According to a study by Rider Research, the economic situation hasn’t slowed growth in the U.S. pay TV market. In fact, the number of U.S. TV subscribers actually increased by 362,000 in the fourth quarter of 2008, led by the telcos with 567,000 net adds. The satellite providers added 199,000 net thanks to DIRECTV’s 301,000 […]
SeaChange International, provider of software and hardware services that support video-on-demand television, reported that fourth-quarter revenues rose 13 per cent to $54 million. Fourth-quarter net income was $4.8 million, down from $12 million in the comparable quarter a year ago; the year-ago quarter included a one-time $10 million gain, the company said. "Despite the challenging […]
TVN, Poland’s largest listed media group, has agreed to take control of pay-TV platform ‘n’ by buying an additional 26 per cent stake. TVN, which angered investors when it bought 25 per cent of Poland’s smallest satellite operator last year, said in a statement it would pay ITI Group as much as E106 million to […]
Western European digital television subscriptions broke through the 100 million household mark in 2008, according to a report by Strategy Analytics. The report estimates that Western Europe added 17 million net new digital households in 2008. On a platform level, Digital Satellite led in terms of overall subscriptions; however, Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) will fuel […]
From David Del Valle in Madrid Spain’s broadcasting agency Abertis Telecom, shareholder in satellites Hispasat and Eutelsat, has rejected SES Astra’s charges of favouritism in the Spanish DTT market before the European Union. In a letter to the European Competition and to the Spanish Ministry of Industry, the company has defended the Spain’s DTT model […]
Sirius XM is to expand the reach of its satellite radio service with the second-quarter launch of an iPhone application as it explores a potential marketing partnership with satellite TV provider DirecTV Group. The company, which had to sell a 40 percent equity stake to Liberty Media to resolve looming debt problems, is looking for […]
Eutelsat Communications has announced that Thales Alenia Space has been commissioned to build the W3C satellite. Eutelsat will select the launcher for the satellite separately at a later stage. The rapid order of W3C follows Eutelsat’s decision not to integrate the W2M satellite into its fleet following a major anomaly which occurred during its transfer […]
Gerhard Zeiler CEO of RTL Group said it would allow the government to retain a majority stake in any merger with Channel 4, as he wrote down the value of the UK channel by E337m slashing its value by half. Zeiler stressed he is committed to the UK and said a merger between Five and […]
Tandberg Television, Sony, Neotion and Strategy & Technology (S&T) have combined their industry expertise to deliver a VOD solution that enables cable operators to deliver network-based time-shift services and targeted adverts direct to the TV, without the need for a set-top box. The breakthrough industry collaboration allows standard TVs to support VOD right out of […]
Satellite radio provider Sirius XM reported that its revenues increased 16 percent in the fourth quarter, its first full quarter as a combined company, to $644 million and were up 18 percent for the full year 2008 to $2.44 billion. Also, despite the bailout investment from Liberty Media, the company said it posted positive adjusted […]