TiVo is reported as offering a new service giving advertisers detailed profiles of its users. TiVo – which sells advertisers second-by-second ratings of programs and commercials based on subscriber viewing habits – plans to announce that it will soon add demographic data about the viewers themselves the WSJ reported. The information includes age, income, marital […]
BBC3 is to screen an entertainment show early next year, hosted by singer Lily Allen, based on the social networking phenomenon that helped launch her career. Viewers will shape the show online by becoming her virtual friends and contributing to topical discussions, putting questions to guests and presenting parts of the show. The audience will […]
From David Del Valle in Madrid The rapid take-up of DTT in Spain is boosting the sale of DTT boxes with plans to reach 9 million DTT devices by the end of the year, according to Andres Tejero, CEO of Veo TV. The latest report from the Pro DTT Association Impulsa TDT has revealed that […]
German pay TV broadcaster Premiere, whose profits depend largely on its ability to show live Bundesliga football matches, scrapped its 2008 forecast on uncertainty over the next TV rights auction. “The bidding process will begin much later than expected and an agency has been commissioned to manage the process. We cannot rule out that this […]
Deutsche Telekom is selling its German media broadcast business to private equity firm in a transaction worth between E800 million and E900 million. They will chose between bids from the Macquarie Infrastructure Group and TPG private equity of the US. Deutsche Telekom’s chief executive, René Obermann, had signalled the possiblesale of the media broadcast business […]
Joost has appointed Meebo to power its instant messaging service. The deal means that Joost users will now be able to chat while watching content from its 250 channels. Meebo claims 3.5m accounts are now registered with its service. Mike Volpi, CEO of Joost, said: “Participation in community activities has emerged as one of the […]
LA-based interactive television company PTV Corporation is launching its wholly owned interactive television channel on the Sky DTH platform in the UK and Ireland. The company’s channel is styled as the world's first multi-play dynamic pricing television commerce platform. Its proprietary programming is a fast-paced, competitive, trading floor atmosphere that provides live, real-time auctions combined […]
Telescope, player in participation media services and Akamai, service provider for accelerating content and applications online, have provided the first multi-channel voting platform for participation media events, part of a growing industry that has become more significant to broadcasters. The two companies have successfully delivered the application, which enables audience members of participation TV shows […]
Swisscom AG is to shut down its interactive television operation Betty TV in Switzerland. ‘The results from Betty TV (Switzerland) were significantly below our expectations,’ said spokesman Carsten Roetz in an interview. Betty TV gained 10,000 customers in Switzerland and 100,000 in Germany since its launch last June. But Swisscom had produced 300,000 devices for […]
Sky Chairman Rupert Murdoch offered BSkyB shareholders a vindication of his company’s 18 years in business by declaring it would relish the competition brought by changes in the media landscape. Murdoch told investors at the company’s annual general meeting that the satellite broadcaster’s history since launching 18 years ago had been “a remarkable story,” with […]