News Corporation made a loss of $1.6 billion (£1.2 billion) in the last quarter, compared with a net income of $163 million in the same period last year.
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BBC One’s Olympic coverage continues to dominate the TV ratings, with almost 11 million peak viewers tuning in to the action between 8.30pm and 9pm.
Channel 4’s new viewer engagement strategy has signed up five million people, up from two million at the end of 2011.
According to Reuters, US pay TV subscriptions have dropped by more than 400,000 this year. In Q2, Time Warner Cable saw video subscriptions fall by 169,000; Comcast 176,000, Dish 10,000 and DirecTV 52,000.
Almost 19 million viewers tuned in to BBC One last night to see Usain Bolt win the 100m final in 9.63 seconds, just 00.5 seconds slower than his own world record.
Announcing its Q1 results, UK telco TalkTalk has confirmed the launch of Free TV for its TalkTalk Plus customers. Customers will be able to pre-register immediately for their free YouView set-top box with no additional monthly subscription.The company says the incremental cost of acquiring new triple-play customers of £140 will deliver positive EBITDA over the… Continue reading TalkTalk confirms Free TV package
LOVEFiLM, an Amazon company, has confirmed a Subscription Video on Demand (SVOD) deal to give subscribers in the UK and Germany streaming access to titles from Miramax, the independent studio with a renowned library of critically-acclaimed films.Beginning this summer, LOVEFiLM subscribers in both the UK and Germany will have instant, on-demand access to Miramax films… Continue reading LOVEFiLM subscribers now able to watch Miramax titles
comScore, today released data from the comScore Video Metrix service showing that more than 180 million U.S. Internet users watched 33 billion online content videos in June. Video advertising reached another all-time high in June as 11 billion video ads were viewed.Top 10 Video Content Properties by Unique ViewersGoogle Sites, driven primarily by YouTube, ranked… Continue reading comScore Releases June 2012 U.S. Online Video Rankings
Roku has announced it has received $45 million in a new strategic investment from News Corporation, BSkyB, prior Roku venture investors Menlo Ventures and Globespan Capital Partners as well as an unnamed strategic investor. The new relationships include both financial backing and business agreements.The investment will be used to build further brand awareness through advertising,… Continue reading Roku Raises $45 Million from News Corporation, BSkyB and Others
The Consumer Electronics Market in Great Britain fell by -5.6% in value comparing June 2012 with June 2011, claims GfK Retail and Technology UK. Whilst this is disappointing, the year on year value fall is -14%, so this small drop can be seen as a considerable lessening of decline.This uplift in the Total CE market was… Continue reading Consumer electronics market still falling