Inside Digital TV articles from January 2004

Inside Digital TV archives from January 2004

Showtime hits subscriber, cashflow targets in 2003.(Showtime-The Movie Channel Inc.)
January 7, 2004... Mark Holmes Senior Editor Showtime, the leading pay-TV operator in the Middle East, added around 60,000 subscribers in 2003, a number in line with its forecast. It started 2003 with around 221,000 subscribers and ended the year with just a...

Humax Believes In The Power Of Three.(Humax Co.)
January 7, 2004... Mark Holmes Senior Editor Humax, the Korean set-top box (STB) manufacturer, hopes to make an impact in the European digital convergence market this year. The company has decided to split itself into three divisions (STBs, digital...

Ish CEO Confident Digital Strategy Will Be A Success In The German Market.(ISH a.s. Olomouc)(chief executive officers)
January 7, 2004... Mark Holmes Senior Editor German cable operator Ish is one of the most progressive operators in Europe. It successfully launched a near video-on-demand (NVOD) service at the back end of last year. The operator is one of the key innovators...

Consumer Behaviour: Digital TV In Europe.
January 7, 2004... By Anna Hunt, IMS Research IMS Research has recently published a new study, "The Worldwide Market for Digital Set-top Boxes and iDTVs," which shows that after a slow 2002, the digital set-top box (STB) market is poised for growth and is...

Canal+ Strikes Key Blow In Piracy Battle.(Canal Plus S.A.)
January 7, 2004... Mark Holmes Senior Editor Canal+ hopes to strike another blow in the fight against piracy by strengthening its conditional access (CA) system. Canal+ has added another encryption layer to its encrypted keys. Pirates had been attacking the...

Ensequence's Interactive Market Strategy.(iBurbia)
January 7, 2004... Mark Holmes Senior Editor Ensequence is confident it can drastically lower the costs for broadcasters of offering interactive applications. The Portland, Ore.-based interactive TV solutions provider aims to make the economics more...

Sweden DTT: Teracom CEO Slams MTG Complaint.(digital terrestrial television)(Modern Times Group MTG AB)
January 21, 2004... Mark Holmes Senior Editor Teracom CEO Jan Danielsson believes Modern Times Group's (MTG) complaint to the Swedish Competition Authority that digital terrestrial television (DTT) operator Boxer (run by Teracom) has indulged in...

IDTV Sales Still Well Below 200,000 Mark.(integrated digital televisions)
January 21, 2004... Mark Holmes Senior Editor Despite Freeview blazing a trail in 2003 in the UK digital television market, sales of integrated digital televisions (IDTVs) remain disappointingly low. IDTV sales in 2003 are likely to be between 150,000 and...

DTV Needs Image Makeover In UK Market.(Digital television)
January 21, 2004... Mark Holmes Senior Editor Improving the perception of digital TV is one of the key factors ahead for the potential analogue switch off in the United Kingdom. So far, the government's message that digital television equals better television...

Fox Kids Europe Hopes To Exploit Global Potential Through Jetix.
January 21, 2004... Mark Holmes Senior Editor Fox Kids Europe (FKE) has signed a deal that will see its action adventure channels rebranded and have a potential global reach of close to 140 million homes. The deal is part of key global alliance involving FKE,...

Zone Vision To Launch Second Reality TV Channel?
January 21, 2004... Mark Holmes Senior Editor Zone Vision, which closed a landmark deal last year to have its Reality TV channel carried by U.S. direct-to-home (DTH) giant EchoStar, hopes to extend the distribution of the channel in the United States in the...

TV Ad Targeting: The Next Big Thing.(Television advertising)
January 21, 2004... By Eric Schmitt, Forrester Research When it comes to innovation in TV advertising, interactivity has hogged the spotlight. Now ad targeting is taking center stage. We define TV ad targeting as: Television advertising that is addressed to...

Pace Returns To Profitability.(Pace Micro Technology PLC)
January 21, 2004... Mark Holmes Senior Editor Pace Micro Technology has started 2004 on a positive note, announcing that it has returned to profitability and has received a key new order from German cable operator Kabel Deutschland (KDG). Pace was selected as...