Inside Digital TV articles from August 2006

Inside Digital TV archives from August 2006

IDTV Exclusive: Five's CEO Talks Digital Strategy.
August 2, 2006... Jane Lighting, CEO of U.K. broadcaster Five, believes Five's launch of new digital channels is one of the most significant events in the broadcaster's young history. "This is the most important development in Five's history since our...

Analysis: Will 'Free' Service Push Quad Revenues?(television broadcasting industry to offer free services)
August 2, 2006... It didn't take long for ntl to respond to the BSkyB broadband offer launched last week. The operator announced its new pricing strategy as it aims to turn the "quad" play into a significant competitive advantage. Key to ntl's pricing...

Middle East Exclusive: Orbit Details PVR Launch.(Orbit Satellite Television and Radio Network, personal video recorder)
August 2, 2006... According to Orbit CEO Samir Abdulhadi, his Riyadh, Saudi Arabia-based company expects "to press the button" in terms of its personal video recorder (PVR) strategy later this year. Showtime, its DTH rival in the Middle East, already has...

IDTV Country Profile: Iceland.(Iceland Telecom responsible for great broadband services in the country)(Industry overview)
August 2, 2006... Iceland, which has a population of fewer than 300,000, is one of the most advanced broadband territories in the world. In fact, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the country leads the world in...

Mobile TV In France: Bouygues Telecom Examines DVB-H Trial Results.(Bouygues Telecom S.A. offers digital video broadcasting services)
August 2, 2006... French mobile operator Bouygues Telecom is encouraged by the results it's seen from a recent Digital Video Broadcasting - Handheld (DVB-H) trial that took place at the start of this year. Benoit Louvet, director of mobile multimedia...

Programming: Fremantle Could Laugh All The Way To The Bank.(FremantleMedia Worldwide Production)
August 2, 2006... All kidding aside, comedy could be one of the next big things in programming in 2007, especially for Fremantle. And that's what Claire Tavernier, senior vice president/Licensing for the U.K. and Germany, and senior vice president/interactive...

Research Update: Digital STBs.(digital set top boxes for television expects high sales in near future)
August 2, 2006... In a new study, IMS Research delved into the global digital set-top box (STB) and Integrated Digital Television (IDTV) market, coming up with key forecasts for sales and growth during the next five years. According to the group, the...

Around The World.(AT&T Inc.)(Bloomberg Television)(Harmonic)
August 2, 2006... Nordics Viasat Outguns Canal Digital The two Nordic satellite pay-TV operators announced their latest subscriber numbers. Viasat ended June with 652,000 direct to home (DTH) subscribers, adding 20,000 DTH subscribers between March and...

Standards Update: New DOCSIS Specs Go Global.(Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification)
August 16, 2006... With many operators aggressively looking to deploy digital and even quadruple-play strategies, it looks to be a busy year for EuroCableLabs (ECL), the organisation that serves European cable operators. ECL wants to put the framework in place...

Executive Q&A: Google Exec Pushes Partner, User Video Experiences.(Joanna Shields)(Interview)
August 16, 2006... Google is one of the fastest-growing companies in the world, synonymous with the rapid rise of the Internet. Famed for its search engine, it now wants to extend its capabilities into the video space by building a platform to enable content...

NetCologne: Pulling The Trigger For Double-Barreled IPTV.(NetCologne provides internet protocol television services)
August 16, 2006... Guido SchwartzfeldGerman communications company NetCologne could be one of the first operators anywhere to offer IPTV services over two infrastructures (DSL and cable). The operator, which has around 130,000 cable customers and 300,000...

Deutsche Telekom's VDSL Flap With Regulator In EC Hands.(Deutsche Telekom AG provides services for very high data rate digital subscriber line)
August 16, 2006... The European Commission is widely expected later this month or in early September to rule on a proposal by Germany's chief telecom regulator that Deutsche Telekom open its newer high-speed digital subscriber line (DSL) facilities to rival...

Special Report: Initial Results Of The Geneva 2006 Agreement.
August 16, 2006... By Natalie Mouyal, DigiTAG Last June, representatives from 101 national administrations in Europe, Africa and parts of Asia signed an international agreement regulating usage in the radio frequency (RF) bands reserved for broadcasting...

Tandberg TV CEO Explains Zetools Acquisition.
August 16, 2006... Tandberg Television is continuing to make acquisitions as it looks to make good on its strategic vision of being a technology infrastructure supplier to any operator or content owner that wants to move digital video in front of the consumer...

Around The World.
August 16, 2006... U.K ntl Reports Second-Quarter Results ntl has delivered its second-quarter results that saw it generate overall revenues of 1.3 billion euros in the quarter, slightly down compared with the previous quarter. The operator now has...

Around The World.(Two Way TV is rolling out enhanced television applications.)(The Kudelski Group financial results.)(Jupiter Telecom purchased Cable Net Shimonoseki via the transfer of a portion of the shares held by local companies.)
August 31, 2006... >>U.K. Speculation On ntl's Future Continues It has been reported in the U.K. press that private-equity companies are considering a 14.8 billion euros bid for ntl. Bryan Kraft, a cable-equity analyst at Credit Suisse, said of a possible...

Executive Q & A: MTV's New Platform Opportunities.
August 31, 2006... MTV Networks Europe is faced with a number of challenges during the next 12 months. The channel-and-content provider that offers a number of channels to digital and pay-TV operators has to cater to the demands of a youth audience that is...

Research Update: Podcasting Opportunities For Content Providers.
August 31, 2006... Podcasting could be a lucrative business for content producers, and many broadcasters already are open to the possibilities of using podcasts to advertise and distribute content. Podcasting is one the latest phenomenon's in the media...

Czech Republic Exclusive: Karneval Exec Mulls On-Demand Possibilities.(Company overview)
August 31, 2006... Czech cable operator Karneval Media, recently acquired by Liberty Global, is in the middle of an aggressive push to digital-TV services. The operator launched its digital services in May, and it's put together a series of packages to entice...

Mobile TV In France: Canalsat's Early Take-Up Success.
August 31, 2006... French mobile operator SFR, which signed a deal last year to distribute the Canalsat bouquet of channels on 3G, has seen an encouraging early take-up of its mobile-TV services. The operator, which serves 1.5 million 3G customers and 17...

IMS Research: Mobile TV Numbers Set To Explode.
August 31, 2006... With the market for mobile TV "finally gaining momentum" IMS Research is predicting strong growth in all areas of the mobile TV market. In an in-depth study, IMS Research looked at three specific segments of the mobile TV market: cellular,...

U.K. IPTV: Tiscali UK CEO Outlines IPTV Strategy.(Tiscali A/S)(Video Networks Inc.)
August 31, 2006... Tiscali, which announced a deal to acquire Video Networks recently, expects to launch a Tiscali-branded IPTV service in the October timeframe. Mary Turner, CEO of Tiscali U.K., tells Inside Digital TV, "We plan to launch pre- Christmas. I hope...