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Over 13 million analogue-only television households in the US are unprepared for switchover, and another six million have at least one set that won’t work after the analogue signal is switched off in February 2009, according to the Nielsen Company. For the past 18 months, the company has reviewed various components of the transition to… Continue reading Millions Unprepared For Analogue TV Switch Off In US

Up to 500,000 programmes are downloaded or streamed from the BBC’s iPlayer every day, and over 17 million have been streamed or downloaded on-demand in the application’s first seven weeks, according to new figures from the corporation.Daily volumes have been increasing strongly during January and February and last week the total number of streams and… Continue reading Over 17m Shows Downloaded On iPlayer This Year

BBC Worldwide has signed a deal to offer paid downloads of shows such as Life on Mars and Torchwood on iTunes.Around 10 series will be made available on the UK iTunes store at about £1.89 per episode. Viewers can then watch the shows on a Mac or PC, iPod with video, iPhone or Apple TV.“We… Continue reading BBC Shows Now On iTunes

From tomorrow, publishers will be able to report both their print circulation and website unique user figures on a monthly basis for the first time in a new single report from the ABC.The new Multi-platform Monthly Report will detail month on month and year on year figures for both on and offline properties. In addition,… Continue reading Publishers To Be Able To Report Monthly Print And Web Figures

A new report from market research company, RNCOS, has found that the global IPTV market is currently dominated by Europe but it is expected that Asia will emerge as a stronger competitor to Europe in coming years. ‘Global IPTV: Market Analysis and Forecast to 2011’ says the number of broadband subscribers in the Asia-Pacific region… Continue reading Asia To Emerge As IPTV Competitor To Europe

The BBC and ITV’s nationally available free-to-view satellite platform, Freesat, will have problems getting off the ground when it launches due to Sky’s dominance in the sector.According to Top Up TV chief executive officer Nick Markham, who was speaking at the Broadcast Building Audience Loyalty conference last week, the service, which is set to launch… Continue reading Sky Could Prove Problematic For Freesat

Digital UK, the body in charge of the digital television switchover, is putting almost £3 million into a scheme to support viewers not covered by the existing targeted help scheme.The group is setting up a new organisation, Digital Outreach, bringing together the charities Age Concern England, Help the Aged and Community Services Volunteers, as well… Continue reading Digital UK To Put £3m Into New Switchover Help Scheme

It was another busy week in the City, with Yahoo! the main focus of attention following Microsoft’s attempted $45 billion takeover.At the start of the week, Yahoo! rejected the bid, saying that it substantially undervalues the company (Full Story).However, a deal could still go ahead if Microsoft returns with an improved offer, which reportedly might… Continue reading Media In The City: Yahoo! Still Centre Of Attention

Despite the column inches devoted last year to the rise of Facebook, new figures from Nielsen Online reveal that the fastest growing website in 2007 was actually Beat That Quote.Across 2007, Beat That Quote grew 1,165%, from 31,000 Britons in December 2006 to 392,000 in December 2007.Facebook was the second fastest growing property, up 781%… Continue reading Price Comparison Site Growing Faster Than Facebook

Despite the column inches devoted last year to the rise of Facebook, new figures from Nielsen Online reveal that the fastest growing website in 2007 was actually Beat That Quote. Across 2007, Beat That Quote grew 1,165%, from 31,000 Britons in December 2006 to 392,000 in December 2007. Facebook was the second fastest growing property,… Continue reading Price Comparison Site Growing Faster Than Facebook