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Young Americans less likely to subscribe to pay-TV 19 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm
Young adult Americans living with their parents are more likely to subscribe to an online video service like Netflix or Hulu once they leave home than a traditional pay-television service. That is the...
On demand revenues rise but remain marginal 17 Aug 2013 | 10:00 pm
Global on demand revenues from movies and television programmes will reach $6.0 billion in 2018, a 44% increase over 2012. That includes video on demand from cable, satellite and telco operators but e...
EBU project targets user authentication 17 Aug 2013 | 08:00 pm
The European Broadcasting Union is launching a project to provide cross-platform authentication based on open standards. The aim is to enable a single sign-on system that can be easily implemented by ...
Higher frame rates improve viewing experience 12 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
Higher frame rates may be as important as more pixels for improving the quality of television. The Broadcast Technology Futures group of the European Broadcasting Union is testing the significance of ...
Could broadband become the primary cable service? 12 Aug 2013 | 01:00 pm
The head of cable operator Cablevision in New York says there could come a day when his company makes broadband its primary service and stops offering television. His comments come amid continuing ten...
YouTube founders launch MixBit to create videos 11 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
The co-founders of YouTube have launched a new service called MixBit, which is designed to help people to create and remix videos, including material contributed by a community of users. The MixBit ap...
BBC and Sky lead UK Ultra HD Forum 5 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm
Representatives from the BBC and Sky are to lead a group to co-ordinate requirements for Ultra HD television in the United Kingdom. The Digital TV Group, the national industry association for digital ...
Trust reviews BBC involvement in YouView 4 Aug 2013 | 09:30 pm
The BBC Trust has begun a review of the involvement of the BBC in YouView and whether it meets the conditions it set for participation in the broadcast and broadband convergence television platform. W...
Virgin takes Liberty to cable television lead 4 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
Virgin Media now has 3.77 million television customers in the United Kingdom, slightly less than the number it had a year previously. However, the number with a TiVo box has reached 1.7 million, an in...
TalkTalk leads BT in YouView gains 29 Jul 2013 | 01:00 am
TalkTalk gained 160,000 television customers in the United Kingdom in three months, mostly by giving away YouView boxes to its existing broadband subscribers. BT only managed to gain 23,000 television...
