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iPlayer downloads reach 75 million
According to the BBC’s latest usage figures, its iPlayer catch-up TV service has now hit the 75 million download mark.
The controversial iPlayer service streams TV programmes directly to a user’s computer, and is proving hugely popular with everyone except the ISPs.
The extra traffic created by the service is proving a problem from the […]
May 20, 2008
New Research Into On-Demand TV In UK
The results of a new survey which has been conducted by the Ericsson company, Redback Networks, to look into the usage of on-demand TV and Internet video by adults within the U.K. has just been released.
Redback is the maker of video-centric routers that are used on over 75% of the world’s most widely used […]
May 15, 2008
BT Vision gains 94,000 new customers
BT Group Plc gained 94,000 new subscribers to its BT Vision IPTV service during the first quarter of 2008.
The company now has 214,000 BT Vision customers who, on average, accessed video on demand services 29 times per month.
BT Vision offers both Freeview channels via digital terrestrial and video on demand over a DSL […]
May 8, 2008
IPTV to push pay TV take-up in Europe
According to a new report by telecoms analyst, Analysys Mason, the roll-out of IPTV will drive the further adoption of pay-TV in Western Europe, leading to growth in the market.
The report - ‘Pay TV in Western Europe: market sizings and forecasts 2005-2013′ suggests 3.2% growth in the number of pay-TV households, from 90.6 million […]
April 21, 2008
Europe leading worldwide growth in IPTV
Europe accounts for almost 60% of the worldwide growth in IPTV, which rose to 14 million households in 2007 from 4.7 million users in 2006.
The figures have been produced following new research by Parks Associates, a market research and consulting firm focused on all product and service segments that are digital or provide connectivity within […]
April 4, 2008
70% of TV audience goes online while viewing
According to a survey commissioned by video search service, Blinkx, almost 70% of adults in Britain go onto the internet while watching television.
Younger viewers are particularly fond of going online while watching TV - over 20% of 16-24 year olds said this was something they always did.
The survey found that 30% of […]
March 29, 2008
New report predicts the third phase of Internet evolution
The Discovery Institute publishes a 24-page report at the beginning of April which predicts that new technologies are dramatically transforming the Internet and could boost IPTV traffic in the US more than 50-fold within the next decade.
Innovations like YouTube, IPTV, high-definition video, and mobile phone cameras are driving this new wave of data, or exaflood, […]
February 12, 2008
Industry expert says IPTV is failing to deliver
Neil Anderson, vice president of global services at Spirent Communications, has said that IPTV is failing to deliver and will remain a niche product in many markets.
Speaking at NetEvents in Barcelona, a gathering of analysts, press and vendors, he said that the technology is being held back by a lack of understanding which is making […]
February 8, 2008
APAC region emerging in global IPTV market
A report from RNCOS titled “Global IPTV- Market Analysis and Forecast to 2011”, predicts that the Asia-Pacific region will soon emerge as a stronger competitor, and will in time outpace the European IPTV industry.
The report is a work of thorough research on the global IPTV industry and examines global as well as regional IPTV subscriber […]
February 8, 2008
1.243 million IPTV subscribers for France Telecom
By the end of 2007, France Telecom achieved 1.243mn subscribers for its IPTV service “Orange TV”. Of these subscribers, 90% were in France. The company also offers its IPTV service in Spain.
There were 2.5 million paid downloads in 2007 for France Telecom’s video on demand service.
France Telecom, Europe’s third largest phone group, has reported that […]