The BBC is set to cut almost 2,000 jobs in a bid to save £670 million a year by 2016/17.
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The European Union’s ruling that it is not illegal for individuals to buy set-top box decoder cards from foreign broadcasters is “no risk to Sky”, which will maintain its ‘buy’ rating, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BoAML).
MAGNAGLOBAL has revised down its year-end 2016 forecast for DVR subscriber households to 57.5 million (48.7% of TV households), from 63.1 million in its July 2011 forecast (and compared to 41.2 million – 35.5% of TV households – as of the end of Q2 2011).
IPC Media posted a 12% increase in operating profits to £51.3 million last year, with revenues up 1.5% to £356 million.
In a Toluna QuickSurveys and Newsline poll of 558 football fans in the UK (337 with a Sky subscription and 239 with ESPN), 69% admit that they would consider buying a foreign decoder card to watch football.
Digital Spy has conducted an interview with Darren Petersen, Samsung UK’s content services manager.Within it he reveals that 70% of the Samsung TV range and 100% of the Samsung Blu-Rayer range are now “smart”, indicating that he believes that connected televisions are not a fad and are here to stay.Read the full article on digital… Continue reading Connected televisions are here to stay, says Samsung
Hearst Magazines has reported pre-tax profits of £12.4 million for 2010, more than nine times its profit of £1.3 million reported in 2009.
Apple has launched its latest iPhone – the iPhone 4S, a slimmed-down, faster version of last year’s iPhone 4.
Online has bucked wider advertising trends, growing at a rate of 13.5% to £2.26 billion for the first half of the year, according to new research by the IAB.
At BARB’s “Bigger Picture” event this morning, Bjarne Thelin, chief executive of BARB, appealed for more involvement from across the television and advertising industries in order to develop the potential of television measurement, and facilitate the coordinated use of additional data and so keep the measurement of television together – creating ‘the bigger picture’.
