Attentional has launched a UK internet panel to enable surveys to be carried out to understand the tastes and usage levels of those who access programme content through media other than television platforms. As part of the ongoing development of this panel, we have run a trial survey to gauge opinion towards the issue of […]
The BBC iPlayer will become fully available to consumers on Christmas Day. The internet-based catch-up TV service has been in beta operation. Downloads will be available for PC and streaming for Macs. Downloading for Macs is expected early in 2008.
Sky has re-launched Sky Anytime on PC as it further expands its PC-based on-demand offer. The service offers access to a broad collection of first run subscription movies, sports, entertainment and documentaries. Its re-launch sees content from third party channels being made available for the first time, new Sky brands joining the service, enhancements to […]
The Fifth Medium (t5m) online video service backed by a number of British internet entrepreneurs and powered by Microsoft, has gone live. Names including actor Kate Bosworth and Nelson Mandela have been lined up to feature in the first slate of programming offered by t5m.com. Created to produce original “socially conscious”, t5m.com bills itself as […]
ComScore, specialists in measuring the digital world, has released its Video Metrix report for September 2007, revealing that nearly 75 per cent of US Internet users watched a video online (including both streaming video and progressive downloads), averaging three hours of video per person during the month. Google Sites, which includes YouTube.com, topped the September […]
The Olswang Convergence Consumer Survey 2007 has revealed that consumers are demanding more rich media content but are still reluctant to pay. To secure free content consumers are willing to tolerate online advertisements which they would normally go out of their way to avoid. Some are even willing to deliberately break the law to secure […]
The four main US television networks are in line to generate $120 million (E81.2m) of revenues in 2007 from free web streaming of their content, according to a media buyer Starcom. The networks have been reluctant to acknowledge the size of their streaming businesses, partly because online video advertising has become a sticking point in […]
Shares in video search engine blinkx have climbed after ComScore figures showed it had 52.5 million unique visitors in October, and Hitwise data showed it had overtaken Google Video in terms of UK market share.
Nordic telco TeliaSonera will launch broadband TV services in the Greater Helsinki Area this week. Sonera Broadband TV offers a selection of channels, videos and high-definition image. The service is designed for households for which Sonera's top-speed 100 Mbps broadband is available. The top-speed access makes it possible for users to surf on the Internet […]
Ashley Highfield, future media director of the BBC, has said BBC iPlayer has cost around £4.5 million (E6.5m), as part of a £130 million, five-year plan to transition from tape to digital. On bandwidth management, Highfield told Groklaw, the open source site, he had added the ability to iPlayer users to turn off bandwidth sharing […]