http://www.screendigest.com/rss/ en-gb Copyright: (C) Screen Digest 240 There were 545m fixed broadband connections worldwide by end 2011, up by 963 per cent year-on-year. China had the largest number of DSL and FTTP subscribers by end 2011, totaling 104.85m and 27.2m respectively and the USA had the largest cable modem subscriber base at 46.19m. Penetration in the Middle East is low compared to the rest of the world, but Israel had one of the highest broadband penetration rates in the region at 68.4 per cent. Morocco, Egypt, Qatar and the UAE all have relatively small broadband markets but potential for growth in these countries is high.(subscription content) http://www.screendigest.com/reports/201218b/2012_02_high_growth_potential_for_mena_region_as_worldwide_broadband_connections_reach_545m/view.html http://www.screendigest.com/reports/201218b/2012_02_high_growth_potential_for_mena_region_as_worldwide_broadband_connections_reach_545m/view.html 2012-02-08 Norway-based news publisher Schibsted has agreed to acquire online and mobile on-demand music provider Aspiro for 340m Swedish krona (?38.4m, $49m) to add to its existing portfolio of European media and...(free content) http://www.screendigest.com/news/2012_01_scandinavian_media_group_schibsted_acquires_on-demand_music_provider_aspiro/view.html http://www.screendigest.com/news/2012_01_scandinavian_media_group_schibsted_acquires_on-demand_music_provider_aspiro/view.html 2012-01-18 Spain's Sustainability Economic Law - which includes clauses covering intellectual property rights and online piracy and is popularly known as the Ley Sinde - has been ratified by the new centre-right Partido Popular government after just two weeks in office.(free content) http://www.screendigest.com/news/2012_01_spanish_anti-piracy_law_enacted_by_new_government/view.html http://www.screendigest.com/news/2012_01_spanish_anti-piracy_law_enacted_by_new_government/view.html 2012-01-12 US disc-by-mail and online video provider Netflix has launched an online streaming offer in the UK and Ireland. The service, which is now available to consumers for £5.99 per month, contains a selection...(free content) http://www.screendigest.com/news/2012_01_netflix_launches_in_uk_and_ireland/view.html http://www.screendigest.com/news/2012_01_netflix_launches_in_uk_and_ireland/view.html 2012-01-10 US album sales rose for the first time since 2004 to reach 330.6m units in 2011 according to Nielsen Soundscan. Of these 31 per cent, or 103.1m units, were downloads and the remaining 69 per cent were...(free content) http://www.screendigest.com/news/us_recorded_music_sales_up_year-on-year_bucking_the_long-term_decline_trend/view.html http://www.screendigest.com/news/us_recorded_music_sales_up_year-on-year_bucking_the_long-term_decline_trend/view.html 2012-01-09 The Malaysian government has passed a new legislation targeting illegal camcorder recording in cinemas. (free content) http://www.screendigest.com/news/2012_01_anti-piracy_legislation_passed_in_malaysia/view.html http://www.screendigest.com/news/2012_01_anti-piracy_legislation_passed_in_malaysia/view.html 2012-01-09 Arte, the Franco-German cultural channel has launched a 24 hour live streaming service, available to Internet users in France and Germany only. It allows consumers to stream the channel?s programmes...(free content) http://www.screendigest.com/news/2012_01_arte_launches_a_live-streaming_service/view.html http://www.screendigest.com/news/2012_01_arte_launches_a_live-streaming_service/view.html 2012-01-07 Netflix capped off its rough year in public- and investor-relations by having to put a positive spin on the November 21 announcement that it would raise $400m in cash by selling shares and convertible bonds at...(subscription content) http://www.screendigest.com/news/2011_12_netflix_raises_400m_says_profits_will_have_to_wait_until_2013/view.html http://www.screendigest.com/news/2011_12_netflix_raises_400m_says_profits_will_have_to_wait_until_2013/view.html 2011-12-30