Interactive media’s worldwide share of advertising spend, including Internet, mobile and gaming, is expected to reach 15 per cent in 2009, according to a study by GroupM. The study, ‘Interaction: Addressable, Searchable, Social and Mobile’, reveals that adspend in interactive media reached 11 per cent of the total last year, sparked mostly by gains recorded […]
Nokia will pay $410 million (E263m) for the 52 per cent of shares in Symbian it doesn't already own. Symbian’s software is used in two-thirds of smartphones and six percent of all mobile phones, but new platforms such as Google’s Android and Apple’s iPhone could challenge its dominance. The Symbian software will now be made […]
According to China.com, T-MMB was selected as the national standard for mobile television/multimedia at an assessment conference, and will be promulgated as the formal national standard for mobile television and multimedia content. Lou Peide, Secretary General of the China Mobile Communications Association, a professor at Beijing University of Post and Telecommunications, and also promoter of […]
Communications market research firm Infonetics Research reported today that the combined IPTV and switched digital video (SDV) equipment market increased 12 per cent sequentially to $1.3 billion worldwide in Q108. Infonetics’ report, IPTV and Switched Digital Video Equipment, Services, and Subscribers, indicates revenue growth is being driven by growing numbers of service providers rolling out […]
BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC, has acquired Australia's subscription-television channel, UK.TV, taking 100 per cent ownership of the channel from July 1st 2008. As one of three stakeholders in UK.TV (formerly with a 20 per cent share), BBC Worldwide's Channels business has agreed terms with joint partners FOXTEL and FremantleMedia to become […]
Harmonic has worked with CommScope to assure compatibility of products to provide cable operators with an integrated high-speed fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) solution. Harmonic’s MAXLink forward path transmitters and return path receivers combined with CommScope’s BrightPath system enable cable operators to implement a cost-effective RF over glass (RFOG) architecture for greenfield type deployments. Integrated with the existing […]
According to Screen Digest, HD technology has reached a tipping point in Europe, with take-up across the region accelerating rapidly. Despite the growing penetration of HD screens, the report identifies a significant content gap‚ caused by a lack of HD content on free-to-air platforms across the region. By the end of 2007, 18 per cent […]
blinkx has formed a partnership with ON Networks, a digital media company delivering original, on-demand TV shows. ON Networks' high-definition video content is now accessible through blinkx. Under the terms of the agreement, blinkx will leverage its AdHoc platform to place contextually relevant advertising against the footage, and will share resulting advertising revenue with ON […]
Turner Broadcasting and MySpace have confirmed a deal which sees lads channel Nuts TV and cult comedy animation brand Adult Swim have dedicated content channels on MySpaceTV. Launched this week, both channels will include an extensive library of selected clips and see new content introduced each week
Japanese companies are to unify standards for IPTV services. The standardisation process will be led by a forum established by three major telecommunications services firms: NTT, KDDI, and Softbank BB. The forum has been joined by 15 businesses and organisations, its members now include Sony, Matsushita, Toshiba, Sharp, and Hitachi as well as the five […]