The Internet has become a big part of the leisure-time activities of US consumers with broadband connections who spend nearly half of their free time each weekday online, according to a survey by Netpop Research. Respondents say they have on average 4.5 hours of free time each weekday and spend 2.2 of those hours on […]
Cablevision Systems will give customers another 15 free high-definition channels as it faces stiffer competition from satellite TV providers and Verizon. The cable operator said it would add mainstream HD channels including Discovery, Nickelodeon, FX, FOX News, AMC and The Weather Channel to its line-up from July 28, bringing its HD offering to 60 channels. […]
Almost a third of UK people under the age of 25 have watched TV via the internet, according to research from the IPA. The IPA Touchpoints report, which queried 5,400 people, revealed that 29 per cent of people between the ages of 15 and 25 had watched TV online, along with 18 per cent of […]
A study from Knowledge Networks reveals that while consumers are turning to new video technologies – such as online streaming and mobile video – most of their video-related spending continues to be on conventional sources such as DVD rentals and purchases. New findings from, How People Use the Video Marketplace, also show that Generation Y […]
From Colin Mann in Salzburg According to Maria-José Montpetit of Motorola's Home and Network Mobility Technology Office, video is now at the centre of a device's design, where it was once an afterthought. “Video is now a first-class citizen,” she told delegates at EuroITV.2008. “Devices are now designed for some kind of video.” Delivering a […]
The set-top 'giveaway' by incumbent Telia, is being blamed for the slump in the number of subscribers to the DTT pay platform Boxer. Subs fell by 8,000 in the second quarter, bringing the installed base to 701,000 still 23,000 more than at the same point in 2007. “Competition in the Swedish pay-TV market is becoming […]
Virgin Media has sent out warning letters to 800 of its customers in an attempt to crack down on illegal downloading. The letters are part of a 10-week pilot programme run in conjunction with the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) – the body that represents record companies in the UK. The BPI has been calling on […]
Europe's mobile industry is cutting back spending on new networks and services as a growing regulatory burden from the European Union puts profitability under pressure, according to GSMA, the global trade body for the mobile industry. To justify the imposition of retail price caps, the European Commission has claimed that mobile operators are making excessive […]
Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific in Australia, a unit of media company Discovery Communications, has confirmed that Discovery HD has launched as one of the five dedicated 24/7 HD channels offered by FOXTEL's new service, FOXTEL HD +. Discovery HD first launched in the Asia-Pacific region in 2005 and is now available in 17 international markets.
French cable company Numericable has added HD content from CinePlay, TF1 Vision and I-Concerts o its Video Club VOD service. Prices for HD titles are E4.99 for brand new titles, E3.99 for library titles and E2.99 for individual programmes from TF1. Viewers need to have Numericable's Cablebox HD in order to view the VOD programmes […]