Chellomedia, the content subsidiary of cable operator Liberty Global, is to buy Spektrum, a documentary channel in eastern Europe, in the company's fifth acquisition in Although no figure has been confirmed, Chellomedia is believed to be paying £60m (E74.4m) for Spektrum, which is owned by HBO Central Europe, a joint venture between Home Box Office, […]

Research group the Pew Internet and American Life Project, found that 19 per cent of Internet users had downloaded podcasts to listen or view at a later date. A similar study in August 2006 found that just 12 per cent of Internet users had done this. An earlier study of downloading habits, in February and […]

With the partnership, users will be able to watch a programme while a tickertape of news items, share prices or weather forecasts runs in tandem with it. The content is accessible via an integrated Ethernet port or via Samsung’s wireless LAN adapter, which connects to the viewer’s broadband service

Television executives predict a growing appetite for Internet television, with 47 per cent believing that by 2010 Internet TV will be embraced by the majority of viewers, but for a minority of viewing. Jolyon Barker, head of Deloitte's Technology, said: “There are a number of factors preventing Internet TV from becoming mass market and competing […]

The Widget Channel will allow consumers to enjoy Internet applications designed for the TV while watching TV programmes. The channel will be powered by the Yahoo Widget Engine, a fifth-generation applications platform that will enable TV watchers to interact with a set of “TV Widgets,” or small Internet applications designed to complement and enhance the […]

On a trailing twelve months basis, Strategy Analytics' DMI grew 5.8 per cent in Q2 2008 to reach 153, equal to a 53 per cent increase from the index base year, as of December 31, 2006. Three companies managed to beat the quarterly index growth: Warner Music Group's Digital Business, up 8.5 per cent, Google, […]

Dailymotion users are encouraged to share video with their friends, upload it on blogs and spread it across the web. The service is funded by advertising across channel pages with revenue shared between ITN On and Dailymotion. MUZU TV has also signed a content deal with ITN for access to 80,000 hours of content from […]

Several VOD operators are concerned that the venture could hike prices charged for content to rival distributors. In its submission to the commission’s inquiry on the yet-to-launch VOD platform, Joost acknowledged that "(our) business has (already) suffered as a result" of its inability to get public service content in the UK as it has done […]