Inside Digital TV articles from August 2005

Inside Digital TV archives from August 2005

U.S. Special: Inside Digital TV Polls Pay-TV Execs About Interactivity.
August 3, 2005... Pay-TV operators in the United States are beginning to ramp up their interactive strategies as they look to engage more subscribers with their services, beyond just the channels. Whether it is new interactive channel launches or new...

Italian IPTV Exclusive: FastWeb Welcomes TI's TV Entrance.(internet protocol television)(Telecom Italia)
August 3, 2005... Telecom Italia's (TI) entrance into the Italian digital television (DTV) market is being welcomed by one of its main competitors, FastWeb. FastWeb, which has long been one of Europe's pioneers in terms of telcos offering TV services,...

Consumer Behaviour: Interactive Potential Yet To Be Explored.
August 3, 2005... Advertisers are not engaging viewers enough with interactive advertising. This was one of the main messages to come out of a piece of research by Zip Television, which looked at consumer behaviour in terms of interactivity. The research...

Mobile TV: TU Media Plans Significant Channel Increase.(television)
August 3, 2005... TU Media, a business unit of South Korean's SK Telecom, is getting ready to expand its mobile television offering in that country. TU Media is one of the pioneers of mobile television services worldwide, and it has now gone through the...

Update: Telenor's DTH, IPTV Progress.(Direct to Home )(internet protocol television)
August 3, 2005... Telenor is a major player in the pay-TV markets in the Nordic region. It owns the Canal Digital DTH platform, which has some 850,000 DTH subs in the region, and it is also ramping up its IPTV strategy. Inside Digital TV spoke with the CEO of...

Focus On Italy: My-tv's Interactive Opportunities.
August 3, 2005... My-tv hopes to lead the way in terms of bringing interactive applications to the Italian digital television (DTV) market. The company is working hard in this area to provide solutions and applications, and it works with such companies as RAI...

U.S. DTV Transition Exclusive: Set-Top Subsidy Issues Remain.(digital television)
August 17, 2005... The issue of a customer subsidy still is key in terms of the digital TV (DTV) transition in the United States. Recent hearings in the Senate Commerce Committee have put the whole issue of DTV transition into the spotlight. The main sticking...

YooMedia CEO Talks Up Mobile Prospects.
August 17, 2005... The U.K.-based YooMedia is confident it can make a strong impact in the mobile-television space for interactive entertainment applications. The company recently launched a mobile gaming channel linked to its Avago TV channel and Web site,...

Executive Q&A: Video Networks Benefits From BT's TV Entrance.(British Telecom )(Interview)
August 17, 2005... Video Networks could be one of the beneficiaries of BT's entrance into the television market in the U.K. While BT will undoubtedly be a strong competitor to its HomeChoice range of services, it will also help educate the market in terms of...

Germany Update: Premiere Sets Ambitious Year-End Target.
August 17, 2005... German pay-TV operator Premiere will have to improve its subscriber growth substantially in the second half of this year if it wants to hit its target of 3.6 million subscribers by the end of December. In the first half of this year, it added...

Analysis: The Chinese STB Market.(set top boxes )
August 17, 2005... In its latest piece of research, IMS Research takes a look at arguably the most lucrative market for set-top boxes (STBs) globally, China, and it examines how the digital-television market is going to develop. There is little doubt that...

Technology Focus: NetGem Ready To Rebound.(Internet Protocol Television)
August 17, 2005... NetGem CEO Joseph Haddad believes his company is ready to bounce back, aiming to be a key player in helping telcos deploy television services. The set- top box (STB) manufacturer admits it has struggled in recent years but is confident it can...

European Cable Snapshot: Digital Numbers Still Low.
August 31, 2005... It has been a busy year for European cable operators. Across the continent, there are aggressive digitization plans in place as well as the launch of such services as Video-on-Demand (VoD). It is little surprise that cable players are being...

Humax Diversifies To Compete In The U.K.
August 31, 2005... Graham North, commercial director at Humax U.K., believes the personal/portable media player market could be a strong one for his company to attack. Humax already a key player in the set-top box (STB) and consumer- electronics market place but...

IBC Preview: Pace CEO Talks About New Digital Trends.(International Broadcast Engineer)(Interview)
August 31, 2005... It has been a strong year for Pace Micro Technology. The set-top box (STB) vendor has secured a number of important deals with such operators as Comcast and DirecTV in the United States, among others. The company will play a vital role in...

China IPTV: Another View.(internet protocol television)
August 31, 2005... ABI Research recently took a look at the potential for IPTV in China. Analyst Junmei He tells Inside Digital TV that this market will likely take off after 2007, commenting, "I feel that when domestic IPTV operators are able to offer a more...

IBC Preview: Philips Exec Counts On HD, 'Connected Planet' For Penetration.(International Broadcast Engineer)(High Definition )
August 31, 2005... Philips, the Dutch consumer electronics and STB manufacturer, is targeting a big drive in the High Definition Television (HDTV) arena during the next 12 months. In fact, Lucas Covers, general manager of digital video set-top boxes (STBs) and...

Re-Launching DTT Services In Spain.(digital terrestrial television)
August 31, 2005... The audiovisual sector in Spain is likely to change. On July 29, the government approved two royal decrees that change the current configuration of the analogue terrestrial television platform and that allow for the re-launch of digital...