Inside Digital TV articles from August 2004

Inside Digital TV archives from August 2004

BT Hopes To Benefit From Hybrid Approach.(British Telecom)
August 4, 2004... British Telecom could become a key player on the UK digital television landscape during the next few years. To do so, the company is likely to adopt a hybrid approach to providing rich media and content services. Andrew Burke, value-added...

cablecom COO: Digital Strategy Will Pay Off.(Chief Operating Officer)
August 4, 2004... Swiss cable operator cablecom has embarked on an aggressive digital strategy as it aims to lead the way in providing digital television and broadband services to the Swiss market. Rudolf Fischer, cablecom's COO, told Inside Digital TV in an...

TPS Sees Disappointing Subscriber Numbers.(Television Par Satellite)(Television Francaise 1)
August 4, 2004... French pay-TV operator TPS barely added more than 30,000 subscribers in the first half of this year. This lacklustre performance represents a disappointing number as the operator hoped to add well over 100,000 new subscribers in 2004. TPS's...

Partnerships Key To Technology TV's Prospects.(Quality Value Convenience)
August 4, 2004... Technology TV aims to break even within 12 months. That is the bold prediction of its new managing director Andrew Milligan as the channel gets set to launch in October on BSkyB. Milligan told Inside Digital TV the business model the channel is...

Pace Unconcerned About Network PVR Possibilities.(Personal Video Recorder)
August 4, 2004... Pace Micro Technology is unconcerned about the potential of cable operators deploying a network Personal Video Recorder (PVR) solution. The STB provider, which recently returned to profits in recent full-year results, expects there still to be...

Astro COO Explores New Service Options.(Personal Video Recorder)(Interview)
August 4, 2004... Astro All Asia Networks (Astro) is blazing a trail in Malaysia. Last year, it had the largest IPO in SE Asia, bringing in 433.7 million euros ($523 million). The DTH pay-TV operator has around 1.3 million customers, which represents just a bit...

Cellular TV Comes To Life.
August 4, 2004... Alison Bogle and Stuart Carlaw IMS Research Once considered merely a futuristic concept, cellular TV is actually becoming a reality. Advanced cellular data services, increased terminal capabilities and the launch of digital terrestrial TV...

Satellite Pay-TV Operators Struggle In Europe.
August 18, 2004... The latest round of subscriber stats from Europe's biggest satellite pay-TV operators seem to offer more bad news than good. Such operators as BSkyB, Premiere in Germany and TPS in France are among those that posted disappointing subscriber...

NDS Targets More XTV Deals.
August 18, 2004... NDS CFO Rick Medlock, who is leaving the company in September to take up a similar position at satellite operator Inmarsat, believes he is departing after making sure it is the leading provider of pay-TV solutions globally. Medlock told Inside...

Ofcom Report Emphazises Changing Consumer Behaviour.(Office of Communications)
August 18, 2004... The Communications Market Report unveiled by Ofcom outlined some fundamental shifts in consumer behaviour such as the way we consume television. It seems television will be competing more and more with online communications. Ofcom reports that...

Company Profile: Turner Cautious Over Mobile Opportunity.(Turner Broadcasting Systems International's deal with 3)(Company Profile)
August 18, 2004... Despite a recent deal to distribute content on mobile operator '3' in Italy, Mitch Lazar, vice president of wireless and emerging technology for Turner Broadcasting Systems International (TBS), is warning that a number of things need to change...

Philips Confident Over Telco Deals.(Set-top boxes (Television)'s market situation)
August 18, 2004... Telcos are on the verge of breaking through in the TV business -- at least, that is the view of Lucas Covers, senior vice president and general manager/business creation unit and digital video STBs at Philips Consumer Electronics. Covers...

Casema Looks To A VoD Future.(Interview)
August 18, 2004... Dutch cable operator Casema is working on a new business model that aims to boost the take-up of digital TV in Holland. The operator wants to follow the example of fellow Dutch cable operator Essent, which moved to a retail model where...

Terrestrial TV's Migration To Digital.
August 18, 2004... Alain Puissochet, IDATE "Forget about 2006," That was the recent message from Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Michael Powell when he was talking about the scheduled switch-off date for terrestrial analogue TV in the United...