Nearly 80 million Americans (43 per cent of the online population) have watched one of their favourite TV shows on the Internet according to a Digital Life America tracking study conducted by Solutions Research Group, up significantly from 12 months ago when that figure was just 25 per cent. A full 20 per cent of […]
In the latest on-line off-line media twist, Cablevision is set to offer US consumers the option of seeing a movie via its on-demand service, as long as they agreed to pay for a DVD of the film. The service, branded ‘Popcorn DVDs On Demand’, would allow Cablevision’s digital subscribers to order a DVD via their […]
Modern Times Group (MTG) has confirmed that Viasat Broadcasting has signed an agreement with Canal Digital in Sweden to include the Kanal 5 channel on Viasat's DTH satellite and IPTV platforms, and for TV3 to be made available on the Canal Digital satellite and IPTV platforms. The channels will be included in Viasat's and Canal […]
The Danish regulator has received three applications for pay-TV services on the DTT network. The Mediesekretariatet confirmed the three interested parties are Swedish pay-TV operator Boxer, Telenor's Danmarks Digital TV and Modern Times Group's Danmarks TV. The licence will cover the operation of both mobile TV and digital terrestrial services over four available multiplexes It […]
From Branislav Pekic in Rome A total of 6.697.516 receivers for digital terrestrial television were sold in Italy from February 2004 to November 2007, according to research commissioned by DGTVi from the GFK Marketing Services institute. Out of the total, 82.3 per cent of the receivers (5,510,580 units) were made up of decoders, while TVs […]
UPC Neverland has revealed that its 'day and date' strategy for Video On Demand (VOD) with Warner Home Video Benelux has led to much higher buy rates via cable TV. 'Day and date' means that movie titles for VOD are released on the same day as the DVD introduction to the consumer market. Since the […]
From David del Valle in Madrid Digital terrestrial TV in Spain reached its audience peak in January, with an average share of 10.5 per cent, with Madrid, Valencia, Canaries and Catalonia as the Regions with the highest DTT penetration. Its rapid rise of audience, along with the growth in audience of thematic TV channels (11.2 […]
Disney-ABC International Television has reached agreements with the owners of the Korean VOD IPTV services Mega TV and HanaTV, to supply television series and movie content for on-demand viewing. Under the two agreements, viewers of the KT Corporation-owned Mega TV and HanaTV, owned by Hanaro Telecom, will have access to U.S. series such as Grey's […]
Filing its response on the deadline for the Ofcom consultation period for upgrading Freeview to HD, the Digital TV Group has said “the regulator's current proposals could seriously compromise DTT's long term viability.” Dermot Nolan, the new director general at the DTG, believes there should be a comprehensive national strategy for HDTV encompassing all TV […]
From David Del Valle in Madrid The largest Spanish pay-TV group, Sogecable, is the first company in the country to distribute nationwide a High Definition channel with the launch of Canal + HD, the HD version of its premium pay-TV service. On trial since last December, the channel will offer a regular HD transmission to […]