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The number of people watching internet TV has increased steadily year on year, suggesting a healthy future for this technology, according to Continental Research’s Autumn 2007 Internet & Convergence Report. In particular, the number of people watching shows they have previously downloaded from the internet has doubled, from 1.3 million in 2006 to 2.4 million… Continue reading Internet TV Growing Strongly

A new US study from In-Stat says that whether it’s PVRs, User Generated Content (UGC), or online TV shows, the market has started the process of “unbundling television/video entertainment,” and this redistribution of control will likely come to dominate the overall consumer landscape in years to come. An In-Stat survey of US consumers found that,… Continue reading Trends Favour Mainstream Acceptance of Internet TV

All terrestrial channels saw their viewing share in all homes drop year on year for September, with the exception of BBC One, which recorded a marginal increase.Channel 4 saw the sharpest fall, by more than one percentage point, whilst other channels bolstered their share by almost two percentage points, taking their share to over 37%.All… Continue reading Television Viewing Round-Up – September 2007

Choice and peer recommendations will be at the heart of the next generation of electronic programme guides (EPGs), with personalisation becoming more prominent. Speaking at yesterday’s MediaTel Group seminar on the ‘Future of Television’, panelist Paul Cleghorn, of Tape It Off The Internet (TIOTI), said that the EPG is “on its last legs” and that… Continue reading EPGs To Get Personal

An increase in the amount of minutes per hour of advertising on television would lessen the effectiveness of the marketing, according to panellists at the ‘Future of Television’ seminar, held by MediaTel Group in London yesterday.Recent reports have suggested that Ofcom is looking at the possibility of pushing up the current limit to as much… Continue reading Increase In TV Ad Minutage Would Damage Efficacy

ITV’s programming woes are not a direct result of the Contract Rights Renewal mechanism, but rather a lack of investment in the 1990s, according to Jim Marshall, chairman of Starcom Mediavest Group, who was speaking at MediaTel Group’s ‘Future of Television’ seminar in London yesterday.“The company spent a decade sorting out the business of the… Continue reading Panellists Show Little Sympathy For ITV’s CRR Woes

New broadband and IPTV statistics unveiled at the Broadband World Forum Europe in Berlin show that the number of people using IPTV services increased by 179% in the 12 months to 30 June 2007. The statistics, prepared for the DSL Forum by industry analyst Point Topic, reveal that over eight million people are now connected… Continue reading Eight Million People Now Using IPTV Services

Choice and peer recommendations will be at the heart of the next generation of electronic programme guides (EPGs), with personalisation becoming more prominent.Speaking at yesterday’s MediaTel Group seminar on the ‘Future of Television’, panelist Paul Cleghorn, of Tape It Off The Internet (TIOTI), said that the EPG is “on its last legs” and that something… Continue reading EPGs To Get Personal

IPTV service Joost has signed a content deal with ITN On to provide news, entertainment and sports content on its platform.The deal will enable Joost viewers to access the latest UK, world, sports, showbiz, weather and business news, in addition to a weekly sports news bulletin ‘Sports Fix’ and daily football show EPL.The deal will… Continue reading Joost Signs Content Deal With ITN On

Rupert Howell, ITV’s new MD of brand and commercial, will aim to get the broadcaster “into some sort of virtuous cycle rather than the vicious circle that there’s been in recent times”.In his first public appearance since the appointment, at MediaTel Group’s ‘Future of Television’ seminar in London this morning, Howell told the BBC’s media… Continue reading Howell Reveals His Vision For ITV’s Future