LCI, the TF1-owned French news and information channel, has agreed carriage deals with IPTV providers Bouygues Telecom, Orange and SFR. The deals follow the expiry of LCI’s exclusive contract with CanalSat at the end of December. In addition to the IPTV providers, LCI has secured carriage with TF1’s new DTT pay-TV bouquet Lib’Télé and DTT […]
UKTV has reported its highest-ever audience figures at Christmas 2011, closing a record-breaking year for the pay-TV joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Scripps Networks International. UKTV’s channels, including Watch, Dave and Good Food, held a 6.6 per cent share of the TV viewing on Christmas Eve and a 5.1 per cent share on Christmas […]
China has launched its first 3D TV on a trial basis. The channel, operated by China Central Television (CCTV) and five local stations, aims to be launched formally over the upcoming Chinese New Year. The free-to-air channel will initially broadcast 4.5 hours of 3D programming each day which will be repeated twice. “The launch of […]
LG Electronics is to unveil what is believed to be the world’s largest Ultra Definition (UD) 3D TV at the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show. Combining LG’s passive CINEMA 3D technology and Smart TV functions with UD display technology, the 84-inch class (84.04 inch diagonal) TV breaks new ground in immersive 3D home entertainment, says […]
Researcher Oliver & Ohlbaum Associates says that in 2010 UK viewers watched 93 billion hours of TV, which works out to around 28 hours per person per week, an increase of 14 billion hours compared to 2006. While time-shifted content has contributed to the growth of TV consumption, linear broadcast has continued to grow: 80 […]
FilmOn Labs, a division of Internet-based HD virtual cable TV service FilmOn.com has confirmed that starting in February 2012, the company will be shipping the FilmOn AIR dongle for free to all its yearly US-based subscribers, so they can watch local network television on their computers and mobile devices. “In 2010, FilmOn ended up in […]
We reported on December 27 that Sky Deutschland would not be renewing its output deal with Paramount studios. That day saw its shares fall by 2.6 per cent. December 28 saw a fall of 2 per cent, at one point hitting €1.37, its lowest level for the past 52 weeks. A rally late on December […]
A report to clients from PINC Research firmly backed the nation’s cable and DTH TV sector on the dawn of the New Year which sees the industry adopt major structural changes, switching to an all-digital delivery system. PINC Research initiated its coverage on the sector, with a ‘buy’ recommendation on three cable and DTH players, […]
China’s SARFT media regulator has issued new rules for suppliers and users of Internet-based TV transmission. The new regulation – Operation and Management Requirements for Licensed Internet Television Operators – requires that Internet TV set-top boxes be operated only in cities selected for China’s network convergence trials. The document requires that Internet TV platform operators, […]
So-called ‘Dreamboxes’, the STBs that can illegally access scrambled pay-TV signals, have been banned in Brazil. The country’s Federal Justice Ministry is backing moves by the Brazilian Pay-TV Association to have the boxes outlawed. The Ministry has specifically named one such device, the AZBox, as being to blame for losses of some US$53 million in […]