Market research by industry analyst, Redshift Research, on behalf of Oxygen8 Communications, has found that major UK brands are still failing to monetise their digital The research finds that whilst consumers are interested in accessing more services from organisations on their mobile phones, corporates and media companies are failing to make the most of digital […]
The BBC Trust is launching a public consultation as part of a wide-ranging review into how the licence fee is collected. The Trust is responsible The Trusts review will consider areas such as: – The range of payment methods available to licence fee payers and whether it is clear to people when a TV licence […]
Growth in the broadcasting industry has been largely driven by the increasing inflow of advertising revenue as well as the unprecedented growth and acceptance registered
Shopping channel QVC has launched QVC On Demand. QVC first launched video on demand in 2006 and, with this next generation service enabled by
From Sotires Eleftheriou in Paris The Bis TV satellite platform is to introduce a ';catch-up tv’ and a VOD service via the Internet before the end The Bis TV satellite platform is to introduce a ';catch-up tv’ and a VOD service via the Internet before the end of the year. The announcement was made during […]
German TV network RTL's owner Bertelsmann is reportedly preparing to buy bTV , the most successful TV station in Bulgaria, currently owned by News Corp. News Corp has decided to dispose of all its TV operations in Central Europe, and bTV, as the most profitable, has been widely touted as the first to be sold.
The adoption of Russia’s state-funded programme for the switch to digital TV, scheduled for completion in 2015, is to be postponed. The information technology and The most crucial unsolved issue is whether all the population will be supplied with digital equipment free of charge, as earlier announced. Meanwhile, industry players say that technological challenges also […]
Oz government seeks to boost DTV take-up Australian Communications Minister Stephen Conroy says restrictions on televised sports will be reviewed in an effort to encourage the Conroy stated the success of digital television depended on changes to sport broadcasting rules, and the rule that bans major sporting events from being broadcast on any digital channels […]
A major consumer study into VOD by Essential Research has been developed in consultation with industry players – including the BBC, Virgin, C4, ITV and – Current VOD services are the tip of the iceberg. VOD – in its broadest sense – will have a seismic impact on TV viewing – but this will be […]
From David Del Valle in Madrid Pay TV content on DTT will not happen until 2009, according to the Goverment. The Minister of Industry, Miguel Sebastian, Pay TV content on DTT will not happen until 2009, according to the Goverment. The Minister of Industry, Miguel Sebastian, said that “it is still too early” for the […]