Jeremy Hunt, the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, has finally published the results of the consultation launched on 3 March on the undertakings in lieu offered by News Corporation in relation to their proposed merger with BSkyB. Alongside this he has also published subsequent advice from Ofcom and the OFT and has set out the next [...]
The global recession, at least as far as the TV equipment side of the industry is far from over, says the latest IABM ‘end user’ survey. “Although the survey indicated that an overwhelming majority of broadcasters are optimistic about the short- and long-term future, many are cautious about stating that the recession is actually over — and its effects have [...]
Just three per cent of pay-to-view customers report have ‘cut the cord’ and cancelled their television service in favour of other viewing options, according to the 2011 US Residential Pay-to-View Study from influential marketing information services company J.D. Power and Associates. The inaugural study provides insights concerning attitudes, viewing preferences, behaviour patterns, awareness and experiences of pay-to-view customers among the [...]
The pay-TV service of Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset should end the year 2011 with a 20 per cent growth in revenues over the previous year. The prediction has come from Mediaset vice president, Piersilvio Berlusconi, during a press conference to present the autumn programme schedules to advertisers. According to Berlusconi, the number of subscriptions reached 2 million, while active cards [...]
While Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony will sell 37 million consoles this year, consumers will buy 52 million connected TVs from the likes of Samsung, Sony and LG. “The market for connected devices – connected TVs, connected Blu-ray players, games consoles, media-streaming devices and hybrid set-top boxes – is continuing to grow globally, as consumers seek to access services such as [...]
Brewer Heineken has signed a multimillion-euro advertising contract with Google to target consumers in Western Europe, the US and emerging markets. “The deal with Google will mainly focus on distributing our commercials on YouTube, in order to reach our target groups of 20-somethings, but will also include promotions such as banners on Google,” said Heineken’s John Paul Schuirink. He added [...]
Pay-TV giant Sky has confirmed it will launch the new Sky Anytime service in Austria and Germany this August. This will allow customers to access on-demand content through their Sky+ HD PVR. Sky Anytime will let users view selected films, entertainment and sports content from their subscription package on-demand. The service is accessible direct through the Sky+ HD box, meaning [...]
Sales of 3D TV sets are expected to slow this year, with only 1.8 million or about 2 per cent of all US TV homes owning a 3D set by the end of 2011, according to a new report from SNL Kagan, which is also predicting that growth will return in 2012 and beyond, as 3D set penetration grows from [...]
UK rating agency BARB is rolling out a new measure of TV viewing on PCs and tablets to provide more accurate information about the increasingly digital TV audience. It will launch the web TV viewing meter in 100 of its panel homes over the coming months. The agency aims to have about half of its participating households involved in the [...]
Singer and actor Justin Timberlake is to take a “major role” in the new Myspace after he emerged as an investor in the $35 million deal for the ailing social network. The major partner in the deal is online advertising company Specific Media. Timberlake will “lead the business strategy” for the broken social network, the Specific Media chief executive Tim [...]
