Inside Digital TV articles from September 2006

Inside Digital TV archives from September 2006

Top Up TV CEO Explains New Business Model.(Top Up TV)
September 13, 2006... Top Up TV believes its new "Anytime" offering will enable it to strongly increase revenues. Users will have access to more than 100 programmes from some 18 channels, and content will be refreshed daily. The service will cost around GBP10...

U.S. Exclusive: Comcast, DirecTV, Echostar Execs Talk Interactive.
September 13, 2006... The U.S. digital-television market features some of the biggest pay-TV operators globally, all focusing on how they can bring better interactive services to their customers. Inside Digital TV spoke with senior executives at three of the...

HD At IBC: Content Challenges.
September 13, 2006... At last week's IBC show in Amsterdam, Andy Quested, principal technologist at BBC HD U.K., told showgoers this year is shaping up as key in terms of high definition (HD) in the U.K. Quested told the conference the BBC is spending 2006...

IBC Exclusive: Industry Execs Discuss DTV Evolution, Revolution.
September 13, 2006... IBC took place in Amsterdam last week, with many exciting discussions centering on developments in IPTV and personal video recorders (PVRs), to name just two. Inside Digital TV caught up with a number of senior executives to discuss their...

Acquisition Analysis: SPE Takes The User-Generated Route.
September 13, 2006... Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE), which recently acquired Grouper.com, a large independent video community that enables its members to watch, share and create video on the Web, believes combining SPE's content properties with Grouper's Web...

Around The World.(Tata Sky announced last month it had launched a satellite-television service.)(CanalDigitaal is teaming with Airgo Networks and Caton Overseas in a wireless initiative.)(Digiturk working with Pace Micro Technology and OpenTV as it gets set to launch a range of new services.)
September 13, 2006... INDIA Tata Sky Launches PPV Tata Sky, the newest DTH operator in India, launched a pay-per-view (PPV) service called "Showcase," dedicated to movies. Showcase will offer viewers access to the most recently launched Hollywood and...

IDTV Exclusive: Microsoft TV Head Says This Year's The Year.(Enrique Rodriguez)(Interview)
September 27, 2006... During the last few years, Microsoft TV has signed contracts with many of the world's leading telcos, including Verizon, BT and Deutsche Telekom (DT) as telcos begin to attack TV markets. However, with more deals in place than actual...

French Pay-TV: Top Canal+ Exec Details Post-Merger Plan.
September 27, 2006... Canalsat says it will keep the TPS brands for its channels, but not for its services. The merger between TPS and Canalsat, which was approved by France's Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industry, will now see only one satellite pay-TV...

Mobile TV: The Power Of 3 In Italy, The U.K.(Hutchinson 3)(Company overview)
September 27, 2006... Hutchison's 3 is one of the most innovative mobile operators in Europe. The operator has wireless operations in both the U.K. and Italy, and it is leading the way in terms of offering mobile-TV services in these countries. Inside Digital TV...

Around The World.(Neuf Cegetel's acquisition)(BT launches internet protocol television services)(Modern Times Group launches new sports website)
September 27, 2006... >>WORLDWIDE SVP Alliance Gets A Boost The Secure Video Processor (SVP) Alliance has confirmed that Broadcom, Conexant, Humax, Pace, Samsung and Thomson have become official licensees of SVP technology. Chipset manufacturer Broadcom...

DTT Network Analysis: Arqiva's Challenging Time Target.(digital terrestrial television)
September 27, 2006... Arqiva's contract from the BBC, worth GBP1.8 billion (2.67 billion euros), has the company designing, deploying and operating a new high-power digital terrestrial television (DTT) network that will replace both the BBC's analogue television...

Research: Datamonitor Examines Advertising In A PVR World.
September 27, 2006... Datamonitor's new report "The Evolving Broadcast Sector" looks at how the digital-television (DTV) market will develop in Europe during the next few years. It predicts that market will overtake the DTV arena in the United States in absolute...