Simon Woodward, CEO of digital TV software provider ANT, has implied that delays in agreeing product specifications that deliver the benefit of merged linear and Internet TV has affected the company’s revenues. Woodward’s comments came as ANT reported a seven per cent drop in full year revenue to £4.35million (€5.14m) last year from £4.70 million […]
Internet-based television service FilmOn is looking to launch in the US, Europe and the Middle East in autumn 2011, according to the operation’s founder and CEO Alki David. The service is currently the subject of a federal lawsuit filed by the major US networks which claims that FilmOn has been streaming the signals of numerous […]
The project to create a national IPTV platform in China is going “smoothly,” according to Zhang Haitao, deputy chief of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT), at a press conference held in Beijing. All 12 pilot cities, chosen by the SARFT to build local IPTV platforms, had finished the construction and linked […]
Belgacomhas reported Q4 earnings before EBITDA and special items rose 6 per cent to €495 million, beating expectations. Belgium’s largest telco added 223,000 subscribers to its IPTV service ‘Belgacom TV’ to reach a total of 975,000 customers by the end of 2010. The company sold a total of 311,000 multi-play packs last year, bringing the […]
Telekom Austria had reached over 151,000 subscribers for its IPTV service ‘aonTV’ by the end of 2010, up more than 50 per cent from a year ago. Total revenues across all operations and markets for 2010 reached €4.65 billion, down 3.1 per cent year-on-year, while group EBITDA fell 9.1 per cent to €1.6459 billion, due […]
Vladlink is trialling IPTV services in the Russia’s Far East, in preparation for a full commercial launch with its residential customers. The Internet service provider has chosen Netris to provide its iVision middleware for the service, to be branded ‘Vladlink.TV’. There will be over 110 channels available at launch delivered to HD-capable STBs from D-Link. […]
eMarketer estimates that in 2011, 68.2 per cent of US Internet users, or 158.1 million people, will be watching video content online each month. By 2015, that figure will increase to 76 per cent of Internet users, or 195.5 million people. In the same period, online video advertising spending will surge from $1.97 billion to […]
In a multiplatform world, where the consumer is king, keeping viewers satisfied while finding a way to monetise content is the biggest challenge facing programmers today. That was the verdict from the ‘State of the TV Industry’ panel at the 2011 TV Summit hosted by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Foundation and Variety. […]
Internet TV finally looks ready to live up to its promise, according to the Sector Focus commentary by Turner Investments. Analysts at Turner see it “gaining wider consumer acceptance and commercial scale in this decade.” “Perhaps the biggest thing Internet TV has going for it,” the authors say, “is that it’s part of a technological […]
Australian IPTV service FetchTV has confirmed the addition of football club channels from Manchester United Television and Real Madrid to its line-up. The service, which is available through a number of Australian ISPs, already carries club channels from Chelsea, Manchester City and Barcelona. The club channels feature match highlights from their specific team’s domestic and […]