Cablevision has reported a loss of pay-television customers but a gain in high-speed internet customers. Revenues were up 8 per cent from 12 months previous at $1.67 billion, but organic growth was nearly flat. Revenues from pay TV services were up despite a loss in subscribers in the past three months.
Product placement has come to Coronation Street after ITV signed a deal with the Nationwide Building Society that will see one of its branded cash machines set up in the corner shop. The machine will appear on screen from November, along with a branded sign outside the shop. Nick Price, from MPG Media Contacts, who brokered the deal, said: “This [...]
Paraguayan state-owned operator Copaco will launch its long-planned IPTV service on December 15th. The service will be available as part of a triple-play product suite, also including fixed telephony and broadband internet access. The new offering, which will be made available across the company’s existing broadband network footprint, will comprise of 90 TV channels at launch, including ten HD channels. [...]
Viasat Broadcasting has signed a five year exclusive agreement with CTC Media, Russia’s leading independent media company, to distribute the international version of the CTC channel in the Baltic territories. The channel will be broadcast on the Viasat satellite pay-TV platform, as well as on third party cable and IPTV networks. Viasat Broadcasting is a subsidiary of Modern Times Group, [...]
SingTel has signed a carriage deal with Sony Pictures Television Networks, Asia for the HD channel ONE. The channel will be added to the Singapore telco’s IPTV service ‘mio TV’ on November 1st, offering Korean entertainment as the exclusive carrier of content from Seoul-based broadcast SBS, with selected titles airing 1 month after their debut broadcasts in South Korea. As [...]
On October 24, UK media regulator Ofcom cancelled the licences of three channels (Babeworld, House of Fun and The Other Side). These channels are perhaps not the most important UK broadcasters, but now Ofcom is looking at the licensing of channels that do have a somewhat higher profile. Ofcom’s concerns revolve around who actually controls the channel’s content, and whether [...]
Social TV service Zeebox, developed by former BBC iPlayer developer Anthony Rose, is now live on iPad where it is the “App Of The Week.” Zeebox shows users information, apps and further downloads about shows they are watching, creates live links to the material discussed in shows and lets users follow show-based social network chat and see what their friends [...]
UK VoD service SeeSaw appears to have closed for good, following an initial planned closure in June. The company’s website simply says: “Thanks for your support but SeeSaw is no longer available.” Broadcast transmission infrastructure specialist Arqiva, which acquired the aborted Project Kangaroo from it founding partners BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5, put SeeSaw up for sale in [...]
WINNING CONNECTIONS Telco TV in the US was the ‘new kid on the block’ in terms of multi-channel distribution, competing with cable and satellite for subscribers, often as part of a triple-play package. It now faces additional threats from OTT providers and Connected TVs. According to industry experts, it is nevertheless well placed to benefit from the opportunities presented. Colin [...]
Time Warner Cable has missed Wall Street forecasts, sending the cable company’s shares down as much 10 per cent, as it lost more video customers than expected and lost phone customers for the first time. The No. 2 US cable operator said its third-quarter profit missed analysts’ expectations due to mounting programming costs and a drop in premium video subscriptions. [...]
