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Developments in the European digital TV market are sparking demand for receivers and a new report from Datamonitor claims that shipments of adaptors are set to increase eightfold over the next four years. According to the study, Beyond the STB: new device and service opportunities, the device market is set to explode as new products… Continue reading 100 Million DTV Devices In Europe By 2007, Says Report

The inability to initiate professional business plans has been the main reason for the lack of success of many European pay-TV channels, says a new report. Some 150 channels across Europe have been forced to close in the last six years, costing investors more than £2 billion. Wasted investment in the UK alone is in… Continue reading Poor Business Plans To Blame For Pay-TV Failures

ITV needs to brace itself for a 3.3% fall in advertising revenues this year, according to new analysis of the commercial television sector from Lehman Brothers. Earlier this year, ITV companies were told to anticipate flat revenues for the full year to September (see ITV Advertising And Merger Outlook From Lehman Brothers) but the situation… Continue reading ITV Advertising Forecasts From Lehman Brothers

Total terrestrial TV revenue held firm during May, with a modest 0.4% year on year increase to almost £234 million. The outlook was positive for the majority of broadcasters and the only negative movement was experienced by ITV, which is facing the full scrutiny of the Competition Commission over the proposed Carlton/Granada merger (see Competition… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – May 2003

One in five digital households in the UK takes free-to-air services, according to the latest figures from the Independent Television Commission (ITC).Over the last six months, the uptake of free-to-air (FTA) digital services – including FTA satellite – has accounted for 60% of the growth of the UK’s digital TV (DTV) market, according to the… Continue reading ITC Cable Statistics 1Q 2003 (Subscribers)

BSkyB seems set to retain its dominance of televised football in the UK, despite the announcement last week that live Premiership rights are to be split into three packages when the current broadcasting contract expires next year. Rupert Murdoch has held a ten-year monopoly on live top-flight soccer, an arrangement which has benefited TV executives… Continue reading INSIGHTanalysis: BSkyB In The Box Seat In Premiership Rights Chase

One in five digital households in the UK takes free-to-air services, according to the latest figures from the Independent Television Commission (ITC). Over the last six months, the uptake of free-to-air (FTA) digital services – including FTA satellite – has accounted for 60% of the growth of the UK’s digital TV (DTV) market, according to… Continue reading One In Five UK Digital Homes Receives Free-To-Air Services

Despite a lukewarm reception from consumers, European companies have high hopes for t-commerce and expect to expand their use of television for commerce, according to a report on eMarketer. A survey from Accenture has shown that t-commerce remains a minority activity but a significant proportion of executives are enthusiastic about the technology and plan to… Continue reading Marketers Tuning In To Television Commerce

Live Premiership football matches could return to ITV and the BBC for the first time in over a decade as the Premier League announces major changes to the way it sells its main media rights package. BSkyB has enjoyed a monopoly on live top-level English football since it first secured the broadcast rights to Premiership… Continue reading TV Giants Battle For Live Premiership Football Rights

The success of digital terrestrial television (DTT) service, Freeview, should not impact too heavily on BSkyB’s pay-TV satellite business, as the demographic profiles of the customers of the two platforms are notably different, according to analysts at Merrill Lynch. Freeview currently attracts a significantly older customer profile than Sky, with almost three quarters of Freeview… Continue reading Freeview Success Should Not Hurt Sky, Says Merrill Lynch