Speaking at last night’s RTS evening meeting on “Digital Switchover – Making It Happen”, Ford Ennals, chief executive of digital TV implementation body Digital UK, stated that the analogue switch-off timetable is going to schedule. Following a recent Digital UK TV campaign, awareness of the imminent switchover has improved considerably, lifting from 60% national awareness… Continue reading UK Digital TV Transition On Track

The number of US households with a connected entertainment network will reach 30 million by 2010, according to Networks in the Home: Connected Consumer Electronics, a newly released report from Parks Associates. A connected entertainment network is a network made up of either a PC connected to at least one consumer electronic (CE) device or… Continue reading 30 Million US Households To Have Entertainment Network by 2010

Four in ten (39%) broadband users are confused by the term IPTV (internet protocol television), according to new a survey carried out by uSwitch.com. The survey also showed that silver surfers have a high level of knowledge. The over 50s have a greater awareness of IPTV than the 18-to-29 age group. One third of respondents… Continue reading 39% Of Broadband Users Confused By The Term IPTV

Video-on-demand (VoD) is expected to be the chief money maker among different IPTV applications, according to a new survey from Accenture, in association with the Economist Intelligence Unit. Accenture and the Economist Intelligence Unit carried out a survey of 302 executives of telecom, broadcasting and media firms that are involved with or close to the… Continue reading Video-On-Demand Predicted To Be IPTV Revenue Generator

New download devices could be a threat to radio if broadcasters do not respond to the opportunities that they offer, according to the director of radio at the BBC, Jenny Abramsky.Speaking at the Cambridge Radio Festival yesterday, Abramsky said radio must do more to keep up with changes to the medium. “We must give [listeners]… Continue reading Download Devices A Potential Threat To Radio

Regulating podcasting would be practically impossible because the market is too diverse for tighter control, according to the chairman of Ofcom, Lord Currie, who was speaking at yesterday’s Cambridge Radio Festival.Lord Currie was reacting to proposals by the European Commission that could lead to regulation of the podcasting market. Earlier this year, Ofcom expressed objections… Continue reading Podcasting Is Too Diverse To Regulate

BT Vision, the forthcoming television over broadband service, will release a package of iTV next-generation opportunities aimed at challenging Sky’s long-running dominance of the interactive advertising market, according to reports in NMA.Advertisers, agencies and broadcasters will be introduced to BT’s red-button services later in the year, which could eventually lead to personalised TV commercials letting… Continue reading BT Vision To Challenge Sky’s iAdvertising Dominance

Carat is implementing a unique client-team structure which will see six new flexible multi-disciplinary teams working on client portfolios. Carat says that the new teams will unite diversified service areas including data analysis and evaluation, direct, digital, consumer insight and sponsorship, as well as core services of communications planning and media buying. Steve Hobbs, former… Continue reading Carat Restructures With Multi-Disciplinary Teams

David Robey, managing director of BBC Radio London, has said he believes the big BBC networks could be pushing for a delay in RAJAR’s electronic measurement of radio audiences because it works against them.Robey made the bold statement at the Cambridge Radio Festival today, saying he is “extremely dubious about the length of the delay”… Continue reading Big BBC Networks Pushing For Delay In RAJAR’s Electronic Measurement

Ofcom’s consumer panel has released results of a survey which says that more over 65s would use the internet if they had the right support.The market survey shows that in the take-up of the internet 56% of people aged over 65 voluntarily excluded themselves compared to the national average of 22%. The survey also reveals… Continue reading Over 65s Want Support To Go Online