Channel 4 has struck a third party deal with News Corp-owned FX that will see programming from the channel made available to download from 4oD. It follows similar deals with National Geographic Channel and ABC-Disney. FX will provide 4oD with around 30 hours of programming per month from shows including Kenny vs Spenny, Charlie Jade, [...]
Step forward for Lithuanian VOD
October 23, 2007 12.05 Europe/London By
The Lithuanian telco UAB Alpha komunikacijos has chosen Concurrent’s MediaHawk on-demand platform for its new VOD service. Launched last month, the latter is expected to eventually reach up to 40,000 IPTV subscribers in most major Lithuanian cities including the capital, Vilnius.
Sky+ driving TV viewing
October 18, 2007 11.28 Europe/London By
Personal Video Recorders can increase viewing time in some demographic groups, according to a new report from Attentional. Adults aged 16-34 with the Sky+ box watch slightly more television between 21.00 and 22.00 than their peers in Sky homes that do not have the technology. Entertainment Channels, such as Sky One, are likely to experience [...]
Premiere establishes On Demand subsidiary
October 11, 2007 11.28 Europe/London By
The German pay-TV operator Premiere has established the Premiere On Demand GmbH subsidiary to market and sell all on demand programming, including the current PPV service Premiere Direkt. Last Wednesday, the German media monopoly commission KEK gave the green light for the new venture. At present the Premiere Direkt offers up to 20 different Hollywood [...]
RTL Germany: online video turnover is peanuts
October 10, 2007 07.12 Europe/London By
BBWF – BERLIN. Turnover from the online video business “is peanuts”, according to Sushal Bijganath, MD of RTL Online, speaking during his keynote presentation at the Broadband World Forum. RTL is Germany’s main commercial broadcaster with five channels, an audience share of between 30 and 33% and a 44% share of Germany’s television advertising market. It enjoyed [...]
Virgin to show Channel 4 HD on VOD
October 8, 2007 09.58 Europe/London By
Virgin Media is to introduce high definition content from Channel 4 into its on demand service. The programmes will be made available free of charge for seven days after transmission as part of the 4oD service. The agreement also opens the possibility for Channel 4’s projected HD service also being made available over the cablenet. [...]
BigBang for BigBand as revenue expectations deflate
September 28, 2007 18.12 Europe/London By
Switched digital video and data head-end equipment vendor Bigband Networks has warned that its Q3 revenues will be in the $35-39 million range,as opposed to the expected $54-58 million. The lowered revenue guidance follows a profit warning issued at the beginning of August when the vendor announced its Q2 and H1 results. As a result of [...]
Sony to trial day & date in Singapore
September 28, 2007 10.37 Europe/London By
CTAM CABLE MARKETING EUROSUMMIT – BARCELONA. Sony is to trial day & date in Singapore, said John McMahon, President and Managing Director, Europe, Sony Pictures, this morning at the CEO Forum ‘Cable From All Sides’. “All the studios are now looking at day & date and we will trial it in Singapore.” Warner Bros is [...]
Multimedia Polska introduces VOD
September 28, 2007 06.57 Europe/London By
Multimedia Polska has become the first cable operator in Poland to offer VOD. Sales of its new service have started today (September 28), with a full launch scheduled for October 1. According to local reports, the service will initially be available in the cities of Gdynia, Kalisz, Lublin, Lódz, Olsztyn and Torun, which together account [...]
VOD success for HOT and Telenet
September 28, 2007 06.24 Europe/London By
CTAM CABLE MARKETING EUROSUMMIT – BARCELONA. Both HOT of Israel and Telenet of Belgium are reporting success with their VOD services and generating an increased ARPU. During the session ‘Unlocking the It’s All About Demand’ we learned that out of roughly 700,000 digital subscribers held by HOT about 50% now take the VOD subscription at [...]
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