Cisco Systems from the USA, SmartLabs from Russia and Bouygues Telecom from France are the latest organisations to join the Open IPTV Forum (OIPF) in its development of open, end-to-end specifications for IPTV, based on existing technologies and open standards.
Aksh Optifibre plans to raise up to $20 million through a private placement to grow its IPTV and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) business in India. The amount will be used to part finance Aksh's capex requirement as it plans to ramp up its subscriber base from 35,000 to 650,000 by March 2013. The company, […]
The US IPTV market will grow from over 5 million subscribers in 2009 to 15.5 million by 2013, according to a report by analyst firm Strategy Analytics. While IPTV holds less than a 5% share of total television households in 2009, the percentage will approach 13% in 2013. Strategy Analytics believes that, despite recently announced […]
The TV industry has as little as two years to create viable digital businesses or face a version of the “iTunes moment” that saw the music business cede the online future to Apple, according to Ashley Highfield. Highfield, the former BBC future technology chief who is now managing director of consumer and online at Microsoft […]
The global IPTV market has withstood the worst of the worldwide economic storm during the last six months, putting it on track to achieve more than 50 per cent subscriber growth in 2009, according to iSuppli. In the fourth quarter of 2008 and the first quarter of 2009, IPTV added 2.5 million and 2.3 million […]
comScore has released July 2009 data from the comScore Video Metrix service, showing that 158 million US Internet users watched online video during the month, the largest audience ever recorded. Online video reached another all-time high in July with a total of 21.4 billion videos viewed during the month. In July, Google Sites continued to […]
TVNZ is planning to build on the success of its OnDemand service by making some shows available online before they screen on TV. Head of emerging business Jason Paris said the broadcaster was among a limited number outside the US to embrace the concept, which it launched in 2007. “I suppose it was a little […]
Investment analysts Piper Jaffray have predicted Apple will enter the TV market by 2011 with an Apple-branded television set with digital video recording and home media functions. “With the popularity of ad-based internet TV and subscription models, we believe a-la-carte (iTunes) video purchases have lost share against other video models in recent months. As such, […]
Warner Bros and Turner Broadcasting have made a joint deal with YouTube to put movie and TV clips on the popular video portal. The deal is aimed at driving digital sales of Warner movies and TV shows online, the company said. Links on some WB shows already on YouTube point users directly to the WBShop.com […]
YouTube co-founder and CEO Chad Hurley has becoming the "primary investor" for US F1, the motorsports team debuting in next year's season. Hurley tells Autosport.com: "I thought it was a great business opportunity and a good investment. I am definitely going to be involved in helping the team with sponsors, helping the team with business […]