Inside Digital TV articles from January 2006

Inside Digital TV archives from January 2006

Content Loss Could Cost Premiere A Million Subs.
January 4, 2006... Premiere could shed anywhere from 200,000 to one million subscribers as a result of losing the rights to screen Bundeliga football in Germany. In what promises to be a challenging year for the operator, it seems as though it will very much...

Will Concessions Impact French Pay-TV Merger?(merger between the Canal+ Group and TPS )
January 4, 2006... The merger between the Canal+ Group and TPS had long been expected, but the fact there is now a draft agreement in place is still somewhat of a surprise. While the deal is now likely to go ahead, regulatory issues could still cast a...

IPTV In Norway: Lyse Tele Ready For STB Contract.
January 4, 2006... Norwegian telecoms company Lyse Tele wants to sign a deal for high- definition (HD) set-top boxes (STBs) in the near future. The operator has around 35,000 IPTV customers in Norway, and it aims to have 200,000 in the next five years. The...

Industry Roundtable: The Year in Review.(Panel Discussion)
January 4, 2006... 2005 saw some significant events in the U.K. digital television market. It was the year ntl and Telewest announced they were merging after years of speculation. It was the year BSkyB acquired telecoms operator Easynet in a move away from its...

U.S. IPTV: For Qwest, The Dual Approach Is Best.
January 4, 2006... U.S. telco Qwest, which has around 1.3 million broadband connections, continues to pursue an integrated TV strategy, marketing DirecTV services as part of its bundle as well as developing its own Qwest Choice TV service. Steve Bartholet,...

The Outlook For The European DTT Platform In 2006.(Digital terrestrial television )
January 4, 2006... By Natalie Mouyal, DigiTag Digital terrestrial television (DTT) demonstrated an enviably high growth rate in 2005. In the seven years since the first launch, DTT household penetration now stands at an average of 10 percent of the 134.4...

Exclusive: IPTV In The U.S.(internet protocol television)
January 18, 2006... BellSouth Predicts 2007 Service Launch U.S. incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC) BellSouth likely will introduce full IPTV services a year from now, according to Don Granger, BellSouth's president of entertainment. Granger recently...

2006 Football Rights Update.
January 18, 2006... As competition between different platforms heats up in Europe's digital- television markets, access to premium content is likely to spark even more. In Germany, Premiere's stunning loss of football rights to Unity Media has once more put the...

Technology Focus: OpenTV Rolls R&D Into New Deals.
January 18, 2006... According to OpenTV CEO James Chiddix, his company plans to ink a number of deals across the board this year. In the European cable market, 2005 was characterized by a great deal of consolidation and ownership changes. In terms of the...

DTH In Belgium: New Operator Reveals 3-Year Plan.
January 18, 2006... TV Vlaanderen, a new pay-TV player in Belgium, aims at being profitable within just three years. The operator, which is launching Belgium's first DTH platform, expects to hit the 100,000-subscriber mark during that period as well. Kurt...

Microsoft Steps Up Media-Center Plans.(microsoft corp)
January 18, 2006... Microsoft continues to boost its Windows XP proposition to customers, announcing new agreements with such content providers as BBC News, TvOnTime, Fashion TV and Trace TV among others to distribute content via the XP Media Center....

Consumer Behaviour: Who Isn't Watching Television?
January 18, 2006... Details from the latest UPC TV-behaviour study offered up some interesting results, both in terms of geography as well as the different ways age groups view television. The research firm, which interviews more than 6,000 individuals across...