AT&T U-verse TV added 208,000 subscribers to reach 3.8 million in service in Q4 2011. As U-verse scales, the US telco sees margins improve. In the fourth quarter, the AT&T U-verse High Speed Internet attach rate was 90 per cent and about half of new subscribers took AT&T U-verse Voice. About three-quarters of AT&T U-verse […]
Netflix’s recent launch in the UK “greatly exceeded expectations”, the group said as it reported fourth-quarter profits that beat analyst estimates and boosted its shares by almost 16 per cent. Reed Hastings, chief executive, said the company was back on track, with total Netflix subscribers to its streaming and DVD services rising to 24.4 million, […]
Fetch TV, the vendor of hybrid STBs that included UK DTT, iPlayer, Sky Player and its own VoD service, has gone into administration. A statement on its site says IP Vision, the parent company, has appointed administrators. The company employs 20 staff. The CEO, Eddie Abrams, issued a statement: “IP Vision is a recognised innovator […]
The Digital Production Partnership (DPP) – a partnership between ITV, Channel 4 and the BBC – has unveiled its new Technical and Metadata Standards for File-based programme delivery in the UK. Through the DPP, seven major broadcasters (BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Sky, Channel 5, S4C and UKTV), have all agreed the UK’s first common file […]
Brazilian telecoms carrier Sercomtel is looking to launch its first pay-TV services, through satellite DTH technology, by August, company president Roberto Coutinho told BNamericas. “We’re just waiting for the approval of our licence from (telecoms regulator) Anatel to start offering DTH pay-TV services. We already have the technology to deploy the service,” Coutinho said. Sercomtel […]
Arianespace believes it can trim those costs for some of its cargoes thanks to a new rocket coming into service. The Vega rocket system, now being introduced by Arianespace, might cost just $42 million (€32m), which is a considerable saving on current costs, and deliberately pricing itself to match launches by the Russian Proton system […]
The UK government’s forthcoming communications green paper (draft law) will suggest broadcasters who commit to showing more public service programmes such as news and children’s programmes could be rewarded with a higher slot on digital TV EPGs. Ed Vaizey, the broadcasting minister, said the regulatory implications of the scheme will be researched by the Department […]
The World Radiocommunications Conference (WRC-12) has opened in Geneva, gathering 3,000 experts together from more than 150 nations to debate a wide range of treaty-level topics. It meets for the next three weeks until February 17th. Tarek Al Awadhi of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) was appointed chairman of the conference. High on the agenda […]
The EBU has called on delegates at the World Radiocommunication Conference at the ITU in Geneva to draft a treaty to tackle the issue of ‘Satellite uplink jamming’ – basically when states block transmissions to prevent messages getting out, or unwelcome signals coming in. Satellite uplink jamming contravenes Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of […]
FremantleMedia Enterprises has announced a digital licensing agreement with Netflix to bring a raft of classic comedy and drama titles to Netflix members across the UK and Ireland. Netflix has acquired 115 hours of FME’s extensive programming catalogue including Australian crime series, The Strip; and popular drama, Falcon Beach.