Faced with stiff competition in the cable market and from telcos vying for TV viewers, traditionally risk-averse cable operators are becoming increasingly ‘bipolar’, supporting a roadmap that may require the deployment of new STBs with more advanced features and functions, while also apparently aiming to drive the ubiquitous STB to extinction.Meanwhile, STB vendors are offering […]
Faced with stiff competition in the cable market and from telcos vying for TV viewers, traditionally risk-averse cable operators are becoming increasingly ‘bipolar’, supporting a Meanwhile, STB vendors are offering a variety of new features to entice operators. When it comes to STBs, operators have traditionally tread carefully, and have largely been unwilling to ‘shop […]
John Malone, Liberty chairman, warned that moves by television networks to make programmes available for free on the internet were doomed to fail and such moves could undermine more promising ways of making money from broadband and other new technologies, he said. Malone told the FT: “I think the idea that they're going to put […]
As at the end of March, the services of subscription television which use cable and satellite technologies registered around 2 million users in Portugal, representing around 18.8 subscribers per 100 inhabitants. Of these two million users, 75 per cent were customers of the cable distribution service – almost 1.5 million customers – while Direct To […]
RRsat Global Communications Network has been chosen to distribute AXN SCI-FI, the science fiction channel from Sony Pictures Television International (“SPTI”) into Russia, over its premier RRsat Global Network. The new agreement will leverage extensive capabilities of the RRsat Global Network including RRsat's fiber optic link from the United Kingdom and encrypted satellite distribution services […]
RRsat Global Communications Network has been chosen to distribute AXN SCI-FI, the science fiction channel from Sony Pictures Television International (“SPTI”) into Russia, over its premier RRsat Global Network. The new agreement will leverage extensive capabilities of the RRsat Global Network including RRsat's fiber optic link from the United Kingdom and encrypted satellite distribution services […]
Sky scooped the majority of the TV rights to Champions League football until 2012, after tabling a blockbuster bid estimated at more than £240 million (E333m). UEFA made the announcement after the broadcaster comprehensively outbid three rivals in order to secure exclusive rights to all but one match per round of games from the start […]
The Federal Communications Commission's decision to reinstate a 30 per cent cap on cable’s share of multichannel-video providers has drawn a writ from Comcast. Comcast is the nation’s largest cable operator and the closest to the 30 per cent cap at about 27 per cent of multichannel-video providers. The suit called the FCC decision arbitrary […]
Digital video recorder maker TiVo reported a narrower Q4 loss, beating expectations as it cut marketing costs and pushed its high-definition product. Its net loss decreased to $6.4 million from a year-earlier $19.5 million. TiVo is trying to drive sales of its $299 TiVo HD box rather than the free, standard-definition offer from a year […]
Researcher Datamonitor expects the global broadcast market to experience significant revenue growth from $284.1 billion in 2007 to $326.2 billion by 2010. However, it is expected that growth will only be secured through revenue diversification from value-add and bundled services including Internet service provision, HD content, on-demand solutions, interactive applications and multi-platform distribution.Consumers are faced […]