The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has confirmed that the country's switch over to digital terrestrial television will be delayed until 2013 at the earliest. This is over a year and a half later than cabinet had initially envisaged. In 2008 cabinet set out a number of guidelines regarding the switch over to […]
From Branislav Pekic in Rome Italy's DTH platform TivùSat has surpassed the figure of 150,000 active users in mid-February, while maintaining a trend of activation of 1,300 to 1,500 smartcards per day. The total number of TivùSat smart cards ordered by decoder and TV set manufacturers has meanwhile risen to 790,000. At the same time, […]
Onet.pl Group has launched a new VOD service in Poland featuring television series licensed by Warner Bros International Television Distribution (WBITD). Additionally, Warner Bros International Branded Services has launched its first WarnerTV subscription VOD branded service in Central and Eastern Europe, within the new Group Onet.pl VOD platform. This deal marks the first launch of […]
TV Genius has revealed it is powering the search and recommendation functionality for Freeview's newly launched iPhone app. The app enables users to search Freeview channel schedules anywhere they are and whenever they want. The iPhone app, which is available now from the iTunes App Store, free of charge, allows users to search TV listings […]
From Branislav Pekic in Rome Croatian business channel Kapital Network has been granted a national concession for experimental broadcasting on the DVB-T network. The decision was reached by Croatia's Electronic Media Council, which announced a tender for three specialised TV channels several weeks ago. As a result, Kapital Network, which has been available since May […]
The UK’s first Freeview HD-compatible set-top box has arrived at retail in the form of the Humax HD-FOX T2. Humax’s receiver is now available from a wide variety of both online-and-offline retailers priced at £179.99. The HD-FOX T2 is the first receiver equipped with a DVB-T2 tuner, allowing the set-top box to receive Freeview HD […]
“Telco TV market growth was strong in 2009. As a result, service revenue for the global telco TV market increased to nearly $12 billion in 2009 and will increase to nearly $17 billion by the end of 2010,” says Serene Fong, industry analyst at ABI Research. Western Europe generates the largest share of global revenue […]
Freeview says research it commissioned shows that more than 350,000 Sky+ HD homes might switch to the digital terrestrial television service in the next six months. Freeview’s HD offering will initially comprise three channels – BBC, ITV1 and Channel 4 – with a fourth, likely to be Channel Five, to be added at the end […]
The UK online industry is trying to boost the embryonic VOD market by reducing ad rates and standardising media buying. NMA reports that ITV and Channel 4 have cut their online video rates from CPMs of £40 (E45) to around £20. Media buyers said it was a conseqience of increasing competition – SeeSaw, YouTube, Hulu, […]
France Telecom's Orange is in discussions with a number of pay-DTT channels with a view to offering them to its subscribers via ADSL and satellite, the operator has confirmed. Talks go back as far as 2007, but Orange has expressed the hope that the offer will be made available by the end of the first […]