TV industry goes one way, pesky consumers go the other

Robin Hague

HD TV subs lag behind as cable TV takes off

What a pity someone has to buy TV sets and watch TV programmes; it makes broadcasting so much more complicated. As the industry drive towards 3D TV becomes more insistent, disconcerting figures show HD TV isn’t catching on and manufacturers and platforms have a long way to go persuade consumers to adopt even this technology.

If only they could be forced to cooperate.

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Some $10 billion of new revenues to be gained in digital entertainment

Chris Andrews

Whitepaper identifies actions necessary to ride the digital wave to shore

The good people at research firm In-Stat have produced a free whitepaper, offering a realistic look at the changing face of digital entertainment, and what the industry needs to do if it is to capitalise on evolving models of consumer consumption.

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No UK scrutiny of T-Mobile / Orange merger

Chris Andrews

EC grants approval, OFT withdraws request, consumer groups fume

Last month FBTVN reported that the merger between Orange and T-Mobile was likely to be delayed, as the UK’s Office of Fair Trading had put in a request to the European Commission to allow it further scrutiny of the deal. Well this has proved wrong, with the EC approving the deal this week, and the OFT quietly getting on with other matters.

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Time Warner Cable issues statement regarding FCC Filing

Wednesday, 10 March 2010 12:15

Yesterday, a broad coalition of non-profit organizations and cable, satellite and telecommunications companies filed a petition for rulemaking asking the Federal Communications Commission to establish a new framework for resolving retransmission consent disputes.  

Warner Music Group and Dailymotion announce video content partnership

Wednesday, 10 March 2010 11:38

Dailymotion and Warner Music Group have announced a new partnership to offer music videos via Dailymotion’s website in the U.S., Europe and North Africa.  

Broadcast Australia pioneers digital service for community channel TVS

Wednesday, 10 March 2010 11:07

Leading broadcast transmission services provider, Broadcast Australia, has assisted Television Sydney (TVS) to become the first community television service in Australia to broadcast in digital.  

Verizon Is top telecommunications company in Fortune Magazine's 2010 list of World's Most Admired Companies

Wednesday, 10 March 2010 11:03

Fortune magazine has ranked Verizon No. 1 in the telecommunications sector of the publication's 2010 list of the World's Most Admired Companies.  

Abphone traffic reaches one third of Google

Wednesday, 10 March 2010 10:58

A recent study carried out by Openwave Analytics revealed that the traffic of the Abphone mobile entertainment search engine reaches a third of Google’s traffic in South Africa!  

Samsung redefines home entertainment with world’s first full HD 3D LED TV and first-time offering of Shrek film collection in 3D

Wednesday, 10 March 2010 10:49

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a market leader and award-winning innovator in consumer electronics, made another stride toward redefining the home entertainment experience by officially announcing the world’s first-available Full HD 3D LED TV and full lineup of 3D home entertainment products to consumers worldwide.  

Digital Rapids redefines adaptive bit rate streaming performance and quality with StreamZHD Live ABR

Tuesday, 09 March 2010 12:16

Digital Rapids – the leading provider of tools and solutions for bringing television, film and Web content to wider audiences – has unveiled the new StreamZHD Live ABR™ encoder, the industry’s highest-performance Adaptive Bit Rate streaming system.  

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