Rovi has confirmed that Cox Communications has completed deployment of Rovi’s VOD application, ShowRunner, in the company’s Motorola systems. As a result of the conversion, combined with additional marketing and promotion of On Demand from Cox at time of launch, the company has seen an increase in VOD usage of approximately 20 per cent. ShowRunner’s advanced navigation path and other [...]
The team behind Freesat is “actively looking” at the possibility of adding 3D TV to the free-to-air satellite platform. The Freesat team are reported to be currently exploring opportunities with broadcasters. In an interview with joinfreesat, managing director Emma Scott said: “We worked hard to make sure that the first generation of receivers were as future proofed as possible. The [...]
Orange's pay-TV services reaching 3.39 million subscribers across all markets by the end of March, up from 3.217 million at the end of 2009 and up 34 per cent year-on-year. Orange sports and Orange cinema series channels having a combined total of 713,000 customers by the end of the period (up from 363,000 one year previously) whilst VOD generated 2.7 [...]
From Colin Mann in London Social television platform company Vidiactive has unveiled its production software and new Internet portal. The Vidiactive system enables any Internet video to be browsed full screen on a television and also enables users to control, share and manage their content and content feeds. “What we're doing is catering to the way television will be viewed [...]
The popularity of BSkyB’s HD services has exceeded analysts’ expectations with 428,000 households signing up for Sky+ HD in the first quarter, a 76 per cent year-on-year increase. BSkyB added 62,000 net new customers in the three months to the end of March. BSkyB now has a total subscriber base 9.77 million. Average revenue per user topped £500 for the [...]
An increasing number of people are staying at home and watching digital TV and films rather than going out, research shows. A survey by T-Mobile highlighted that 53 per cent of Britons now prefer to spend their time entertaining friends and family at home rather than going out. As a result of this, an increasing number of people are splashing [...]
Yankee Group has identified a new category of consumer: the coax-cutter. These consumers cut off their pay TV services and use their PCs, gaming consoles and other connected devices to access video programming instead. One in eight consumers are set to join their ranks in the next 12 months. Yankee Group reports that the number of coax-cutters will grow due [...]
TiVo has announced general availability of a new TiVo Wireless N Network Adapter. The adapter is designed to help consumers transfer and download broadband content within the home at a faster speed, making the most of TiVo Premiere and TiVo Premiere XL music, web and mobile features.
Verizon has added YouTube to its FiOS TV Internet Video capabilities. Qualified customers can now use their remote controls to search for and enjoy any YouTube video – right on their TV screens. Verizon is also introducing Internet Radio, for FiOS TV subscribers, providing access to hundreds of stations nationwide and the ability to stream music from the PC to [...]
blinkx, the online video search engine, has introduced Behavioural Targeting through blinkx AdHoc, the first contextual and behavioural advertising platform for online video. blinkx can now track video consumption patterns over time, build an awareness of a user's interests and enable advertisers to match ads with an online video audience based on behaviour. Over time, the system builds a multifaceted [...]
