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Orange and T-Mobile UK intend to jointly pilot a new mobile TV and multimedia broadcast service in London that will see customers receive up to 24 high-resolution television channels along with 10 digital radio stations.The pilot is scheduled for the second half of 2008 and will be targeted at people living or working in West… Continue reading T-Mobile And Orange Announce Mobile TV Trial

Five has strengthened its newly-formed digital media team with two new appointments.Chris Kerwin joins in the new role of digital controller, with responsibility for the commercial side of Five’s digital businesses including video-on-demand and online. Scott Jeffrey becomes VOD editor and will be responsible for Five’s new VOD service.Five said that the “appointments reflect the… Continue reading Five Strengthens Digital Media Team

Only 10% of US adult broadband users have used an online download service either to rent or purchase movies, and most of them do so infrequently, according to new research from The Diffusion Group (TDG). “Online movie services have to date failed to gain a critical mass of users,” said Michael Greeson, president of TDG… Continue reading Only 10% Of US Adult Broadband Users Have Used Online Movie Services

BBC director general Mark Thompson has said that a download version of the iPlayer for Apple Mac users is to launch this year.The iPlayer is currently available in two versions: a program allowing users to download shows to their Windows PC and a streaming version available to all users.Writing in a blog posting on the… Continue reading BBC To Launch iPlayer Download For Macs In 2008

Hard bitten cop Gene Hunt returned to our screens last night in the follow up series to time travelling period piece Life On Mars, catching villains in ’80s London in Ashes To Ashes.Hunt (Philip Glenister) has been joined by a new time-warped sidekick in the shape of Alex Drake (Keeley Hawes), stranded in 1981 after… Continue reading Ashes To Ashes Leaves Competition For Dust

Nearly 80 million Americans (43% of the online population) have watched one of their favourite TV shows on the internet, up from 25% 12 months ago, according to new research from Solutions Research Group (SRG). A full 20% of the American online population said that they watch TV on the web on a weekly basis,… Continue reading 20% Of Americans Watch TV Online On Weekly Basis

December was a very good month for the terrestrial channels, with only ITV1 recording a marginal year on year decrease of revenue intake.Across the whole ITV1 network revenue decreased by 0.9% compared to December 2006, to stand at a total of £109.9 million. With the recent return of News At Ten and the revamped weekday… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – December 2007

The debut match for new England manager, Fabio Capello, was watched by more than 8.3 million adults on average last night, giving BBC One a viewing share of 36.2% between 7.30pm and 10pm.England’s victory over Switzerland in the friendly proved a popular choice for television viewers last night, as did Grand Designs over on Channel… Continue reading England Friendly Draws Over 8.3m To BBC One

The latest forecast from Attentional suggests that a number of factors will combine to offer a brighter than anticipated future for UK television over the next five years.Attentional said that one factor behind this trend is the rapid conversion of older viewers to digital platforms, where the availability of extra channels means they tend to… Continue reading Bright Future For UK TV

The latest forecast from Attentional suggests that a number of factors will combine to offer a brighter than anticipated future for UK television over the next five years. Attentional said that one factor behind this trend is the rapid conversion of older viewers to digital platforms, where the availability of extra channels means they tend… Continue reading Bright Future For UK TV