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The switchover from analogue to digital will be staggered and could begin across sections of the country as early as 2007. The Digital Television Group, the trade body for DTV, is proposing that broadcasters begin a ‘staggered switch-off’ of analogue signals across certain UK regions. It has been suggested that the BBC, Channel 4 and… Continue reading Analogue Television Switch-Off To Be Staggered

Revenues generated from interactive television (iTV) betting, gaming and lottery services will generate â‚Ź4.1 billion a year in Western Europe by 2007, according to a recent report by Screen Digest. The report says that operators’ gross margins, after winnings have been paid out, could reach â‚Ź709.1 million by this time. “Such numbers suggest that the… Continue reading iTV Betting, Gaming & Lottery To Generate €4.1bn By 2007

The proportion of Western European households receiving digital television (DTV) is expected to rise from 19% in 2003 to 42% by 2008, according to a report from IMS Research. The group says a more positive outlook for the European DTV market is now beginning to emerge, despite past failures of digital terrestrial pay-TV services and… Continue reading European Digital TV Market Recovery Underway, Says IMS

The pay-TV sector in Western Europe was worth almost â‚Ź20 billion in 2003 and is expected to grow by 23% to â‚Ź24 billion by 2006, according to a report from Screen Digest. The European Digital Pay TV Revenues report forecasts that during the same period the number of pay-TV subscribers will rise by only 10%,… Continue reading Western European Pay-TV Revenue To Rise 23% By 2006

Five saw revenue increase by 8.9% year on year during December to £18.6 million as its ongoing attempt to distance itself from its downmarket image proved effective in attracting advertisers.The channel recently dropped all remaining softcore pornographic content from the schedules and strengthened its science and history programming in an attempt to establish itself as… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – December 2003

Personal video recorder (PVR) manufacturer, TiVo, is understood to be considering a return to the UK market just a year after it withdrew following disappointing sales. TiVo stopped producing its boxes in the UK last February after the expiry of a three year contract with its hardware partner, Thomson Multimedia. However, sources suggest the company… Continue reading TiVo May Return To UK Market

Fourteen years of gradual consolidation of the ITV Network this morning came to fruition, with the long-awaited merger of Carlton and Granada to create a single ITV company worth more than £5 billion. ITV plc made its first appearance on the Stock Exchange today with a share price of 143½p. Shares in Carlton and Granada… Continue reading INSIGHTanalysis: ITV plc

The rising uptake of personal video recorders (PVRs) such as Sky Plus and TiVo could transform the media planning and buying process, even by as early as 2006, according to new research carried out by media agency PHD. The ongoing study into the effect of PVRs suggests that viewers’ ability to skip commercial breaks could… Continue reading PVRs Could Transform The Media Planning Process

Lehman Brothers has upgraded its earnings forecast for BSkyB in anticipation of a good set of first-half results next month. Analysts are particularly impressed by recent take-up of Sky’s PVR box, Sky+, and expect the company to announce an additional 90,000 subscriptions to the service in its first-half results on 11th February. The increase in… Continue reading Sky+ Sales Expected To Be Strong In BSkyB Interims

ITV is investing in its interactive television capabilities by appointing Eckoh Technologies to provide interactive telephony services for the channel. Eckoh is one of Europe’s largest speech application service providers. Eckoh offers technology that will build on ITV’s existing interactive elements in programmes including This Morning, CITV and Ant And Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway. Eckoh… Continue reading ITV Builds Interactive TV Platform With Eckoh Deal