Virgin Media Inc (the UK operator is listed NASDAQ) has announced strong results for 2010 the year and quarter ended December 31, 2010. Revenue growth across all areas was up 5.8 per cent to £3.876 billion (€4.60bn) with Q4 over £1 billion, up 6.6 per cent. Operating cash flow – a key measure for indebted […]
A reduction in the time allowed for advertisements on commercial broadcasting channels has been called for by the House of Lords Communications Committee, who report that existing regulation of the market is no longer relevant in the digital age and doesn’t serve the best interests of viewers. The Committee – part of the UK parliament’s […]
MTN has unveiled InternetOnTV, bringing affordable Internet access to South Africa’s unconnected masses. MTN InternetOnTV is a home phone and Internet device in one, including a built-in 3G modem that supports 7.2Mbps connectivity. The package includes a keyboard, RCA cable and mouse. The MTN InternetOnTV device can be used with a PayAsYouGo SIM card and […]
In order to respond to the strong demand for additional DTH capacity in Asia, SES World Skies, a division of SES, has commissioned the SES-8 spacecraft from Orbital Sciences Corporation for a launch in the first quarter of 2013. SES-8 will feature 33 high-power Ku-band (36 MHz-equivalent) transponders and will be co-positioned with the NSS-6 […]
Rovi and Cablevision have announced that they have entered into a multi-year agreement whereby Cablevision will license Rovi interactive programme guide (IPG) intellectual property. The agreement provides Cablevision with a licence to the Rovi IPG patent portfolio for next-generation set-top box, online and mobile platforms. “Increasingly, MSOs are offering their subscribers access to entertainment content […]
Modern Times Group (MTG), the international entertainment broadcasting group, will launch its third free-TV channel in the Czech Republic on March 8th. The new channel – Prima LOVE – will focus on attracting a 15-44 year old female audience and will complement sister channels TV Prima and Prima COOL. MTG is the second largest ‘media […]
With the addition of three more HBO channels in HD on top of HBO HD and Cinemax HD in the beginning of March, Platform ‘n’, the leading DTH service in Poland, continues to build on its position as the largest HD platform in the Polish media and entertainment market. Platform ‘n’ now offers its’ subscribers […]
In a ‘read my lips’ moment here at Cable Congress, Donagh O’Mally, Head of Partnerships UK, Ireland and Benelux for YouTube, declared: “Google TV is not about cord cutting. Anyone who cancels pay-TV to get Google TV is going to be disappointed.” That promise didn’t entirely convince all members of the following panel on ‘How […]
Confirming CEO Mike Fries’ declaration yesterday that Liberty Global is on watch for acquisitions, Shane O’Neill, Chief Strategy Officer, took the opportunity of the Investor panel to confirm they were appraising KBW, but also that, given the choice and the right price, “Ziggo [the Dutch operator] is a much better fit for us.” Mixed news […]
Deutsche Telekom and pay-TV operator Sky Deutschland have agreed a deal to include Sky’s channels as part of DT’s cable TV offering. Deutsche Telekom (DT) will feed Sky’s programmes into its so-called NE 3 and NE 4 cable networks and households, giving consumers access to the whole range of Sky products and services. The deal […]