CBS plans one of the first serious experiments with cellphone advertising that is customized for a person's location. Its CBS Mobile unit is teaming up with the social networking service Loopt, which allows its subscribers to track participating friends and family on their mobile phones. The ads will appear on two Web sites that are […]
From Colin Mann in London Neil Berkett, acting CEO of UK 'quad-play' operator Virgin Media, has given a strong indication that it is unlikely to launch a renewed bid for commercial broadcaster ITV plc, and also confirmed that it does not intend to compete in the 'premium TV' market. He told members of the Broadcasting […]
MTV and Sony BMG are to provide programme clips and music videos across the MSN Video service.The deal will see clips and music videos made available via MSN Video across European countries including the UK, France and Germany. The deal builds on the wide-ranging $500m advertising and content agreement struck by MTV owner Viacom and […]
A surge in usage for the BBC's iPlayer catch-up service has prompted analysts to revise upwards forecasts for free-to-view (FTV) TV consumption in the UK. Screen Digest reports that 0.8 billion free-to-view online TV streams and downloads including TV shows, sports and niche programming were initiated by UK broadband households in 2007. This is now […]
Charlie Ergen, chairman of the board and CEO of DISH, has assumed the role of president. Ergen succeeds Carl Vogel, who stepped down as president due to personal reasons, the company said. Vogel will remain vice chairman of DISH Network and EchoStar, reporting to Ergen. Vogel continues to lead the corporate development, programming and business […]
From Branislav Pekic in Rome Italy's Communications Authority (AgCom) has named the commission with the task of selecting the independent content suppliers and the national and local broadcasters that will get access to 40 per cent of the transmission capacity of the multiplexes managed by RAI, Elettronica Industriale (Mediaset group) and Telecom Italia Media Broadcasting […]
Bidding stalled in the auction of of wireless airwaves according to data released by the Federal Communications Commission.There were no new offers for the nationwide “C” block slice of wireless spectrum to top previous high bids totaling $4.74 billion. Bidders’ identities are kept secret until the entire auction ends, under FCC rules. The end won’t […]
Latvian Mobile Telephone (LMT) has established a mobile television trial, the first of its kind in the Baltics, based on an end to end solution from Thomson. The system from Thomson includes a complete video head end and the SmartVision service management platform to give LMT a single point of contact for complete control over […]
Time Warner, the world’s largest media company by sales, posted improved quarterly earnings and revenue but forecast slower growth in 2008. Revenue rose 2 per cent to $12.6 billion, and net income of $1.03 billion. The last three months of 2007 were the first to be reported under Jeff Bewkes, who took over as CEO […]
Abilis Systems has unveiled what it claims is the world's smallest digital mobile TV receiver for DVB-H/T applications, produced in a 5mm x 5mm CSP package. The new AS-101 integrates multi-band RF tuner, advanced OFDM demodulator, memory and interfaces onto a single 90nm CMOS die, with the receiver performance surpassing the MBRAI 2 and Nordig […]