The Business of Multiscreen Television
German cable operator KabelBW will add three more channels from MTV Networks as part of its expanded portfolio of pay-TV channels (see Broadband TV News passim). Available from August 1, they are MTV Two, MTV Music and MTV Entertainment.
MTV Entertainment offers a choice of MTV shows such as Fist of Zen, Pimp my Ride, Scarred, The Hills and Wild Boyz; MTV Two has independent music, rock and alternative music, whilst MTV Music is mainly hits. All three channels are “commercial free”.
About Robert BrielArnhem-based Robert covers the Benelux, France, Germany, Austria and Switzerland as well as IPTV, web TV, connected TV and OTT. Email Robert at rbriel@broadbandtvnews.com.
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Connected TV Forecasts NEW REPORT. The number of TV sets connected to the Internet will reach 551 million by 2016 for the 40 countries covered in this report from Digital TV Research, up from 124 million at end-2010. The report states that this translates to 20% of global TV sets by 2016, up from only 6% at end-2010. Published in November 2011, this 83-page PDF report is the most geographically comprehensive to ever be published. Read more about the report