The ITC has released its cable TV statistics for the first quarter of 2002. The figures show that cable TV subscriptions have seen a year on year decrease to 3.54m. This is a 1.9% drop on the same period in 2001, when the total number of cable TV subscribers was 3.61m.The drop was experienced by… Continue reading ITC Cable Statistics Show Decrease In Subscribers
The digital terrestrial television (DTT) licence bid by ITV and Channel 4 may just have the edge over rival proposals, according to analysts at Merrill Lynch. The Independent Television Commission (ITC) has received four applications for the licence to operate the DTT multiplexes freed up by the demise of ITV Digital earlier in the year.… Continue reading ITV/Channel 4 Digital Bid May Have The Edge, Says Merrill Lynch
Broad-based advertising improvements are beginning to filter through at ITV, with June’s revenue now expected to be up by 10%, well above previous forecasts. Analysts had previously expected the ad boost surrounding the World Cup competition to be mainly a blip, with the dip returning in Q3 2002 and recovery not really beginning to filter… Continue reading ITV Shows Beginning Of Sustained Ad Recovery With World Cup
The UK Government is hoping to achieve a 95% penetration of overall digital television (DTV) by 2010, at which point it plans to cease broadcasting the analogue signal. Indeed, the intention is to cease the analogue signal sometime between 2006 and 2010 at the latest. However, according to recent growth and forecasts, even a 2010… Continue reading Insight Analysis: Digital Struggles
ITV companies Carlton and Granada may have shed themselves of their biggest burden – ITV Digital – and may be witnessing the beginning of a broad upturn in advertising (see ITV Shows Beginning Of Sustained Ad Recovery With World Cup), but they still face some major strategic challenges, according to analysts at Lehman Brothers. The… Continue reading ITV Companies Face Strategic Challenges, Says Lehman Brothers
Almost one third of the UK population is not interested in making the switch from analogue to digital television (DTV), according to a new Sensor survey from Mediaedge:cia. The 29% who are not interested in DTV represents the highest resistance since the Sensor survey began measurement in September 1998 and is a substantial rise on… Continue reading UK’s Interest In Digital TV Dwindles, According To Mediaedge:cia Survey
Revenue from digital television (DTV) subscriptions will hit nearly $30 billion (E31.6 billion) in Europe by 2006, according to figures from Datamonitor. Last year, subscriptions accounted for 94% of revenues, or $8.7 billion, in the European DTV market. Whilst this revenue is expected to rise at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 28% between… Continue reading European DTV Subs Revenue To Hit $30bn By 2006, Says Datamonitor
The failure of a number of European digital pay-TV platforms has been caused by their strategy of offering exclusive content – a move which is ‘bringing them to their knees financially’. This the finding of a report published by economic analysts BIPE. The group says that Europe’s pay-TV industry, currently reeling under losses and bankruptcies… Continue reading Bad Business Plans Caused Digital TV Failures, Says BIPE
Global digital television (DTV) is set to break the 100 million home barrier this year and cable will become the fastest growing platform according to the latest research from Strategy Analytics (SA). After a difficult 12 months, which has seen the demise of ITV Digital in the UK and Quiero in Spain, the research firm… Continue reading Digital TV In 103m Homes Worldwide, Says Strategy Analytics
The future of digital television has again been thrown into question with the release of a new report claiming that only half of the UK population will be able to receive the medium through their existing aerials. Research carried out by Logica on behalf of the ITC indicates that the digital TV signal is currently… Continue reading Signal Failure Threatens To Halt Digital Progress
