From Branislav Pekic in Rome Italian broadcaster Mediaset plans to launch its pay-TV service, Premium Gallery, currently available exclusively on DTT, on Telecom Italia's IPTV platform Alice Home TV. Speaking during a Parliamentary enquiry, Mediaset president, Fedele Confalonieri, announced that the pay-TV channels Joi, Mya and Steel will be available on Alice Home TV from […]
Sandvine, provider of intelligent broadband network solutions, has released a global Internet traffic trends report based on millions of subscribers from around the world. Report findings include real proof of the inevitable shift in consumer behaviour as online entertainment-based applications such as gaming, video streaming, social networking and VoIP communications dominate peak evening hours between […]
P2P Internet traffic, despite having grown at pace for years, will grow almost 400 per cent over the next five years, according to MultiMedia Intelligence. Growing from a level of 1.6 petabytes of Internet traffic per month in 2007, P2P Internet traffic will grow to almost 8 petabytes per month by 2012. P2P data currently […]
From Branislav Pekic in Rome The president of Mediaset has confirmed that Italy's leading private broadcaster is ”obliged” to sue video-sharing site YouTube and its owner Google for copyright infringement. ”If an administrator believes his company has suffered damages he must take legal action because one day any shareholder could ask why no claim for […]
As they enter the growth stage of their industry, IPTV operators are moving past their underlying network capabilities and are focusing on real and value-added benefits for their customers according to ABI research. The future success of Telco-IPTV operators will be determined by a wide range of internal and external factors while they manage the […]
From Colin Mann in Cannes Project Kangaroo, the joint venture between BBC Worldwide, Channel 4 and ITV, plans to launch in closed beta by the end of the year, CEO Ashley Highfield has said at MIPCOM: “With the Competition Committee’s blessing, we hope to launch in closed beta by Christmas time.” As to how Kangaroo […]
The State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) has issued a new IPTV licence to the Beijing-based company Huaxia Network. Previously, SARFT had awarded licences to operators including the Shanghai Media Group (SMG), China Central Television (CCTV), Southern Media Corporation (SMC), China Radio International (CRI), and Hangzhou-based Wasu.
From Colin Mann in Cannes YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley has called on broadcasters to work with the online video community to extend their reach and develop business models. Delivering a MIPCOM keynote speech on Managing Content in the Internet Age, Hurley told delegates: "We want to continue to be your partner and continue to work […]
From Colin Mann in Cannes Project Kangaroo, the joint venture between BBC Worldwide, Channel 4 and ITV, plans to launch in closed beta by the end of the year, CEO Ashley Highfield has said at MIPCOM: “With the Competition Committee’s blessing, we hope to launch in closed beta by Christmas time.” As to how Kangaroo […]
The State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) has issued a new IPTV licence to the Beijing-based company Huaxia Network. Previously, SARFT had awarded licences to operators including the Shanghai Media Group (SMG), China Central Television (CCTV), Southern Media Corporation (SMC), China Radio International (CRI), and Hangzhou-based Wasu.