The majority of the video-on-demand services provided by television channels are made up exclusively of European content, according to a study carried out on behalf of the European Commission.
Web video on TV viewing rises sharply
May 22, 2009 06.45 Europe/London By
An estimated 65 million households worldwide had the capability of viewing internet video on their television set at the end of 2008.
Two-way networks lead to cardless CA
May 21, 2009 09.57 Europe/London By
The move of pay-TV operators towards two-way networks is driving a shift towards cardless conditional access systems, according to TV Conditional Access Systems In Two-Way Environments, a new white paper from the Farncombe Consulting Group.
Research claims 68 million connected TVs
May 13, 2009 08.28 Europe/London By
Research shows that an estimated 65 million households worldwide had the capability of viewing internet video on their television set at the end of 2008.
Research: TV widgets could be a hit
May 6, 2009 22.30 Europe/London By
TV widgets could be a hit with consumers, according to research in the US by the Diffusion Group on behalf of Intel, inventors of the Widget Channel.
Mixed results for Spanish broadband
April 21, 2009 10.28 Europe/London By
The Spanish regulator CMT has published a report on broadband prices in the EU 27 countries.
Global pay-TV subs set to grow
April 17, 2009 07.25 Europe/London By
There will be over 1.4 billion subscribers worldwide for TV services by 2013.
US online video reaches 9.7 billion streams
April 15, 2009 04.48 Europe/London By
Online video viewing is growing rapidly in the US, with almost 9.7 billion videos watched by 130 million unique viewers during March 2009, according to research by Nielsen Online.
Canal+ reports 10 million VOD streams
April 9, 2009 10.01 Europe/London By
French premium broadcaster Canal+ has reported that 10 million VOD streams have been requested from its Canal+ A La Demande service since its inception in March 2008.
Microsoft: Internet to overtake traditional TV
April 9, 2009 08.39 Europe/London By
If current growth trends continue, the internet will overtake traditional TV as the most consumed form of media for the first time in June 2010. By then internet consumption will average 14.2 hours per week, or over 2.5 days a month, compared to 11.5 hours a week, or 2 days a month, for TV, according [...]
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