US consumer electronics giant Best Buy’s disappointing third quarter financial numbers have seen the company put much of the blame on poor sales of 3D and Internet-enabled televisions. The CE retailer has reported quarterly revenue dropped five per cent, compared to last year’s third quarter. TV makers and retail partners had been expecting a slight […]
French broadband and IPTV supplier Free (part of the Iliad group) has unveiled its new box and package with Iliad’s chairman Xavier Niel describing the new box as a “revolution”. It consists, in fact, of a pair of boxes, designed by the leading stylist Philippe Starck. The modem box has a fibre and ADSL modem, […]
Acetrax, the movie retailer on connected TVs from Samsung, LG and Panasonic, has revealed the most popular film streamed through its service this year in the UK has been Sherlock Holmes, closely followed by Clash Of The Titans and Harry Potter. The Acetrax Movies App allows users to register directly on their TVs and instantly […]
Jana Bennett is moving from her job as BBC Vision director to BBC Worldwide, with responsibilities including the global rollout of the international subscription version of the iPlayer. Bennett will join BBC Worldwide in February as president, worldwide networks and global iPlayer. The BBC is seeking to build on the popularity of its iPlayer by […]
Video search-engine operator blinkx is hoping it will be available on UK IPTV platform YouView when it launches in 2011, and has initiated discussions to that end. “We know the YouView team very well and we are involved in the various processes they currently have running with the tech teams,” blinkx founder and chief executive […]
International market research firm Parks Associates predicts three million US broadband households plan to purchase an Internet-connected TV during the 2010 Christmas shopping season, further eroding consumer need for brick-and-mortar video sources. Nearly 25 per cent of US broadband households already own at least one connected TV device, and one-fourth of these households have watched […]
Internet backbone provider Level 3 Communications says Comcast is demanding a recurring fee for transmitting internet movies and “other content” to Comcast customers, accusing the cableco of violating the FCC’s “net neutrality” principles. Comcast says Level 3 is misrepresenting the negotiations between the two companies. “Comcast is effectively putting up a toll booth at the […]
An annual study of consumer video consumption habits and platforms conducted by Frank N. Magid Associates has revealed that despite the increased use of alternative video viewing platforms (like VOD set-top boxes, instant streaming, and mobile apps), the vast majority of consumers intend to continue to maintain their traditional subscriptions with cable, satellite, and telco […]
Viacom had joined all the US networks and many other content providers in blocking Google TV. Viewers trying to access MTV, Nickelodeon and other Viacom brands will now get a ‘content unavailable’ message. The networks fear Google will encourage migration to online and shift viewers to an increasingly on demand behaviour pattern that will damage […]
China’s web TV market in 2009 had over 2 million web TV set shipments and about 1/4 million web TV STB shipments. The fast development of the web TV market is driven by competition between the giant domestic TV vendors and the low incremental cost for web TV functionality, helping drive wider user acceptance. As […]