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

BBC licence fee income has topped £3 billion for the first time, up £160 million year on year, according to the board of governors’ annual report. The report, which is for the 12 months to March 31 this year, is the board’s final annual report before it is replaced by the BBC Trust. The rise… Continue reading BBC Licence Fee Income Tops £3 Billion

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

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

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

Business strategies are changing in order to reflect the ways in which increasingly techno-savvy consumers are using channels, according to new research from HenleyCentre. The research points to two distinct groups with their own expectations of business. The first, now in their late 20s or early thirties are comfortable using PCs and find them commonplace… Continue reading Business Strategies Changing To Reflect The Way Consumers Use Channels