PCCW has reported its first-half net profit edged lower as revenue from telecommunications services declined due to the weakening Hong Kong economy. The dominant telco said its net profit for the six months ended June 30 was HK$654 million Hong Kong dollars ($83.8 million), down 0.3 per cent from HK$656 million a year earlier. Revenue […]

BBC Worldwide has struck a deal to make hundreds of hours of content available via the UK online video service blinkbox. Popular titles on DVD, such as Top Gear, Gavin & Stacey, Spooks and Planet Earth, will cost users £1.89 (E2.19) an episode to download from which is still finalising what it will charge for […]

Microsoft Video Player has had almost 170,000 views of in the first fortnight since it launched in the UK, says the Guardian. Microspft launched a pilot of the MSN Video Player on 3 August after the banning of Project Kangaroo by competition regulators in February. The first figures on usage show that after 11 full […]

BskyB has written to the BBC Trust expressing "serious concerns" about its handling of Project Canvas. The Trust's conduct of a consultation process on Canvas "will only serve to undermine further industry confidence in its ability and inclination to act as a genuinely independent regulator of the BBC", Sky said. Since February, the Trust has […]

Australian Internet service provider iiNet has revealed that it is planning to launch an IPTV service shortly, with introduction in the first half of next year deemed most likely. “It will probably be in the first half of next year,” said Michael Malone, Managing Director of iiNet. “We are still playing around with our own […]

Reports in Germany say that Vodafone Germany has stopped marketing its ADSL-based IPTV service to new customers. Instead the telecoms company is preparing a new IPTV offering, with a possible launch in mid-2010. Until then, Vodafone will revise the offer, developing and exploring increasing convergence between fixed line and mobile services. 'We will tailor our […]

Ericsson Nikola Tesla has signed IPTV contract with main Georgian mobile operator Magticom. The contract is worth over 17 million kunas. This end-to-end IPTV solution will consist of Ericsson middleware, Tandberg TV headend with initial capacity of 74 TV channels, Video on Demand (VoD) functionality, along with satellite antenna subsystem and set-top boxes, as well […]

A new global report from MRG shows how OTT (Over-the-Top) video services will offer new opportunities for IPTV & Cable Operators and media owners to expand their reach through TV-centric open Internet services. Revenues in 2012 should exceed $11 billion, with Internet Set-top Box (ISTB) penetration (including game consoles) exceeding 57 million. Besides cost containment […]

Swisscom has doubled the number of subscribers to its Bluewin IPTV service during the year to the end of June for a total of 165,000 customers after adding 26,000 during the second quarter. The Swiss telco said the simplified installation process introduced last year was proving successful with about 85% of new Bluewin TV customers […]

Swisscom has doubled the number of subscribers to its Bluewin IPTV service during the year to the end of June for a total of 165,000 customers after adding 26,000 during the second quarter. The Swiss telco said the simplified installation process introduced last year was proving successful with about 85% of new Bluewin TV customers […]