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Freesat: TV is more influential than ever

UK’s Freesat has revealed a study called ‘The Joy of Sets’ that claims the biggest motivation for watching TV is the opportunity to talk about it with others. People no longer just tune in to be entertained. When we are not talking about it, we are inspired by it – to change jobs, take up […]

November 24, 2010

Canal Plus discards analogue

French pay TV channel Canal Plus has gone fully digital across the whole of France, one year before the official switchover deadline.  “From November 24th, Canal Plus is fully digital. We are the first national free-to-air channel to stop analogue broadcasting, and it’s a key moment to us”, commented Canal Plus CEO Bertrand Meheut. Canal+ […]

November 24, 2010

Canal Plus on Ono

Prisa has continued its strategy of making premium channel Canal Plus available on a wide range of platforms by signing a deal with Ono, Spain’s largest cable operator. Canal Plus will be added to Ono’s offering from December 1st. As well as the linear channel, subscribers will be able to access on-demand content. Canal Plus […]

November 24, 2010

Regulator rules Sky Deutschland was overvalued

German financial regulators have ruled that Sky Deutschland, the German pay-TV company now controlled by News Corp, had misstated its 2007 accounts. Germany’s Bafin regulator found Premiere – Sky Deutschland’s name before the News Corp full takeover – had inflated the number of subscribers, overstated its value and failed to inform investors of risks connected […]

November 23, 2010

YouView will impact digital behaviour in 2011

Kantar Media has published highlights from its futurePROOF study on the ownership and use of digital media in Britain. The research suggests that connected TV will have a big impact on British digital behaviour in 2011, with the launch of YouView. Awareness of IP television has not yet reached the mainstream with only 42 per […]

November 23, 2010

Gol TV cuts off 10,000 venues

Spain’s first pay DTT channel Gol TV is launching a full-frontal assault on TV piracy with its decision to cut its TV signal in almost 10,000 public places (most of them, bars, restaurants, hotels) where its broadcasts are allegedly being hacked. Mediapro, owner of Gol TV, has reported the case to the police and urged […]

November 23, 2010From David Del Valle in Madrid

DK-Technologies appoints EMEA gateway to boost sales in Middle East

DK-Technologies is delighted to announce the appointment of EMEA Gateway to assist with its sales efforts in the Middle East. EMEA Gateway specialises in the provision of sales and marketing channels across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The company is headed by Guy Elliott, who has more than 25 years of experience in the […]

November 23, 2010

Google’s TV Ads for FiOS TV

US network Verizon has become the latest partner for Google’s TV Ads platform, carrying the adverts on its pay-TV service FiOS TV.  Allowing time for technical bedding and planning, Verizon is expected to start delivering Google TV Ads on FiOS TV in early 2011. Having lost NBC Universal as a partner in recent weeks, the […]

November 22, 2010

Netflix: “We’re a streaming company now”

Netflix said it will immediately offer its first unlimited streaming-only subscription plan in the US for $7.99 a month, and raise prices of its popular unlimited streaming and unlimited DVD plan by a dollar to $9.99 a month. “We are now primarily a streaming video company delivering a wide selection of TV shows and films […]

November 22, 2010

US viewers log 143 hours a month, DVR up

Nielsen’s latest State of the Media: TV Usage Trends report revealed that television viewing in the US remains at a high, yet the emergence of the DVR as a widely distributed device has changed consumption habits in many homes. In the second quarter of 2010, the average person clocked more than 143 hours of television […]

November 22, 2010