Italy’s plans to raise $3.5 billion by selling off its analogue TV spectrum are in chaos. There are more than one hundred local TV channels involved who say they will not release their spectrum unless they receive better compensation terms. Worse, Italy’s cellular phone operators, the likely buyers of the spectrum, say they will not […]
Web-enabled devices have become a key growth segment for the global consumer electronics industry. So-called “smart” devices connected to the Internet create opportunities for advertisers to catch consumer attention while they are actively searching for content or information. In-Stat research estimates that the value of this ad-supported content discovery will reach $2.4 billion by 2015. […]
The Italian TV system has recorded a 4.5 per cent growth in revenues in 2010 to almost €8.6 billion. According to the Annual Report of Italy’s Communications Authority (AgCom), Mediaset is market leader in terms of income, with €2.77 billion, representing 30.9 per cent of the total. DTH platform Sky Italia saw a 1.8 per […]
UKTV is strengthening its commitment to its lifestyle genre by launching Really onto Freeview. Moving to Freeview channel 20 on August 2nd, Really will still be available on Sky and Virgin Media. Replacing Dave Ja Vu, Really will sit immediately below its UKTV-stablemate, Dave on Freeview’s EPG. This move will mean that three of the […]
Digital media services company Avail-TVN has unveiled its new fully-managed multi-screen video service – Any View – at the NCTA Cable Show in Chicago. AnyView allows service providers to cost-effectively and quickly extend the traditional VOD and linear television experience to authenticated, broadband-connected devices such as PCs, Macs, tablets and smart phones. Trials of the […]
SeaChange International has expanded its range of multi-screen advertising capabilities with the announcement of a joint solution with This Technology, a provider of software solutions for advertising insertion. The joint solution provides video operators with a single web-based interface to manage advertising campaigns across VoD, Internet and mobile platforms. Immediately available and planned for demonstrations […]
Beginning in July, all Sky TV customers will have the opportunity to watch Sky channels and programmes on PCs, laptops, mobiles and tablets at no extra charge. Available free to all Sky TV customers from July 6, Sky Go – which brings together two existing services: Sky Player, Sky’s online TV service, and Sky Mobile […]
Some 338 million digital homes were added around the world between 2006 and 2010, according to a new report from Digital TV Research (DTVR). The Digital TV World Databook estimates that this took the digital TV household total for the 73 countries covered to 576 million. Digital penetration climbed from 18.9 per cent at end-2006 […]
Video-on-demand (VoD) services are gaining significant traction in markets such as North America and Europe, where large pay-TV operators have formed content portfolios consisting of thousands of movies and TV shows. IMS Research estimates that in 2010, the North American VoD market generated $1.98 billion in revenues, and the European VoD market totalled $1.11 billion. […]
Analysts and bankers expect two of Spain’s three commercial television networks to resume merger talks after their main rival moved towards a powerful position in Spanish football pay-TV. Talks between Antena 3 (A3) and La Sexta broke down in 2010 but commercial pressures have grown after the completion of the takeover of Cuatro by Telecinco […]