With the fast growing subscriber base of IPTV, revenue generated by the adoption of IPTV has also been increasing in the country. The main reason for this is the increasing disposable income of the Chinese people. Per head disposable income increased at a CAGR of 12 per cent during 2008 – 2010. As a result, […]
Four private equity companies have reached the second round of bidding for the Swedish cable company Com Hem. CVC Capital Partners, Nordic Capital, BC Partners and Cinven are involved in a process which values the company between $2.57 billion and $2.9 billion. Com Hem, which is owned by Providence Equity Partners and Carlyle, is connected […]
Dutch cable operator Ziggo has put an initial public offering (IPO) on hold, reportedly due to volatile equity markets. Ziggo hired Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan Chase, Deutsche Bank and UBS at the beginning of April to handle an IPO but no decision has yet been made on when to launch the process. It is also […]
LoveFilm and The Walt Disney Company Germany have signed a Transactional Video on Demand and Subscription Video on Demand (SVOD) feature film streaming deal. German members of LoveFilm, streaming movies and TV episodes over the Internet and sending DVDs by post—will be able to rent and stream a selection of titles from Walt Disney’s movie […]
UK mobile network O2 has strongly criticised Ofcom’s plan for a 4G/LTE spectrum auction, claiming that it is nothing more than “state aid” and illegal. O2 said that it does not support all the process that will allow small providers to snap up spectrum at much lower prices than it might have to pay. This […]
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the BBC have held talks about changing the “public value test” – a lengthy consultation the corporation must undertake if it wants to launch or close a service, perhaps the clearest indication the corporation could close a channel to save money. According to reports, the BBC wants […]
The music storage portion of Apple’s new iCloud service won’t be fully available to customers in the UK until 2012. UK users will have to wait before they’re able to store their iTunes in the iCloud, because Apple are still involved in negotiations with record companies regarding publishing rights. A spokesperson for the Performing Rights […]
Dates for the switchover to digital television in New Zealand have been finalised, with Broadcasting Minister Jonathan Coleman releasing the details. It will occur in four stages: – Hawke’s Bay and the West Coast at 2am on Sunday 30 September, 2012. – Rest of the South Island at 2am on Sunday 28 April, 2013. – […]
Cadbury is partnering with ITV for a cross-platform sponsorship of gameshow Minute To Win it. The partnership will include ITV2 branding on Spots v Stripes digital activities and at events, as well as marketing activity for Cadbury across a range of ITV platforms. ITV.com is to host a dedicated Minute To Win It website. Fru […]
Multimedia Research Group (MRG) has unveiled its new RankTracker system that allows semi-annual rank monitoring for over 100 IPTV Vendors across geography and millions of active subscribers, allowing new levels of detail in regional market ranking. The new RankTracker provides instant display of which vendors have moved up or down in each product area since […]