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BT Group’s digital TV service now boasts 60,000 customers with a YouView box, according to company’s recently released 3rd quarter results. BT Vison managed to sign up 21,000 new subscribers during this three month period, which ended in December, bringing the total number to 770,000.On top of that, 122,000 retail broadband customers were added, representing… Continue reading 60,000 BT Vision customers have YouView box

With the weekend schedule looking a bit predictable recently, luckily there was some Six Nations action to balance out the usual array of period dramas, soapy arguing and celebrities diving and ice skating in discarded sci-fi costumes from the 70’s.

New m-commerce platform hits critical mass, giving brands access to 15 million opted-in consumers across its three shareholders’ customer bases.

The licence, which can last for a period of up to 12 years, was awarded to ESTV Ltd – owned by the Evening Standard and Independent owners Alexander and Evgeny Lebedev – with the channel name ‘London Live’.

Tablet video use by American consumers is forecast to rise dramatically over the next five years. According to TDG’s report, Tablet Diffusion and Its Impact on Video Use – Forecasts and Recommendations, this will drive significant changes in the business landscape for television and OTT video.According to Bill Niemeyer, TDG senior, “The breakout sales success… Continue reading Tablets will account for 10% of all US TV & video consumption by 2017

Anoushka Healy, currently Group Managing Editor of The Times and Sunday Times , has been named Chief Strategy Officer as William Lewis is appointed Chief Creative Officer.

While OTT and streaming services grabbed more media attention in 2012, Blu-ray and DVDs sales accounted for 61% of US home video spending on films throughout the year.Despite the introduction and mass uptake of digital rental options physical discs remain the largest source of revenue for the film industry. Subscription video on demand services such… Continue reading Sales of physical discs still dominate over OTT services

When the 19th series of Top Gear UK débuts on BBC channels across the world over the next few days a brand new second screen app will for the first time accompany the international broadcasts.

A double whammy of Yorkshire glamour instigated Thursday evening’s top line entertainment as a familiar face crawled his way back to the turbulent community of Emmerdale (ITV, 7pm & 8pm).

Despite moderate global growth in advertising spending, fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) companies continued to invest – and invest more – according to Nielsen’s quarterly Global AdView Pulse report.