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Microsoft Targets Always-On Relevance With Xbox One's Integrated Entertainment Solution | 23 May 13 tags › Overall Positioning With the unveiling of Xbox One, Microsoft has put forward its vision for the evolution of its positioning of the Xbox platform as home entertainment hub, by building a hardware, software...

BSkyB to close Acetrax after finishing technology integration | 21 May 13 tags › BSkyB-owned transactional movie service Acetrax is to close on June 21st 2013. The service, which was acquired in April 2012, no longer offers download-to-own (digital retail/EST) movies but will continue to...

TalkTalk overtakes competitors in quarterly TV net additions | 15 May 13 tags › UK internet service provider TalkTalk has significantly reduced the price of its broadband and telephony bundle - the latest major packaging adjustment in the fast-changing UK TV and broadband market....

YouTube subscription channels herald 2nd dawn of paid multichannel fragmentation | 13 May 13 tags › Online video service YouTube has launched a pilot subscription option as part of its partner programme, with an array of 53 thematic channels available to YouTube users for a monthly fee of $0.99 upwards. Each...

BT raises pressure on BSkyB with free BT Sport offer | 10 May 13 tags › BT will offer three pay TV sports channels for no extra charge to its broadband subscribers, a move aimed at defending its leadership of the UK broadband market and to offer a lower cost pay TV alternative to...

Ono finding growth from TiVo and broadband | 09 May 13 tags › Spanish Cable operator ONO closed the first quarter on 2013 with 1.732 residential customers, 18,000 less subscribers than at the end Of December 2012. Of the 1.7million customers 0.8m subscribe to...

Revenue growth continues for Liberty Global despite slowdown in RGU adds | 08 May 13 tags › Liberty Global's results for the first quarter of 2013 highlight the continued need for cable operators to maximise ARPU from existing cable customers, particularly if faced with customer declines....

Barnes and Noble boldly brings Google Play apps to Nook tablets | 07 May 13 tags › US bookseller Barnes and Noble (B&N) has partnered Google to bring its Google Play content store alongside Google Maps, YouTube, and Google Music services to its range of Nook HD and Nook HD+...

US subscription VoD continues to fly with gains from Hulu Plus and Netflix | 03 May 13 tags › Hulu Plus, the subscription service of US online video player Hulu, has surpassed 4m paying subscribers. In addition, for the first time in the Hulu's history it streamed over a billion videos in the...

UAE's Du reports gain in IPTV subscribers | 03 May 13 tags › Du, the UAE-based telecommunications operator has reported its Q1 2013 IPTV subscriber figure. The operator reported a small, six per cent, increase in its pay TV customers over the same period last year. The...

BSkyB boosted by internet TV in first quarter | 02 May 13 BSkyB saw strong growth in the usage and uptake of its Internet TV offerings in the calendar first quarter 2013 (fiscal Q3), giving a boost to overall TV performance in the traditionally slow quarter. Sky added...

BBC iPlayer consumption sees tablets edge ahead of smartphones, both categories remain key | 24 Apr 13 tags › BBC iPlayer usage in the UK via tablets was higher than it was via mobile phones for the first time ever in March 2013. Collectively, tablets and mobile devices made up around 30 per cent of all iPlayer...