Radiotelevisione Italiana (RAI) has announced a major investment in XDCAM High Definition technology that will see the Italian public broadcaster transition to an HD infrastructure over a three year period. The deal will see 180 of Sony's High-end PDW-700 camcorders and 180 PDW-HD1500 decks used across the organisation's entire range of operations from news gathering […]
A study of user reactions to advertising within video has revealed no evidence to suggest such ads would adversely affect users' relationship with ITV's local website. Of 1200 people surveyed about overlay advertising currently being trialled on ITV Local, just 9 per cent claimed it detracted from their overall viewing experience – lower than with […]
France's broadcasting watchdog, the Conseil supérieur de l’audiovisuel (CSA), has revealed the opening dates for 77 new transmitters which will be used for digital terrestrial television (DTT) broadcasts. The sites will come into service between November 30th and 19th December 2008. According to the CSA, the pace of DTT deployment of has stepped up a […]
Russian telco Comstar has reported a 22 per cent year-on-year increase in third-quarter core earnings, but has said it would cut capital expenditure due to the financial crisis. Comstar said its adjusted operating income before depreciation and amortisation reached $184.8 million, higher than the average forecast of $163.6 million. Its OIBDA margin increased to 43.8 […]
Duna TV, the Hungarian public broadcaster, has secured carriage on the country's DTT platform due to launch in December. Under the terms of the 12-year deal, Antenna Hungária – a HD version of Duna TV – along with standard definition channel Duna ll Autónomia, will be distributed on the first multiplex and available to users […]
Object Matrix, a developer of secure asset archive and retrieval software, has partnered with distributor Channel Dynamics to launch The MatrixStore, a multi-purpose disk based archive solution. The MatrixStore provides a secure archive to businesses with large data libraries at a fraction of the cost of a tape library. Ideal for the broadcast, design and […]
Google will power some web ads for the broadcaster site ITV.com which will start running AdSense text ads on its search results pages in the next 10 days or so. Google has already powered ITV.com's site search for 18 months so this is a logical extension of the deal – and it may be extended […]
The UK government has withdrawn controversial plans to award £14 million (E17.7m) to Channel 4 to help with the cost of digital switchover. In a written statement to parliament, culture secretary Andy Burnham said the plan had effectively been overtaken by events because forthcoming proposals on Channel 4’s future funding would be “more wide-ranging”. “In […]
MVS Comunicaciones, a Mexican telecommunications conglomerate, and EchoStar have formed a joint venture, Dish Mexico that will launch Dish satellite TV service across Mexico. EchoStar is providing satellite capacity and uplink facilities for transmitting the service. Additionally, EchoStar is contributing digital satellite TV equipment including a small 20-inch dish antenna, satellite receiver, remote control and […]
From David Del Valle in Madrid Spain’s largest cable operator ONO lost 19,000 subs in the third quarter which the company blamed on the deteriorating economic environment and a lack of commercial activity during summer time. ONO ended the third quarter with 1,935,636 total subs, with telephony experiencing the sharpest decline losing more than 7,000 […]