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BBC iPlayer receives 75m+ requests

BBC research has revealed that the BBC iPlayer has now received more than 75 million requests to stream or download programmes since launch. The research also shows that BBC iPlayer enjoyed another month of strong growth during April. The total number of requests for downloads and streams of BBC programmes in April was 21 million, […]

May 22, 2008

More hertz sells more TVs

Over the next four years, shipments of televisions that offer a superior picture by using 100Hz/120Hz and faster refresh rates will rise from negligible levels to nearly 90 million in 2012, according to iSuppli Corp. Paul Semenza, vice president of iSuppli, forecast that 120Hz refresh technology would be found in 46.2 per cent of LCD-TVs […]

May 22, 2008

DirecTV rates No. 1 in Pay TV

For the eighth year running, DirecTV has scored higher for customer satisfaction than all major cable TV companies in the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI). In this year’s ACSI survey, DirecTV posted an index score of 68, reflecting customers’ overall satisfaction with the service, compared to the cable and satellite TV category, which scored a […]

May 22, 2008

Videoload and Sony movie deal

Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) and Videoload, the Video on Demand (VOD) and Electronic Sell Through (EST) service from Deutsche Telekom, have inked an agreement that makes Sony Pictures titles available through the service. Videoload customers can now buy Sony Pictures titles digitally on an EST basis for retention on their PCs and burning to […]

May 22, 2008

Spain’s new government confirms DTT roadmap

From David Del Valle in Madrid The new Minister of Industry, Miguel Sebastian, has confirmed the analogue switch-off deadline, scheduled for April 3 2010, ruling out a delay in the migration to digital, contrary to Sogecable’s hopes of a deferment. The decision to allow pay DTT services, as broadcasters such as Mediapro – a shareholder […]

May 22, 2008

More hertz sells more TVs

Over the next four years, shipments of televisions that offer a superior picture by using 100Hz/120Hz and faster refresh rates will rise from negligible levels to nearly 90 million in 2012, according to iSuppli Corp. Paul Semenza, vice president of iSuppli, forecast that 120Hz refresh technology would be found in 46.2 per cent of LCD-TVs […]

May 22, 2008

TVN to invest $28m in VOD

TVN Entertainment Corp., the on demand company, has announced it will be investing $28 million this year in infrastructure, technology, and business processes to support its advanced suite of file-based delivery services. The new investment plan allows TVN to significantly expand its research and development activities and increase storage and distribution capacity.

May 22, 2008

DirecTV rates No. 1 in Pay TV

For the eighth year running, DirecTV has scored higher for customer satisfaction than all major cable TV companies in the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI). In this year’s ACSI survey, DirecTV posted an index score of 68, reflecting customers’ overall satisfaction with the service, compared to the cable and satellite TV category, which scored a […]

May 22, 2008

Oz/NZ broadband pushes out TV

People living in Australia and New Zealand with broadband spend more time on the net than they do watching television, a survey has found. The survey of 864 Australians and 219 New Zealanders, conducted for networking company Cisco, has found each person spends an average of 22 hours a week on the internet and 14 […]

May 22, 2008

Mobile search adspend to reach $2bn by 2013

Annual adspend on mobile search will reach $445 million in 2008 – representing more than 34 per cent of total mobile adspend – before rising to more than $2 billion by 2013, according to Juniper Research. The Juniper reports – Mobile Search and Discovery and Mobile Advertising – found that as operators abandon the 'walled […]

May 22, 2008