Inside Digital TV articles from January 2003

Inside Digital TV archives from January 2003

DTT's All-Digital Future.
January 8, 2003... Barry Flynn Editor DigiTAG, the pan-European industry grouping for the digital terrestrial television industry, has published a report, which could have significant impact on how Europe allocates spectrum for TV services over the next 40...

Permira Inks German Pay-TV Deal.
January 8, 2003... Mark Holmes Senior Editor Permira, the German private equity group, is poised to take a 70 per cent stake in German pay-TV operator Premiere. According to local press reports, the deal is worth around 1.2 billion euros. Full details of the...

Teracom Comes To Grips With Swedish DTT.
January 8, 2003... Mark Holmes Senior Editor The launch of Freeview in the UK already appears to be a success story, with the numbers of boxes sold already appearing to exceed expectations. Yet, in other territories, the future of DTT is not so clear-cut....

UK Pay-TV At Two-Year Low.
January 8, 2003... Barry Flynn Editor Pay-TV penetration in the UK is now lower than at any other time in the last two years, according to figures recently released by UK regulator the Independent Television Commission (ITC). The ITC figures reveal that...

Operators Look For Winning Interactive Formula.
January 8, 2003... Mark Holmes Senior Editor While growth in digital interactive TV services is likely to continue in 2003, operators will still have to work hard to maximize the potential from these services. That was the central message from key industry...

Finding The Winning VoD Ticket.(the future of video-on-demand)
January 8, 2003... By Todd Wiener, Special to IDTV Programming, pricing, and promotions are three key factors that will determine the future success of Video-on-Demand (VoD), writes Todd Wiener, president, Innovista Research. Innovista Research has...

The Year In Review.
January 8, 2003... Barry Flynn looks back at an eventful 2002 January Could it be? Could it really be that the USA might see the first major deployment of the European interactive middleware standard MHP? Canal+ Technologies seems to think so, since...

Briefly.(BSkyB not abusing its dominant market position)
January 8, 2003... * In an unexpected decision, UK competition regulator the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has found that although DTH operator BSkyB has a dominant market position, it has not been abusing it. Just over a year ago, the OFT said it proposed "to...

Freeview Brand Not Licensed - Yet.
January 22, 2003... Barry Flynn Editor Manufacturers of receivers designed to receive the UK's Freeview DTT service will be unable to use the Freeview brand on their products or in their marketing material much before the end of February, it seems. Indeed, it...

VOD In Europe: Ready or Not, Here It Comes.
January 22, 2003... Mark Holmes senior editor A recent report by Forrester Research indicates that Video-on-Demand (VOD) is unlikely to take off in Europe until 2005. In its report released in December, Forrester believes up to 2 million European consumers...

UK Cablecos Emerge From Financial Troubles.
January 22, 2003... Mark Holmes senior editor Last week may prove to be a pivotal one for the UK cable industry as NTL announced its exit from Chapter 11 and Telewest secured a new GBP2.16 billion (3.3 billion euros) overdraft facility to help with its future...

ARPU: There Are Limits.(average revenue per unit )
January 22, 2003... Barry Flynn editor What are people prepared to spend on their TV consumption in different countries? Is there a relationship between the amount pay-TV operators charge their customers and the level of pay-TV penetration? What difference...

iTV In The USA.
January 22, 2003... Despite the fact that the USA's 'digital transition' is proceeding painfully slowly on the DTT side, the country boasts a healthy digital TV (DTV) penetration. Of the total 104 million TV households in the USA, at least 35 million now receive...

Flextech CEO Throws Down The Gauntlet.(launching new digital channel)
January 22, 2003... Some bullish comments were made by UK multichannel programmer Flextech's CEO, Jane Lighting, at the launch of its new digital channel, Ftn, last week. "Watch out, ITV1," she warned, saying that Ftn was aiming to become the sixthlargest channel...

Briefly.(1.03 million free-to-air DTT homes in the UK )
January 22, 2003... * Comments by a variety of companies involved in the UK DTT market - and a decision by ITV Digital's liquidator - have combined to clarify the size of Freeview's market. UK regulator the ITC started the ball rolling with its recent estimate...