Inside Digital TV articles from May 2004

Inside Digital TV archives from May 2004

Discovery Searches For Winning Multi-Platform Formula.(Discovery Networks Europe)
May 12, 2004... Mark Holmes Senior Editor Executing a multi-platform content strategy where the revenue and ratings potential are maximised will be a key challenge for a number of content providers during the next few years. Discovery Networks Europe is...

Will Viasat Introduce PVR Service In 2005?(ViaSat Inc.)(Personal Video Recorder)
May 12, 2004... Mark Holmes Senior Editor Hans-Holger Albrecht, CEO of pay-TV operator Modern Times Group (MTG), has confirmed to Inside Digital TV that its subsidiary, Viasat, could bring a Personal Video Recorder (PVR) offering to the market next year....

Fusion Expects To Make Dual Decode A Commercial Reality.(Fusion Digital Technology Ltd.)
May 12, 2004... Mark Holmes Senior Editor Fusion Digital Technology hopes to make the dual decode solution a viable commercial reality for pay-TV operators. It wants to capitalise on operator demand to generate greater revenues from existing subscribers...

Case Study: TV Through The Web: MLB Advanced Media Successfully Distributes Content To Ex-Pats.(Major League Baseball)(MLB Advanced Media L.P.)
May 12, 2004... Mark Holmes Senior Editor MLB (Major League Baseball) Advanced Media is one of the global leaders distributing sports content on broadband, and its business model offers an example to other sports-rights owners to maximise value from...

Video Networks Prepares For Commercial Launch.(Video Networks Ltd.)
May 12, 2004... Video Networks is set to commercially launch its HomeChoice TV and Internet service on May 17. The service will offer customers both a super-fast 1Mb Internet product and a multi-channel digital television service through one set-top box. The...

DVD Recorders Enhance Home Entertainment.(digital video disks)
May 12, 2004... By Anna Hunt, Senior Market Analyst, IMS Research The structure and dynamics of the consumer DVD recorder market are likely to evolve during the next several years. The market is still very young and limited to early adopters in most...

Sky+ Consumer Behaviour Patterns Revealed.
May 26, 2004... Mark Holmes Senior Editor Roughly 30 percent of new Sky+ sales come from a recommendation or a product demonstration. This information was one of many details about consumer behaviour at Sky+ that Brian Sullivan, BSkyB's director of new...

Cablecos outpace BSkyB in first quarter.(British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC)
May 26, 2004... Mark Holmes Senior Editor NTL and Telewest combined to add more digital subscribers in the first quarter of 2004 than did BSkyB. That unexpected result has to rank as some kind of industry first. NTL and Telewest added more than 40,000...

Two Way TV sees C4 deal as sign of things to come.(Channel 4)
May 26, 2004... Mark Holmes Senior Editor Two Way TV expects to do more deals where it is running interactive channels, rather than just providing applications for them. The company inked a deal with Channel 4 to run its new interactive games channel,...

MCM Ready For The UK Market.(Interview)
May 26, 2004... Mark Holmes Senior Editor MCM, the French music broadcaster, looks set to enter the UK market this year with its world music and jazz channel, dubbed MEZZO. This is a significant move for the company as it looks to target the key UK market...

Carlyle Head Looks to Build On Acquisition.(West Liberty Foods)
May 26, 2004... Mark Holmes Senior Editor The Carlyle Group recently acquired Kingston Inmedia from Kingston Communications for GBP34 million (50.4 million euros) in cash. Kingston Inmedia delivers enterprise, broadcast and Internet solutions to business...

com hem CEO Confident Digital Packages Will Make An Impact.(Interview)(Interview)
May 26, 2004... Swedish cable operator com hem is making a big push into the digital TV market. The company hopes to have 250,000 digital TV customers in the next 12 to 18 months. It also hopes its decision to enter the telephony market will pay dividends in...

Half Of Europe Will Have DTV In 2009.(digital TV)
May 26, 2004... By Hellen K. Omwando with Jaap Favier and Tim van Tongeren, Forrester Research Digital TV penetration in Europe has grown in starts and sputters over the past few years. Financial woes and high costs, for example, have slowed its...