The penetration of 3D-capable consumer electronics devices is expected to grow quickly between now and 2015, with 5.99 million 3DTV sets to be shipped worldwide this year, according to a report from IMS Research. The report adds that over 218 million 3DTV sets will ship cumulatively between 2010 and 2015. IMS Research identifies the […]
BSkyB has completed the acquisition of Virgin Media Television (VMTV) after receiving regulatory approval in the Republic of Ireland. The satellite broadcaster, which has acquired VMTV’s channels including Bravo, Living and Virgin1, said that it will rename VMTV as Living TV Group. BSkyB paid Virgin Media an initial £105 million (E125m) and up to a […]
The European Commission is to clear News Corp’s Sky Italia to bid for a broadcasting frequency on Italy’s digital television platform. The Commission is likely to allow News Corp to bid for one frequency and to use it for operating free-to-air channels, according to reports. The clearance will ease European Union restrictions for Sky Italia […]
Kip Meek, once chief policy executive at Ofcom, is said to be poised to become the chairman of Project Canvas. A long time media consultant Meek will have the tricky task of keeping the six partners – BBC, Channel 4, ITV, BT, Talk Talk and Arqiva – all pointing in the same direction. Politically he […]
From Branislav Pekic in RomeZon Multimédia remains the pay-TV market leader in Portugal, despite the fact that its market share dropped from 74.3 per cent to 71.1 per cent in the third quarter of 2008. According to the latest data from telecom market regulator Anacom, Cogeco-owned Cabovisão is second with a 13.5 per cent market […]
The combination of both systems gives advertisers the opportunity to leverage the advertising ecosystem by addressing VOD users and customers with targeted real-time advertisements. Operators are thus enabled to generate new and additional revenue streams from their existing Video on Demand offerings – while digital subscribers enjoy a pure VOD entertainment experience, combined with contextually […]
Unless a deal is struck Gilat's board of directors will meet this weekend to decide whether to continue negotiations or sue the investors who agreed to take the company private for $475m, or $11.40 per share. If Gilat opts to go to court, as many other spurned takeover targets have in the past year, it […]
Revenue climbed 4% to $65.2 million, though that disappointed some analysts expecting a bigger gain. Significantly-lower marketing costs compared to a year ago helped boost profits. The company had 1.7 million TiVo-owned subscriptions at the end of the quarter, which declined slightly. But TiVo is looking for a boost from deals with multichannel platforms. TiVo's […]
With the partnership, users will be able to watch a programme while a tickertape of news items, share prices or weather forecasts runs in tandem with it. The content is accessible via an integrated Ethernet port or via Samsung’s wireless LAN adapter, which connects to the viewer’s broadband service