Inside Digital TV articles from April 2004

Inside Digital TV archives from April 2004

Kudelski Targets Ambitious 50-Per Cent Growth In 2004.(Kudelski Group)
April 14, 2004... Mark Holmes Senior Editor The Kudelski Group's President and CEO Andre Kudelski is confident 2004 will be a big year for the company. Indeed, he is forecasting a 50-per cent jump in revenues. The Conditional Access (CA) provider...

Humax Ramps Up UK Digital Plans.(Humax Co.)
April 14, 2004... Mark Holmes Senior Editor Humax officials believe the time is right to attack the IDTV (Integrated Digital Television) market in the United Kingdom. The plan is to capitalise on the growth of DTT (see related story in this issue) as well...

Consumers Still Wary Of UK Digital TV.
April 14, 2004... Mark Holmes Senior Editor Despite the recent success of Freeview and BSkyB in the United Kingdom, fewer than 80 percent of households will have digital TV in that country by the end of 2010, based on current consumer attitudes. This...

OpenTV CEO Ready For 'Different Kind Of Competition'.(OpenTV Corp.)
April 14, 2004... Mark Holmes Senior Editor OpenTV is one of the key players in the interactive television industry. It provides the technology, content and services that power interactive television around the world. In recent years, OpenTV has...

Country Profile: Hong Kong.
April 14, 2004... Mark Holmes Senior Editor Hong Kong could be a place for one of 2004's most interesting battles. The main pay-TV operator long has been i-Cable Communications, but a new player has emerged in the market: Galaxy Satellite Broadcasting, an...

Fox Kids Ready For Mobile Push.(Fox Kids Europe NV)
April 14, 2004... Mark Holmes Senior Editor Fresh from its deal to launch interactive games on the PlayJam channel, Fox Kids Europe (FKE) now is looking at finding ways to export its content into the mobile arena. That expanded use of the content could be...

Digital Terrestrial TV: What's Next?
April 14, 2004... Florence Le Borgne - Bachschmidt IDATE Digital Terrestrial TV's penetration in France up to 2010 Following a series of delays, Digital Terrestrial TV (DTT) is expected to be introduced at last in France in late 2004. However, now more...

TDC Cable TV CEO: 'Time Is Right for Digital TV In Denmark'.(Kabel Baden-Wurttemberg )(chief executive officers)
April 28, 2004... Mark Holmes Senior Editor The time is right for digital television to take off in Denmark, according to Niels Breining, president of TDC Cable TV, Denmark's largest pay-TV operator. In an exclusive interview with Inside Digital TV,...

Simavelec Head Cautious On DTT Prospects.(digital terrestrial television)
April 28, 2004... Mark Holmes Senior Editor While a number of UK consumers have embraced the Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) offer Freeview, in other markets a successful DTT offer is a long way from happening. In France, one of Europe's largest...

KDG CEO Ready For German Digital Challenge.(Kabel Deutschland)(Kabel Baden-Wurttemberg)(Iesy)(chief executive officers)
April 28, 2004... Mark Holmes Senior Editor Kabel Deutschland (KDG) is a key player in the German TV market. This was underlined recently by its aggressive acquisition of three other cable companies: ish, Kabel Baden-Wurttemberg and iesy. These three...

Ish CEO Hails KDG Deal.(ISH a.s. Olomouc)(Kabel Deutschland )
April 28, 2004... Mark Holmes Senior Editor Ish CEO James Bonsall believes the proposed combination of Kabel Deutschland (KDG) with his networks in North Rhine Westphalia, Hesse and Baden-Wurttemberg is good news for the German consumer. Ish is the largest...

New Regulatory Model Needed In the UK.
April 28, 2004... Mark Holmes Senior Editor A new model for Public Service Broadcasting (PSB) regulation needs work now well in advance of digital switchover. This was one of the main findings of Ofcom in its latest report released last week, which examined...

RTL Newmedia Focuses On New Interactive Opportunities.(RTL NewMedia GmbH)
April 28, 2004... Mark Holmes Senior Editor RTL Newmedia aims to bring a new wave of interactive services to Germany. The subsidiary of RTL is responsible for the digital and interactive activities of its parent company, one of Germany's main broadcasters....

ADSL Faces Off With DTT, Cable And Satellite.(digital terrestrial television)
April 28, 2004... Gilles Fontaine IDATE From an efficiency point of view, there is no doubt that the new competitors for the transmission of television services (digital terrestrial television and television over ADSL) will face hard times when competing...