SeeSaw hopes to tip online scales
March 3, 2010 by Julian Clover
SeeSaw, the first high profile on demand service not attached to one of the principal public or commercial channels, has launched in London. Read the Story »
CME looks to the future
March 3, 2010 by Chris Dziadul
2010 is likely to be another tough year for Central European Media Enterprises (CME), the leading operator of commercial TV stations in the CEE region. Read the Story »
Virgin ready for 100 Mbps rollout
March 3, 2010 by Julian Clover
Virgin Media has announced plans to ramp up its top broadband speed to 100 Mbps, at the same time extending a 200 Mbps speed trial and revealing the mix of customers that take its top speeds. Read the Story »
Liberty stems video losses
March 3, 2010 by Julian Clover
Liberty Global ended 2009 on a high, with Q4 revenues for its UPC Broadband Division being 11.6% up year-on-year at $1,111.3 million (€820.2 million). For the year as a whole, however, they fell by 6.3% to $4,117.3 million. Read the Story »
Freeview HD launch is new challenge for DTT
February 26, 2010 by Julian Clover
Howling: “By the time switchover was announced, Freeview had played a huge part in taking digital growth from under 40% when we launched to 66% in 2005 and it’s Freeview in that period that largely drove the growth of digital television”.
Jump-start for Dutch HD
February 26, 2010 by Robert Briel
The Dutch Monitor Digital Television shows bright prospects for HD. Following a period of lukewarm consumer interest, HD is now set to take off in the country. Read the Story »
MTG enters Russian DTH market
February 26, 2010 by Chris Dziadul
The acquisition of a 50% stake in the Russian DTH platform Raduga TV by MTG could prove to be one of the most inspired deals of the year. Read the Story »
The promise of targeted advertising – will it happen?
February 26, 2010 by Robert Briel
With advertising income for free-to-air broadcasters dropping worldwide, is there a future for more targeted, personalised as well as on demand interactive advertising? In the UK, there is the Red Button, but so far the results have been marginal. In the US, the cable industry has now embraced EBIF (Electronic Binary Interchange Format) and the operator Comcast says the majority of the homes it serves are now interactive. Read the Story »
Impact of multiple cable providers
February 26, 2010 by Robert Briel
The regulator OPTA plans to open up cable systems to third party resellers in The Netherlands. The country’s two largest operators, Ziggo and UPC, have to give third party resellers access to their analogue tier and most operators will have to open up their digital tiers to third parties. Read the Story »
JML loses Freesat listings appeal
February 25, 2010 by Julian Clover
The High Court in London has rejected an appeal by shopping channel JML Direct against its listing on the Freesat EPG. Read the Story »
