During September 2011, 28 million French people watched an average of 64 videos for about 3 hours 16 minutes.
Channel 5 turns down Freeview HD
11.49 Europe/London, December 16, 2011 By
Channel 5 has told Ofcom it is longer wishes to proceed with its application for the fifth slot on the Freeview HD platform.
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11.32 Europe/London, December 16, 2011 By
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Mirada raises £1 million
11.30 Europe/London, December 16, 2011 By
Mirada plc has reached agreement with some of its creditors, which combined with a new equity placing gives the AIM-quoted UI and app developer a total £1,066,794 (€1,270,460).
Serbia Broadband buys operator
11.10 Europe/London, December 16, 2011 By
Serbia Broadband (SBB) has completed the acquisition of the cable operator K.D.S Novi Sad.
Com Hem-Canal Digital cable bid dropped
11.05 Europe/London, December 16, 2011 By
Plans for Com Hem to acquire the Swedish cable TV interests of Canal Digital have been abandoned.
Belgian Billi unveils its Billibox
10.56 Europe/London, December 16, 2011 By
The independent Belgian telecoms operator Billi has launched its over-the-top Billibox TV service offering a very basic bouquet of TV channels and access to its VOD service.
Newzbin 2 blocked on Sky Broadband
10.48 Europe/London, December 16, 2011 By
Sky has blocked the file-sharing website Newzbin 2 after being required to do so in a court order.
Antena 3 and La Sexta to merge
10.19 Europe/London, December 16, 2011 By
Mexican Grupo Televisa has given the green light to the integration of Spanish broadcasters Antena 3 and La Sexta.
Fransat reports 1.2 million decoders
09.55 Europe/London, December 16, 2011 By
Eutelsat’s Fransat platform has announced it now has 1.2 million commercialised individual decoders and 400,000 community dwellings.
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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.