French online video websites offered 17,000 videos in December 2010, according to the TV Replay research by the CNC. Newscasts form the majority of the catch-up TV offer.
TV4 Play in Samsung tie-up
09.34 Europe/London, March 28, 2011 By
Catch-up TV service TV4 Play is to appear as part of Samsung’s Smart TV offering.
Telekom’s Mediacenter allows Net TV access
09.27 Europe/London, March 28, 2011 By
Germany’s incumbent ISP Deutsche Telekom has made its Telekom Mediacenter service direcly available to owners of Philips Net TV connected TV sets.
SMiT takes Next steps in OTT
09.16 Europe/London, March 28, 2011 By
Chinese pay-TV technology provider SMiT has partnered with Taiwan-based NextMedia in a new over-the-top TV platform.
Five more for UPC Nederland
09.00 Europe/London, March 28, 2011 By
UPC Nederland will add five more channels to its digital and HD line-up during the next few days. This marks the arrival of three new HD channels, including BBC HD, on the network.
New DTT tender for Romania
07.46 Europe/London, March 28, 2011 By
Romania’s transition to digital broadcasting looks as though may be back on track, with DTT licences likely to be awarded this summer.
TVN closes Warsaw channel
06.44 Europe/London, March 28, 2011 By
The Polish metropolitan channel TVN Warszawa has gone off the air and is now only available to viewers over the internet.
Sony boosts presence in Baltics
19.56 Europe/London, March 27, 2011 By
Sony Entertainment Television has secured carriage on Interactive Gala TV, the IPTV service operated by the Lithuanian incumbent telco TEO LT.
Russian TV dominance to continue
10.44 Europe/London, March 25, 2011 By
CTC MEDIA CAPITAL MARKETS DAY – LONDON. TV is set to remain the dominant advertising medium in Russia in the next few years despite the growing popularity of the internet.
Germany – 5 million connected TVs expected
10.22 Europe/London, March 25, 2011 By
Five million connected TV sets will be sold in Germany this year, according to the high tech association Bitkom. This will be almost a tenfold increase within two years. The first internet-enabled TV sets were available in 2009. “Thanks to the high market penetration of hybrid devices, internet and television will finally merge. The web [...]
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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.