UKTV has reported its highest-ever audience figures at Christmas 2011, closing a record-breaking year for the pay-TV joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Scripps Networks International. UKTV’s channels, including Watch, Dave and Good Food, held a 6.6 per cent share of the TV viewing on Christmas Eve and a 5.1 per cent share on Christmas […]
The Federal Communications Commission has removed the final obstacle to the commercial use of the “white spaces” of unused spectrum between broadcast TV channels. “With [the] approval of the first TV white spaces database and device, we are taking an important step towards enabling a new wave of wireless innovation,” said Julius Genachowski, the FCC […]
In a reversal of the current ‘beauty parade’ licensing plan, Italy has confirmed it will now auction off to the highest bidder its six remaining digital terrestrial frequencies – as first reported here on December 12th. Italy’s technocrat Prime Minister Mario Monti has decided to support an opposition parliamentary move to hold an auction. The […]
IMS claims that a high watermark has been reached for the worldwide digital terrestrial TV (DTT). The analyst predicts that worldwide DTT set-top box shipments will peak in 2012 at 20.5 million. It reckons 25 per cent of the STBs in 2012 will be shipped into Western European countries that have switch-off by the European […]
UK’s Channel 5 is set to record its biggest TV advertising take with revenue up 28 per cent to more than £350 million this year owing to shows like Big Brother. Channel 5 has managed to increase its year-on-year TV advertising sales by about £70 million – the broadcaster made about £280 million in TV […]
Ofcom has been notified by Channel 5 that it does not wish to proceed with its application for the fifth HD capacity slot on Digital Terrestrial TV at the present time. Subject to any future Ofcom decision to re-advertise the slot, the capacity will remain with the Multiplex operator BBC Free-to-View Limited and can be […]
The venture of Prisa’s Canal Plus in the pay DTT market is coming to an end one and a half year after its launch. The channel will close down its pay DTT version Canal Plus 2 by the end of the month focusing instead on satellite pay TV and its connected TV service Canal Plus […]
The Italian government is thinking about how it could restructure its Digital Television frequencies in order to boost public revenue. DTT frequencies are currently assigned without a fee based on criteria set by Italian telecommunications regulator Agcom and the Industry Ministry. But analysts at investment bank Mediabanca suggest that Italy could generate between €1 billion […]
The government mandate to digitise cable networks across India will bring a significant transformation to the $7 billion TV industry with a positive impact on the nascent broadband market, says a report by Media Partners Asia (MPA). Vivek Couto, executive director of Media Partners Asia, said: “India’s broadcasting and pay-TV market is on the cusp […]
Following the news November 24 that Sky Television and Television New Zealand (TVNZ) had formed a partnership to launch a new digital pay television service, delivering pay channels over Sky’s digital terrestrial spectrum, Sky has released further details of the venture. The new service – to be called Igloo – will provide paid-for and free […]