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Digital TV Europe
April 2010
Events
IPTV World Forum 2010
Date: March 23-25 2010 Venue: Olympia National Hall, London, UK W:
www.iptv-forum.com
NAB Show
Date: April 12-15 2010 Venue: Las Vegas Convention Ctr, Las Vegas, US W:
www.nabshow.com
SatCom Africa
Date: April 12-15 2010 Venue: Sandton Convention Ctr, Johannesburg, South Africa W:
www.satcomafrica.com
MIP TV
Date: April 12-16 2010 Venue: Palais des Festivals, Cannes, France W:
www.mipworld.com
ANGACable 2010
Date: May 4-6 2010 Venue: Cologne Messe, Cologne, Germany W:
www.angacable.com
3D TVWorld Forum
Date: May 25-26 Venue: Hilton London Paddington, UK W:
www.3dwordforum.com
DTVCentral & Eastern Europe
Date: June 22-23 2010 Venue: Marriott Hotel, Bucharest, Romania W:
www.digitaltvcee.com
Broadband World Forum
Date: October 26-28 Venue: La Defense, Paris, France W:
www.ice.org/events/bbwf10
IBC 2010
Date: September 9-14 Venue: Rai Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands W:
www.ibc.org
Spain
CAB > ONO refinance
Cable operator Ono is set to
complete the refinancing of €3.6bn of debt and could issue bonds, shares or seek an IPO. The operator’s board has approved plans for an injection of €200m from shareholders, including bank Santander and
foreign venture capital groups. €125m will be available immedi- ately, with €75m kept in reserve. CEO Rosalia Portela said the cash would be used to make investments in its fibre network, to launch new products and to develop its cellular business.
Switzerland
CAB > New services
Swiss cable operator Cablecom will offer a new basic digital TV
service featuring 55 channels to 1.5 million households from June this year. The Liberty Global- owned operator will also intro- duce a CI Plus option to its cus- tomers, enabling subscribers to receive services without a set-top. Cablecom will charge an addition- al CHF0.70 (€0.50) per month to upgrade to the basic digital serv- ice, which will cost CHF23.20. Customers will be able to rent a new HD set-top for CHF4 per month, enabling them to receive the new digital channels and a 300kbps internet connection. The operator is also launching a CI Plus option, enabling customers to watch the digital channels on additional TV sets. The new DigiCard will cost CHF99 per month. Cablecom has invested more that CHF1bn to increase the capacity of its network, which is 95% fibre optic. To-date, more than 400,000 of its customers have upgraded to digital services.
UAE
PROG > Open up call
News Corp chairman Rupert Murdoch has said that he wants to ramp up local production in the Middle East. Speaking at the Abu Dhabi Media Summit, Murdoch said that he wanted the Arab Nations to open up and allow more creativity around content. This comes after News Corp acquired a 9% stake in Arab media company Rotana for US$70m (€51.5m) and announced plans to launch a documentary production studio in the region and move its international chan- nels base there.“To be frank, Rotana does not really need our financing. We are partnering with Rotana for something more ambi- tious: to tap into Arab talent and ultimately produce original Arab content for markets both here and abroad,” he said.
Subscription model right for digital, says Nuttall
Nuttall:
By Graham Pomphrey >
BSkyB’s commercial director Richard Nuttall believes TV viewers want the ability to watch high quality content across a range of devices via a single monthly subscription. Speaking at March’s FT Digital Media and Broadcasting Conference in London, Nuttall said, “We have a business model that delivers high quality content across different platforms that people can choose to pay for. People are increasingly moving towards a pay-TV world.” Nuttall said that as only about half of UK homes currently take pay-TV services, the gap between revenues from pay-TV models and free-to-air ad-fund- ed models would only get wider. “While those in the free space
people are moving towards pay-TV.
scratch their heads, we can con- tinue to innovate,” he said. Speaking about Sky’s mobile platform that offers pay-TV channels including Sky Sports to mobile phone users via a monthly subscription, Nuttall said a third of iPhone sub- scribers don’t subscribe to the DTH service, and that this pre- sented an opportunity for Sky. “We know who they are and can sell to them,” he said, adding that no one had cancelled their sports package after subscribing to the mobile service.
Nuttall also talked about the potential for its AdSmart target- ed advertising platform for Sky’s online service SkyPlayer. “We have relationships with house- holds and have got a lot of data from opt-ins, therefore a huge amount of insight into our cus- tomers,” he said. “One way of using that is more tailored advertising. There is clearly an issue of sensitivity [of holding such information] but we have been transparent and upfront about the whole process. Before registering for Sky Player we allowed people to opt out. We are seeing that if there is trans- parency, people are quite accept- ing [of tailored ads] – why would they not want to see them?” Nuttall said AdSmart would soon be able to target Sky Plus DVR customers.
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