Inside Digital TV articles from June 2005

Inside Digital TV archives from June 2005

Show Wrap-Up: Pay-TV Execs Clash At ANGA.
June 8, 2005... Rival CEOs at last week's ANGA cable and satellite show in Cologne, Germany, were involved in some strong clashes about the future of digital television in Germany. Premiere CEO Georg Kofler was at the centre of the debate, having voiced a...

Special Report: Interactive Advertising.
June 8, 2005... Interactive TV advertising already is proving itself, and advertising and creative agencies need to take note. That was one of the messages from the Interactive TV Advertising show held in London recently. One of the major themes centered on...

Viaccess Plans Less France Telecom Reliance.
June 8, 2005... Conditional Access (CA) and content-protection company Viaccess expects IPTV to account for around 25 percent of its overall revenues next year. The company, owned by France Telecom, expects to become the dominant provider of IPTV security...

Orange: French Results Bode Well For Mobile TV.(Television)
June 8, 2005... UK mobile operator Orange expects to see strong demand for its recently launched Orange TV mobile offering on its high-speed 3G network. Deborah Tonroe, head of commercial development at Orange UK, tells Inside Digital TV that consumer...

Essent Sets A New Subscriber Target.
June 8, 2005... Dutch cable operator Essent KabelKom wants to have 150,000 digital television subscribers by the end of 2005. The operator did not reach its target of 100,000 subscribers at the end of 2004 but it still believes its digital television...

Research: Morgan Stanley Gloomy On BSkyB Prospects.(British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC)
June 8, 2005... Morgan Stanley's latest research on BSkyB indicates it no longer believes that the operator will reach 10 million subscribers at the end of 2010. In a strong redirect, Morgan Stanley now believes BSkyB will have fewer than 9.5 million subs...

Update: DTT In Europe.(Digital Terrestrial Television)
June 8, 2005... By Natalie Mouyal, DigiTag The launch of free-to-air services on the digital terrestrial television (DTT) platform has been a key driver of DTT success. Currently the fastest growing television platform in Europe, DTT witnessed...

Pace Exec Hails Comcast Deal.
June 8, 2005... While his company has done other deals in the United States, Pace Micro Technology Finance Director David Brocksom admits the most recent deal with Comcast, worth as much as $550 million for new set-top boxes (STBs), is a significant...

Telefonica Confident 'Imagenio' Will Drive Spanish IPTV.
June 22, 2005... Giant Spanish telco Telefonica believes there is a "tremendous opportunity" for it to become a key player in the digital television space in Spain. With pay-TV penetration still relatively low there, compared to other western European...

DTT Update: Denmark Moves Toward 2006 Launch.(Digital terrestrial television)
June 22, 2005... Digital terrestrial television (DTT) is likely to make its debut in Denmark in 2006, but there still are many issues to be resolved. At launch, the service will have only three digital channels and the market opportunity perhaps is as not as...

Case Study: Virgin Mobile Tackles TV On The Go.
June 22, 2005... Steven Day, Virgin Mobile's corporate-affairs director, is unsure what impact Digital Video Broadcasting - Handhelds (DVB-H) will have on the U.K. mobile television market. The wireless carrier, which launched a mobile television trial based...

For Scientific-Atlanta, 'Timing For New Services Is Key'.
June 22, 2005... U.S.-based Scientific-Atlanta (SA) is a major player on the global digital-television landscape. It is a key enabler for telcos and cable operators worldwide that want to deploy the next generation of TV services. SA works with some of...

Content Provider Profile: Turner Looks For The Right Business-Model Balance.
June 22, 2005... Finding successful business models in the content arena is becoming tougher. As more PVRs are being deployed in the market, the issue of the effectiveness of TV advertising is rising to the surface. So, how are content players dealing with the...

Research Update: Global Broadband Numbers.
June 22, 2005... As telcos around the world begin to ramp up their IPTV plans, Inside Digital TV takes a look at some of the latest broadband numbers. According to IMS Research, at the end of 2004, Asia Pacific comprised more than 42.4 percent of the...