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?
The Morning Lowdown 12.06.10
Some of the stories people are talking about this morning:
» AOL (NYSE: AOL) is looking at a major restructuring that could include the jettisoning of its revenue-generating dial-up business from its still recovering display business. The breakup plan also hinges on hopes for a merger with Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO)—nevertheless, this still...
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.
Video: Virgin’s iPad Mag ‘Project’ Gets Animated, Coming Tuesday
Word reaches us that Virgin’s virgin iPad-only magazine is Christened “Project” and is due to hit the tablet’s iTunes Store at this link with a launch by Richard Branson in New York on Tuesday; price unknown.
Virgin beats Sky to 3D service launch
Virgin has launched a 3D Movies On Demand channel, three days ahead of Sky's
own 3D channel going live.
