Most people in Britain with a connected TV actually lead a very disconnected TV existence, reveals newly released insight from Kantar Media’s futurePROOF study of consumer take up and usage of digital devices and media. As a platform, connected TV is now well established, but Kantar Media’s research highlights that fewer than one in five adults in Britain (17 per [...]
YouView, the set-top box business headed by Alan Sugar, will not be up and running until the end of 2012. The joint venture between BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, TalkTalk, BT and Arqiva had been due to launch, following a series of delays, this spring. They insisted the important thing was hitting the high street before the London Olympics. [...]
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Reuters is reporting Apple is in negotiation with Epix, which represents Lionsgate, Paramount and MGM, about exclusive supply of movies. Their current exclusive deal is with Netflix. Looks like Apple may be about to nab an exclusive film streaming deal for its upcoming Apple iTV television from the incumbent Netflix. Apparently any streaming deal reached would include both the existing [...]
A YouGov survey of the nation’s TV habits reveals that only one third (37 per cent) of Britons planning to buy a Smart TV said that connecting to the Internet through it - the ‘smart’ part of a Smart TV - was a factor in buying one. The most common reason for intending to buy a Smart TV is simply [...]
Loaded was once one of the UK’s most popular men’s magazines with a circulation of 350,000 in 2000; recent sales stand at a tenth of that. But now it is to get an x-rated injection after being bought by a multimillionaire businessman, and tax adviser and some time star and director of his own adult films. Paul Baxendale-Walker, who recently [...]
Mediaset Spain, owner of Tele 5 and Cuatro, has started the HD transmissions of Cuatro, adding Cuatro HD to the existing HD nationwide offer of terrestrial channels in Spain: TVE HD, Telecinco HD, Antena 3 HD and La Sexta HD. Meanwhile Antena 3 TV is intensifying its multimedia offer with the launch of Nubeox, a new online video store with [...]
BSkyB is finding it hard to focus on business as its attempted takeover by News Corp is at the eye of a political storm. However, it is on much safer ground as far as its own numbers are concerned. Its latest 3-month figures are out Wednesday May 2nd, and it is inevitable that amongst the good news there will be [...]
At least 21 per cent of US households (approximately 27 million) have either an Internet-ready TV, game console, standalone Blu-ray player, and/or smart set-top box connected to their home network, according to findings in the study – Connected Home Devices Market Data – from ABI Research. Of these four device categories, the game console is the most used device, reaching [...]
Everything Everywhere has revealed it is to push for a faster rollout of 4G networks in the UK with the 4G Britain campaign set to target business leaders and consumer heads. The Orange and T-Mobile JV is pushing to bring the UK in line with the likes of the US which already benefits from a range of next-generation high-speed 4G [...]
