Following comments made earlier in the year by BBC Director General Mark Thompson that an international version of the iPlayer app would be made available later in 2011 for “a small number of dollars per month, definitely fewer than ten”, BBC Worldwide, the BBC’s commercial arm, has confirmed that it is now offering audiences across […]
Eurosport and Ziggo have extended and expanded their distribution agreement for Eurosport and Eurosport HD in the Netherlands, as well as the new Dutch language version of Eurosport 2, Eurosport 2 HD and Eurosport’s catch-up TV service. Eurosport 2, which includes the recently acquired exclusive rights for Bundesliga football, will now be one of the […]
Avail-TVN, the digital media services company, has announced an expanded, long-term agreement with Stingray Digital, a specialist in interactive music services. The agreement builds on the success of the Karaoke Channel On Demand, owned and operated by Stingray Digital and licensed and delivered exclusively through Avail-TVN. The expanded agreement continues Avail-TVN’s role in providing a […]
ITV has confirmed plans to launch its TV micropayment system in January, as the broadcaster forecasts an end to its summer advertising slump in September with television ad revenues expected to be “broadly flat”. “Our pay mechanism will launch at the turn of the year; we have picked our partners,” said the ITV chief executive, […]
Freesat has confirmed the arrival of ITV Player on its subscription-free TV service. The only TV service to offer both ITV Player and BBC iPlayer, Freesat’s viewers can now catch-up on all ITV1, ITV2, ITV3 and ITV4 programmes, up to seven days after broadcast. ITV Player can be found on channel 903 on the Freesat […]
Platform ‘n’, Poland’s leading satellite TV platform, will bring Romance TV Polska to its line-up from September 1st. The news marks the 28th HD channel in Platform ‘n’s growing line-up. Its subscribers will be the first to enjoy a mix of romance fiction featuring some of the genre’ best productions and adaptations in high definition. […]
Netflix shares have tumbled more than 10 per cent after the DVD and online video streaming service’s warning that a recent price rise would cause some customers to downgrade or cancel subscriptions. The company, which was reporting second-quarter results, also warned that revenues would “only grow slightly on a sequential basis” following the price change, […]
On-demand TV revenues from movies and TV programmes (and excluding revenues from other sources such as sports and adult and also excluding SVOD packages) will reach $5.7 billion in 2016, up from $3.6 billion in 2010 and $2.1 billion in 2006, according to the On-demand TV Forecasts report published by Digital TV Research (DTVR). By […]
Following midweek indications that prospective bidder Microsoft would not be pursuing its interest in buying online video service Hulu, reports now suggest that Apple could be considering entering the fray, according to “two people who weren’t authorised to speak publicly”. The two sources spoke with Bloomberg, describing the negotiations as “early talks that may lead […]
A truly converged multi-screen TV service is within Europe’s grasp says MobiTV, the company that powers the branded TV services of all the major wireless operators in the US market. Operators in Europe are well placed to capitalise on the demand for connected TV, following last week’s report from Parks Associates, which revealed that 30 […]