John Malone, Liberty chairman, warned that moves by television networks to make programmes available for free on the internet were doomed to fail and such moves could undermine more promising ways of making money from broadband and other new technologies, he said. Malone told the FT: “I think the idea that they're going to put […]

From Branislav Pekic in Rome Italy's Ministry for Economic Development, will present the timetable for the definite switchover to digital terrestrial by 9th September 2008. According to the Association for the Promotion of Digital Terrestrial Television (DGTVi), the timetable will indicate areas (between 15 and 20) and the deadlines in view of the complete analogue […]

Federal regulators are beginning an effort to crack down on stealth advertising in television shows, a move aimed at letting consumers know when companies have paid to use their products as props. The FCC is expected to open a formal proceeding about new rules requiring more disclosure of product placement. Regulators say they’ve become more […]

As at the end of March, the services of subscription television which use cable and satellite technologies registered around 2 million users in Portugal, representing around 18.8 subscribers per 100 inhabitants. Of these two million users, 75 per cent were customers of the cable distribution service – almost 1.5 million customers – while Direct To […]

The Time Warner UK Advertising Council – a joint venture between, IPC Media, Turner Broadcasting, AOL UK, Time and Fortune magazines and Warner Bros – has failed to strike a single deal since being established in October 2007 reports Media Week. The council was established to act as a hub for campaigns to be run […]

Nearly three million new homes took up digital TV in 2007. Today, nearly 9 out of 10 homes in the UK have 'gone digital and spend £4.2 billion (E5.25bn) on their service every year. However, the first ever digital TV customer satisfaction survey by uSwitch.com, featuring the top three providers – who hold 95 per […]

German pay-TV station Premiere has named two investment banks to represent the interest of all shareholders should News Corp make a takeover offer. Chief Executive Michael Boernicke said while News has raised its stake to 25.01 per cent he had no indication whether they intended to lift their stake to 30 per cent and trigger […]

French commercial TV operators Television Francaise 1 (TF1), Vivendi SA’s Canal+ and M6-Metropole Television have announced the creation of an association (ACP) to ‘defend the rights and professional interests’ of national, private, terrestrial channels. The formation of ACP comes at the time when a government-appointed commission is due to announce its proposals for removing advertising […]

French commercial TV operators Television Francaise 1 (TF1), Vivendi SA’s Canal+ and M6-Metropole Television have announced the creation of an association (ACP) to ‘defend the rights and professional interests’ of national, private, terrestrial channels. The formation of ACP comes at the time when a government-appointed commission is due to announce its proposals for removing advertising […]

The failure of social networking sites – such as Facebook and MySpace – to translate their global popularity into ad revenue has led research company eMarketer to downgrade ad-spend forecasts for the social-networking sector by around £250 million (E312m) by 2011. eMarketer said that “in spite of the media hype” around social networking worldwide-advertising spending […]