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Orange opts out of Kangaroo

Orange has confirmed it has dropped out of talks to purchase the technology for Project Kangaroo, the failed VOD joint venture from the BBC, ITV and Channel 4. France Telecom, Orange parent company, had been in discussions to acquire the technology since the UK’s Competition Commission banned the project earlier this year. However, France Telecom […]

May 22, 2009

IPTV Test & Measurement Key

To retain customers, service providers must provide a satisfactory quality of digital video QoE for users, says Light Reading. As demand for rich media and TV content continues to grow among consumers, the delivery of digital video at an acceptable quality of experience (QoE) for the user becomes ever more important to service providers, content […]

May 22, 2009

Ofcom Kangaroo conditions published

According to Ofcom and Sky, Project Canvas could need Office of Fair Trading scrutiny – but the final terms of the Project Kangaroo shutdown show the OFT already has significant control over the way BBC, ITV and Channel 4 can work together on VOD. The Competition Commission's draft final undertakings instruction, on how the Kangaroo […]

May 22, 2009

How many watch Hulu?

Does Hulu, the Web's most popular place for TV viewing, reach nine million people a month or 42 million? Hulu's growth has been explosive, up 490 percent year over year, according to Nielsen Online. Hulu executives, however, say the company is undercounting the site's visitors. They say Nielsen's numbers hurt Hulu's perception among advertisers and […]

May 22, 2009

Shanghai IPTV subs hit 800k

Statistics from Shanghai Telecom and Shanghai-based cable TV operator Oriental Cable Network (OCN) show that through the end of 2008 Shanghai had almost 800,000 IPTV subscribers and nearly 600,000 DTV subscribers. …

May 15, 2009

BT Vision 423,000

BT picked up 99,000 broadband customers in the quarter taking its broadband base to 4.8 million. Its Vision IPTV service is now up to 423,000 customers, up from 398,000 at the end of 2008. Vision's VOD is now getting 30 video views a month from each subscribers. BT has said it will cut about 15,000 […]

May 15, 2009

BBC readies iPlayer 3

The BBC has revealed plans for the next-generation of its online video service, the iPlayer, which include increased functionality and recommendation possibilities. The BBC's Director of Future Media and Technology, Eric Huggers, told members of the Broadcasting Press Guild that the new service would be as much a "you player as an iPlayer." Among the […]

May 13, 2009

Opportunities for Internet Video on the TV

The IMS Research study "Market Opportunities for Internet Video to the TV" reveals that an estimated 65 million households worldwide had the capability of viewing Internet video on their television set at the end of 2008. This represents growth of 134 per cent over year end 2007. Households displaying Internet video on the TV set […]

May 13, 2009

Canvas responds to Sky criticism

The BBC Trust and the companies behind Project Canvas, the proposed video-on-demand joint venture between the BBC, BT and ITV, have replied to BSkyB’s criticisms of the venture (ATV 13/5/09). Project Canvas said: “The enormous consumer benefits that internet-powered TV can bring should not be restricted to paying customers. An open, standards-based platform that enables […]

May 13, 2009

ABC News YouTube channel

ABC News has launched its branded channel on YouTube, featuring short-form news content. The channel will include breaking news as it happens, highlights from newsmaker interviews, as well as ABC News programming from morning to night – including Good Morning America, Nightline, 20/20 and Primetime limited series.

May 12, 2009