In The Worldwide Market for High-Definition TV Equipment & Services 2008 IMS Research forecasts that 255 million TV households worldwide will be watching HDTV by the end of 2013, including video households viewing only pre-recorded non-broadcast programmes. It also expects the Blu-ray Disc market to experience strong growth during the next five years, particularly as Blu-ray Disc drives in new [...]
Leveraging blinkx's patented video search technology, blinkx Remote filters out video spam, illegal clips, and inappropriate material that has been falsely tagged and will find only full length, legally available, episodes of TV programmes. blinkx does not have partnership deals with broadcasters to operate the service, but uses publicly available programme data in the same way Google News indexes information [...]
T-Mobile VOD T-Mobile is planning to launch a video-on-demand service for films and TV shows that can be watched on either a mobile or PC. The Video On Demand Plus, as the new service is called, will allow customers to rent the long form content for seven days. Viewers will also be able to watch the content across both their [...]
In The Worldwide Market for High-Definition TV Equipment & Services 2008 IMS Research forecasts that 255 million TV households worldwide will be watching HDTV by the end of 2013, including video households viewing only pre-recorded non-broadcast programmes. It also expects the Blu-ray Disc market to experience strong growth during the next five years, particularly as Blu-ray Disc drives in new [...]
Net revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2008 increased 45 per cent to $528.9 million, compared to the first half of 2007. Operating income for the first half increased $62.8 million to $142.7 million. Net income increased $48.2 million to $82.5 million. Michael Garin, CME's Chief Executive Officer, commented: “The outstanding second quarter performance demonstrates both the strength [...]
“Advertisers in a few categories, such as retail, automotive, and certain consumer goods, pulled back their on-air spending as they adjusted their own operating plans and product launches,” Viacom Chief Executive Philippe Dauman said. “Low ratings at a few of our networks also contributed,” he said, citing BET. The company did not issue a third quarter US ad sales projection. [...]
Sirius plans to issue about 262 million shares, with about 184 million offered at a fixed price of $1.50 per share, compared with Monday’s closing price of $1.88 a share. The remaining 78 million are expected to be offered later. The company is paying $2.76 billion for XM. Sirius also said XM had earlier made a private offering of $550 [...]
Comcast added 320,000 digital-cable subscribers that now account for 67 per cent of its total, meaning 16.3 million video subscribers take its digital service. Seven million, or 43 per cent of its base, have advanced services, such as digital-video recorders. Looking forward, Comcast reaffirmed its guidance that 2008 will end with consolidated revenue and operating cash flow growth of 8 [...]
The Paris-based company said its net loss for the quarter ended June 30 was E1.1 billion, compared with E586 million a year earlier.
