http://www.newtelevisioninsider.com The Business of Emerging Technologies Tue, 02 Mar 2010 08:32:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.newtelevisioninsider.com/2010/03/17/digital-tv-revenues-outstrip-analogue/ http://www.newtelevisioninsider.com/2010/03/17/digital-tv-revenues-outstrip-analogue/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:35:32 +0000 Robert Briel http://www.newtelevisioninsider.com/?p=1428
note: This content requires site login.]]> A positive mood was prevalent at the annual Cable Congress 2010 in Brussels. The industry is clearly taking advantage of increasing digital uptake and the deployment of DOCSIS 3.0 high-speed broadband access.

]]> http://www.newtelevisioninsider.com/2010/03/17/digital-tv-revenues-outstrip-analogue/feed/ 0 http://www.newtelevisioninsider.com/2010/03/17/no-usp-to-make-itv-channels-pay/ http://www.newtelevisioninsider.com/2010/03/17/no-usp-to-make-itv-channels-pay/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:33:28 +0000 Julian Clover http://www.newtelevisioninsider.com/?p=1426
note: This content requires site login.]]> ITV chairman Archie Norman has indicated that the commercial broadcaster will not be taking its multichannel services into pay in the medium term. At an investor meeting, Norman also outlined the challenges facing ITV in the monetization of its online and VOD services.

]]> http://www.newtelevisioninsider.com/2010/03/17/no-usp-to-make-itv-channels-pay/feed/ 0 http://www.newtelevisioninsider.com/2010/03/17/cable%e2%80%99s-view-from-the-top/ http://www.newtelevisioninsider.com/2010/03/17/cable%e2%80%99s-view-from-the-top/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:32:11 +0000 Chris Dziadul http://www.newtelevisioninsider.com/?p=1423
note: This content requires site login.]]> It was perhaps ironic that Hans-Holger Albrecht, the CEO of Modern Times Group (MTG), made one of the most memorable remarks at Cable Congress in Brussels earlier this month. A non-cable executive at one of Europe’s leading cable events, he predicted that in due course linear services would “completely go away”, to be replaced by on demand offerings.

]]> http://www.newtelevisioninsider.com/2010/03/17/cable%e2%80%99s-view-from-the-top/feed/ 0 http://www.newtelevisioninsider.com/2010/03/17/european-cable-change-on-the-horizon/ http://www.newtelevisioninsider.com/2010/03/17/european-cable-change-on-the-horizon/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:28:57 +0000 Chris Dziadul http://www.newtelevisioninsider.com/?p=1420
note: This content requires site login.]]> This year is likely see a major shift in Europe’s cable industry, with private equity starting to exit the market and content playing an increasingly important role.

]]> http://www.newtelevisioninsider.com/2010/03/17/european-cable-change-on-the-horizon/feed/ 0 http://www.newtelevisioninsider.com/2010/03/17/over-the-top-%e2%80%93-friend-or-foe-new-models-to-monetise-content-on-youtube/ http://www.newtelevisioninsider.com/2010/03/17/over-the-top-%e2%80%93-friend-or-foe-new-models-to-monetise-content-on-youtube/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:27:17 +0000 Robert Briel http://www.newtelevisioninsider.com/?p=1418
note: This content requires site login.]]> Speaking before a packed house at the Cable Congress 2010 in Brussels, Patrick Walker, director of partnerships, YouTube/Google, said he expected the online video service to be profitable this year. Although most cablers are downplaying the effect of OTT, they all came to see Walker speak.

]]> http://www.newtelevisioninsider.com/2010/03/17/over-the-top-%e2%80%93-friend-or-foe-new-models-to-monetise-content-on-youtube/feed/ 0 http://www.newtelevisioninsider.com/2010/03/17/telenet-commits-to-doubles-network-investments/ http://www.newtelevisioninsider.com/2010/03/17/telenet-commits-to-doubles-network-investments/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:25:41 +0000 Robert Briel http://www.newtelevisioninsider.com/?p=1416
note: This content requires site login.]]> Telenet will jump start digitisation in Flanders by doubling investments in its network. In a press conference preceding Cable Congress, Telenet CEO Duco Sickinghe announced the launch of the company’s Digital Wave 2015 by saying “We will modernise our network in five years instead of 10”.

]]> http://www.newtelevisioninsider.com/2010/03/17/telenet-commits-to-doubles-network-investments/feed/ 0 http://www.newtelevisioninsider.com/2010/03/17/moca-begins-networking-in-europe/ http://www.newtelevisioninsider.com/2010/03/17/moca-begins-networking-in-europe/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:24:16 +0000 Julian Clover http://www.newtelevisioninsider.com/?p=1414
note: This content requires site login.]]> A survey for the Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA) has found a viable addressable market segment exists in four major European territories.

]]> http://www.newtelevisioninsider.com/2010/03/17/moca-begins-networking-in-europe/feed/ 0 http://www.newtelevisioninsider.com/2010/03/03/seesaw-hopes-to-tip-online-scales/ http://www.newtelevisioninsider.com/2010/03/03/seesaw-hopes-to-tip-online-scales/#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:00:51 +0000 Julian Clover http://www.newtelevisioninsider.com/?p=1410
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]]> http://www.newtelevisioninsider.com/2010/03/03/seesaw-hopes-to-tip-online-scales/feed/ 0 http://www.newtelevisioninsider.com/2010/03/03/cme-looks-to-the-future/ http://www.newtelevisioninsider.com/2010/03/03/cme-looks-to-the-future/#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:59:48 +0000 Chris Dziadul http://www.newtelevisioninsider.com/?p=1408
note: This content requires site login.]]> 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.

]]> http://www.newtelevisioninsider.com/2010/03/03/cme-looks-to-the-future/feed/ 0 http://www.newtelevisioninsider.com/2010/03/03/dtt-east-a-tough-road-ahead/ http://www.newtelevisioninsider.com/2010/03/03/dtt-east-a-tough-road-ahead/#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:58:35 +0000 Chris Dziadul http://www.newtelevisioninsider.com/?p=1406
note: This content requires site login.]]> The transition to digital broadcasting is now under way in Russia and most of the CIS, though with ASO target dates – typically 2015 – three years later than in most CEE countries.

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