Inside Digital TV articles from October 2005

Inside Digital TV archives from October 2005

Talking Point: Solving The VoD Equation.
October 12, 2005... How will the combined ntl/Telewest offer video-on-demand (VoD) services? This is one of the intriguing questions to come out of the merger between the two cable operators that was announced last week. The $6 billion deal will see a national...

ITV Exec Gauges Mobile Interactive Opportunity.(Jane Marshall)(Interview)
October 12, 2005... ITVC commercial-development director Jane Marshall is keeping an open mind in terms of what payment models will work for interactive content on mobile. Marshall admits the broadcaster is looking at subscription-based models as one option,...

Fremantle Exec Ready For Land-Grab Challenge.
October 12, 2005... Content providers across the world are faced with the challenge of successfully finding winning formulas for content provision across new platforms. At FremantleMedia, that company has gone a step further when it appointed Catherine Mackay CEO...

IPTV In Russia: Sistema Eyes Further Acquisitions.(markets)
October 12, 2005... As telcos in major western European territories step up their IPTV strategies, there are operators in Eastern Europe that also want to take advantage of the demand for richer and varied television services. One such operator looking to exploit...

Correction.(Correction Notice)
October 12, 2005... In the last edition of Inside Digital TV, we initially referred to Tom Betts, COO of ITV's consumer division, as Tom Watts. We apologize for the error. [Copyright 2005 Access Intelligence, LLC. All rights reserved.]

Programming: The Game Show Is Back.
October 12, 2005... Celador International's managing director Adrian Woolfe believes the game-show format could see a resurgence during the next two years. Woolfe spoke to Inside Digital TV after Celador had recently done a round of licencing deals for "Who...

Norway Update: NTV Readies Aggressive DTT Strategy.
October 12, 2005... Tor Fuglevik, president of Norges Television (NTV), believes the broadcaster's potential rollout of DTT services in Norway is one of the most ambitious going on anywhere in Europe during the next few years. If plans are successful, the time...

DRM And Virtual Content Distribution.
October 12, 2005... by Laurent Michaud, Mathieu Massot and Alain Puissochet, IDATE Digital Right Management (DRM) concerns the management of copies of virtual goods. It goes far beyond simple anti-copying protection, but it can notably make it possible to...

MIPCOM Special: Execs Discuss Digital TV's Future.(Television)
October 26, 2005... At MIPCOM in Cannes last week, key executives from the television industry met to discuss some of the major trends in the industry. One of the key topics of the show was High-Definition Television (HDTV). With the show really being aimed at...

MIPCOM Talking Point: ITV Local Puts Pressure On Newspapers.(ITV PLC launches internet television service)
October 26, 2005... ITV launched its 'ITV Local' service, an Internet TV service that gives viewers access to very regionalised content, in the Hampshire area in the U.K. Since the service debuted last week, Lindsay Charlton, managing director of ITV Meridian,...

Analysts Examine BSkyB Entrance Into Telecoms Arena.(British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC)
October 26, 2005... BSkyB is entering the telecoms market. Its acquisition of Easynet in a deal worth more than GBP210 million ($371 million) will give it the ability to provide voice and Internet as well as its core television services. The deal also gives...

Executive Q&A: PT Multimedia Boss Talks Pay TV.(Zeinal Bava)(Interview)
October 26, 2005... In Portugal, one operator dominates the pay-TV landscape: TV Cabo, a subsidiary of PT Multimedia. In a country with a population of around 10.5 million people, the operator has some 1.6 million subscribers, the majority of these being cable...

Entone CEO Urges Telcos To Be More Aggressive In IPTV.(Steve McKay, Entone Technologies)
October 26, 2005... Entone Technologies, which recently announced a deal to support Hong Kong pay-TV operator PCCW with its on-demand deployment, wants to sign more deals in the telecoms sector. However, CEO Steve McKay believes telcos need to be aggressive...

Financial Focus: Neotion Considers IPO.(initial public offering)
October 26, 2005... Neotion, a provider of MPEG4 solutions in the digital television market, could look to offer an initial public offering (IPO) early next year as it targets generating further revenues outside of its core Western European markets. The...

Philips Execs Bullish On HD STB Numbers.(Philips Broadcast Television Systems Inc., high- definition set-top boxes )
October 26, 2005... Philips execs believe there could be as many as three million high- definition (HD) set-top boxes (STBs) in the European market during the next year. The company, which recently signed key HD deals with CANAL+ in France and UPC to bring HD...