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Digital television in Western Europe is reaching a decisive milestone this month, overtaking the analogue system for the first time, according to new research from e-Media Institute. There are now about 83 million households in the region’s 20 countries receiving digital television signals out of a total of 166 million TV households, says e-Media Institute.… Continue reading Half Of families In Western Europe Now Receive Digital TV

August was a difficult month for most of the terrestrial broadcasters, with only GMTV posting a year on year increase in revenue.The breakfast franchise recorded a 2.8% rise compared to August 2006, to stand at £3.69 million. This should prove to be a fillip for the beleaguered station, which is still battling back from the… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – August 2007

ITV1 continued to close the gap on BBC One’s viewing share in all homes, by once again boosting its share in August.The channel’s share rose by more than one percentage point for the month, whilst BBC One’s share fell, leaving a gap of just over 2% between the two rivals.All other terrestrial channels felt a… Continue reading Television Viewing Round-Up – August 2007

A new forecast from IMS Research predicts that the hybrid set-top box (STB) market, although still small today, will account for over 25% of worldwide STB unit shipments in 2012, translating into nearly $2.9 billion in manufacturer revenues. Based on leading satellite TV operators’ strategies to strongly position themselves against competitors, satellite hybrid STBs are… Continue reading Hybrid Set Top Box Market To Grow

In a shock announcement, ITV has revealed that it will not be broadcasting this year’s British Comedy Awards, after yet more allegations over dodgy phone voting.Although the December ceremony will still go ahead, ITV will not film the proceedings. It is understood that production company Michael Hurll Television is attempting to secure another broadcaster for… Continue reading ITV Will Not Screen Comedy Awards

Worldwide annual consumer spending on mobile broadcast TV services is expected to exceed $6.6 billion by 2012, according to a new report from Juniper Research. Nearly 120 million mobile users in more than 40 countries are expected to receive broadcast TV services by 2012, compared to less than 12 million in 2007, with DVB-H the… Continue reading Global Consumer Spending On Mobile TV To Increase

Household take-up of digital television, via Freeview, digital satellite or cable TV, has risen to almost 85% to the end of June 2007, according to new research from Ofcom. This was up from 80.5% in the previous quarter, equating to 944,000 net household conversions since March (see UK Digital TV Penetration Exceeds 80%) . A… Continue reading Digital TV Penetration Reaches Almost 85%

As in recent years, consumer electronic (CE) products will be popular US holiday purchases in 2007, with HDTVs set to grow in popularity, reports In-Stat. The company’s latest survey yielded over 2,000 responses from North American consumers; more than 80% of these respondents have plans to purchase a CE product this holiday season, the high-tech… Continue reading HDTVs Top Consumer Purchase Wish List

Anthony Rose, chief technology officer at Kazaa/Altnet, has joined the BBC as head of digital media technology.Rose, who takes up his post today, will be responsible for delivering the next generation of BBC iPlayer, as well as realising BBC future media & technology’s plans to create a unified embedded media experience across its online properties.Prior… Continue reading BBC Recruits Kazaa Chief Technology Officer

Broadcasters have once again been urged to ‘put their house in order’, with new media secretary James Purnell using his speech at the Royal Television Society in Cambridge to tell broadcasters to move on from the problems that have plagued the industry this year.Purnell said that broadcasters had to learn the right lessons from controversies… Continue reading Media Secretary Urges Broadcasters To Learn Lessons From TV Controversies