UK pay-TV and broadband telco Virgin Media clocked its first annual profit in 2011, as its TV set top boxes continued to be an engine of video on-demand viewership.
After four years of declines, TiVo adds new customers
TiVo has spent the last several years losing subscribers, dropping to mid-2000s customer levels in the second quarter. But the DVR maker might finally be showing some positive momentum, reporting 117,000 net new customers in its third-quarter earnings report.
Two Tracks For Digital Music: Aspiro White Label Deal; 7digital Tablet App
According to figures from IE Market Research, there are currently 832 million paid users of digital music worldwide, with that number expected to rise to 1.6 billion by 2014. Today, announcements from streamed entertainment provider Aspiro and the music download service 7digital point—respectively announcing a new white-label distribution deal and a...
BSkyB Told To Weaken Stranglehold On Hollywood Movies
BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) has been ordered to weaken its stranglehold on Hollywood films on pay-TV after an investigation by the Competition Commission. In a provisional decision published on Friday morning, the commission said that BSkyB’s contracts with the six major Hollywood studios present a significant barrier to entry to potential competitors, including BT...
TiVo Earnings Soar After Patent Settlement
TiVo (NSDQ: TIVO) had a great quarter—no surprise, since the numbers include a big chunk of the $500 million patent settlement it won from DISH Network and Echostar (NSDQ: SATS). The first payment propelled TiVo to a $139 million net profit, compared to a loss of $14.2 million...
‘No Walled Gardens’: Virgin Media Sees TiVo As Cross-Platform Magic Glue
UK cable telco Virgin Media’s average customer take climbed to a record £47.51 ($76.61) per month in Q4 - but that could boom when it launches TiVo (NSDQ: TIVO) and if it finally gets its quad-play strategy ticking.
‘No Walled Gardens’: Virgin Media Sees TiVo As Cross-Platform Magic Glue
UK cable telco Virgin Media’s average customer take climbed to a record £47.51 ($76.61) per month in Q4 - but that could boom when it launches TiVo (NSDQ: TIVO) and if it finally gets its quad-play strategy ticking.
‘No Walled Gardens’: Virgin Media Sees TiVo As Cross-Platform Magic Glue
UK cable telco Virgin Media’s average customer take climbed to a record £47.51 ($76.61) per month in Q4 - but that could boom when it launches TiVo (NSDQ: TIVO) and if it finally gets its quad-play strategy ticking.
‘No Walled Gardens’: Virgin Media Sees TiVo As Cross-Platform Magic Glue
UK cable telco Virgin Media’s average customer take climbed to a record £47.51 ($76.61) per month in Q4 - but that could boom when it launches TiVo (NSDQ: TIVO) and if it finally gets its quad-play strategy ticking.
@ CES: Tivo’s Tom Rogers Sizes Up Cable And Competition
As CES has confirmed, the world has woken up to the potential of over-the-top TV. To which Tivo CEO Tom Rogers might say, what took everyone so long?
Virgin Media Puts Its Connected-TV Future in TiVo’s Hands
UK cable operator Virgin Media’s connected-TV future now rests firmly in the hands of TiVo (NSDQ: TIVO), which is re-entering Britain after seven years out.
The Morning Lowdown 07.30.10
Some of the stories people are talking about this morning:
» The Washington Post Co. (NYSE: WPO) is desperate to unload Newsweek magazineR...
