According to research from TDG less than half of broadband users view their favourite TV programmes when initially broadcast. “With the advent of the DVR, the primacy of programming schedules was forever diminished,” notes Michael Greeson, founding partner and director of research at TDG. “The DVR, however, simply signalled the first stages of a prolonged […]

Project Canvas has set a deadline of April 23rd for taking on any further partners in the venture. Meanwhile the project has hired Anthony Rose as Chief Technology Officer. Rose is sometimes called the iPlayer guru following his key role in its development as Head of Digital Media Technology at the BBC. Canvas has also […]

ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG and RTL Germany want to create a new open internet platform for catch-up TV across Germany and Austria that would be open to all broadcasters, according to local reports. The two companies already run their own catch-up TV platforms–which allow viewers to see some content via the internet for several days after […]

Time Warner’s HBO is in talks with additional distributors about offering its programming in a “TV Everywhere” scenario, where subscribers to a digital TV service would also gain access to HBO shows online, according to reports. HBO has already experimented with the offering with Comcast, and Verizon’s FiOS TV service, where subscribers can access more […]

YouTube, one of the world's most popular websites, was offline for more than an hour yesterday. Google's video sharing site had an internal fault, according to the company, it denied there was any link to Chinese hackers – Google has withdrawn from China after a disagreement with the government. “YouTube is up again following a […]

Cisco CTO Padmasree Warrior predicts a brave new world of Internet TV and video-conferencing cell-phones. Speaking at CTIA she said “the mobile device and the Internet are fast converging.” She said that just three years ago, data equivalent to 1.4 billion DVDs were sent across global networks. By 2013, she added, this will equal a […]

Consumers want their Internet TV, according to market research firm In-Stat. Based on In-Stat's new multi-client research, 26 per cent of US consumer respondents report viewing Internet TV more than once per week. However, rather than a substitute for traditional pay-TV services, consumers want Over-the-Top (OTT) Internet video to compliment traditional TV offerings. “Consumers want […]

Mobile operator 3 UK and On Demand Group have debuted Warner Bros. International Branded Services' WarnerTV branded service, which gives subscribers on-demand access to entire episodes of hit television shows from Warner Bros. Entertainment. The content deal with Mobix Interactive, now part of On Demand Group marks Warner Bros International Branded Services' first launch of […]

From Colin Mann in London Ben McOwen Wilson, director of online at ITV, has revealed a dual-screen strategy of promoting both on-demand and linear programme channels in 2010. “Online is reshaping the relationship with our viewers,” he told delegates at the FT Digital Media and Broadcast Conference. “We'll be investing in the dual stream. It's […]

Consumer research from Leichtman Research Group has found that 24 per cent of all US households have a television connected to the Internet. These connections vary from connecting through a video game system, a Blu-Ray player, or the TV set itself. While Internet connectivity has become a common built-in feature in many products, consumers are […]