutions is set to power access to the Blockbuster On Demand movie service across a range of new home and mobile electronic devices. As part a multi-year agreement, Sonic’s Roxio CinemaNow will enable digital delivery of a vast library of content to the living room through TiVo Digital Video Recorders and an assortment of […]
From David Del Valle in Madrid First Spanish pay DTT channel Gol TV, operated by Mediapro, claims to have reached 665,000 subscribers since the beginning of the month with 15,000 through DTT and 650,000 through other pay-TV platforms (cable: Ono, R, Telecable, Euskaltel; IPTV: Imagenio, Jazztel and Orange). The company hopes to speed up the […]