ITV has released its interim results for the first half of the year (ending 30 June 2011), claiming “solid progress” in the first year of its five-year transformation plan under chief executive Adam Crozier.
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A new In-Stat research survey estimates that over 60% of connected TV households use a TV app at least once per week.
Users are not fully engaging with their new connected TVs and OTT* video services, according to research from Analysys Mason.
Online video continues to soar, especially among younger viewers, with 68% of 18-34 year olds claiming their PC/laptop is the entertainment device they “can’t live without”.
The television on-demand market is set for huge growth, with revenues reaching $5.7 billion in 2016 – up 58% from 2010 – according to a new report by Digital TV Research.
Spending on Public Service Broadcasting (PSB) network programming across the main five PSB channels and the BBC digital channels increased by 2% in real terms in 2010 to £2.9 billion, although it was down by 12% since 2006, according to Ofcom’s PSB Annual Report.
Since Q2 2010, the number of ads delivered in HD has doubled from 10% to 20%, according to a new study from Extreme Reach.
Arqiva’s SeeSaw, the online TV service has been bought by a consortium of investors for more than £10m.
Virgin Media has launched a Virgin Media TV Guide smartphone app, to allow remote recording on its new TiVo set top box.
Raymond Snoddy: “Rupert Murdoch could say “to hell with it” – though those would not be the actual words used. He could close down Sky News and save the company an immediate £20 million a year. Worse still the entire future of News International could be called into question…”