Americans are getting more channels – and they're watching more TV than ever. In 2008, the number of channels available in the average US TV household was 130.1, according to Nielsen Media Research. That's more than double 2000, when the average was 61.4. In a given week, the average household tuned to 17.8 channels, or […]
From David Del Valle in Madrid The future of the Spain’s largest pay-TV platform, Digital Plus, looks in doubt as subscriber numbers fall. The company, owned by Sogecable, controlled in turn by Prisa Group, lost 148,000 subscribers in the last 12 months with 70,000 of them in the second quarter of the year. The platform […]
SES Astra has closed a contract with ProSiebenSat1 for its German group of channels, German Free TV Group, for the transmission of three free TV programmes in High Definition. The channels Sat.1, ProSieben and kabel eins will be broadcast in HD via SES Astra's new HD+ service from January 2010. The programmes will continue to […]
IP Vision's FetchTV, the first Freeview+ IPTV service to offer its users access to video-on-demand (VOD) and catch up content direct to their TV screen with tied-in subscription model, has its first retail deal with John Lewis. The SmartBox provides free access to a growing range of web video services. Users are able to watch […]
The uptake of Freeview in New Zealand has increased by nearly 13 per cent in the latest quarter, with more than 250,000 now tuning in to the subscription-free digital television service. For the three months ending June 2009 255,048 households were able to receive Freeview, with 11,846 more households receiving Freeview satellite (a total of […]
Carphone Warehouse's TalkTalk broadband service has dropped Phorm leaving the targeted advertising group's prospects for a UK launch looking increasingly unlikely. BT confirmed earlier that it had no "imminent plans" to launch Phorm's Webwise service to its broadband customers. Virgin Media has said it remains interested in offering such a service but has not performed […]
Next generation video-on-demand technology—known as Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) and Data Centres—will dramatically change the business model and the user experience for video delivery services. CDN-provisioned Video-on-Demand will allow content owners more control over their creations and provide viewers with more choices in programming and delivery methods according to In-Stat. "As Content Providers build or […]
BSkyB and ESPN have struck a £65m (E75m) deal with the Scottish Premier League to air 60 live Clydesdale Bank Premier League matches each season across the UK and Ireland. The deal will last until the end of season 2011/12 with the SPL having an option to extend for a further two seasons. Lex Gold, […]
Associated Newspapers is bringing forward the shutdown of analogue Teletext services from 2012 to January next year, and will even shut several of its Freeview digital text services, saying Ofcom's refusal to give public funding beyond 2014 contributed to the decision. Teletext has been offering digital text services on ITV's red button since the advent […]
Strategy Analytics’ digital media analyst, Martin Olausson, has predicted that the global paid online video segment will reach $3.8 billion in 2009, and exceed the free online video segment, which is expected to reach $3.5 billion this year. The total online video sector is predicted to grow 38 per cent annually until 2012, with the […]