As tablets and smart phones continue to grow in popularity and functionality, broadcasters and content providers are left to contemplate where they stand in this changing environment. There has been plenty of concern that the use of second (third and fourth*) screens detract from traditional TV consumption, with many channels desperate to put as ... Read more
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A new wave of multichannel video service providers, or MVSPs for short, are transforming the television experience by kicking the traditional TV viewing format into a far more social sphere. Maximising on interactivity by offering second screen capabilities, revolutionary new forms of usage behaviour are emerging relating to social discovery. For example in advertising breaks, ... Read more
On Wednesday I attended my second Digital Lounge event at the Adam Street Private member’s club. This month’s speaker was Andrew Grill (of London-Calling blog fame) who presented on Mobile Advertising. Andrew certainly raised some interesting points that allowed discussion to flow as freely as the drinks! Central to his presentation was the theme that ... Read more
BBC1 has just announced that within the next year, all of its programmes will be simulcast as a live video stream on the internet. This makes it the first of BBC’s analogue TV channels to be aired on the web – ITV has already been simulcasting ITV1, ITV2, ITV3 and ITV4 for a year.
The channel ... Read more
MySpace has signed a deal, to air it’s shows such as Quarterlife, Roommates and Special Delivery on screens outside the US. The deal covers DVDs and merchandise but MySpace will retain all net rights to its programmes. Despite bad figures for NBC’s broadcast of MySpace’s “Quarterlife” in February, MySpace are clearly having another attempt ... Read more