http://www.screendigest.com/rss/ en-gb Copyright: (C) Screen Digest 240 Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE)  has launched its online video portal Crackle in Canada in partnership with Rogers Media, who will act as the ad sales agent selling Crackle's Canadian inventory across all of...(free content) http://www.screendigest.com/news/crackle-launches-in-canada/view.html http://www.screendigest.com/news/crackle-launches-in-canada/view.html 2010-09-10 German publishing house Axel Springer has announced it will cooperate with Munich-based broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 to enhance its online video advertising strategy. In January 2011, ProSiebenSat.1 will become...(free content) http://www.screendigest.com/news/axel-springer-to-forge-advertising-alliance-with-prosiebensat1/view.html http://www.screendigest.com/news/axel-springer-to-forge-advertising-alliance-with-prosiebensat1/view.html 2010-09-10 Bulgaria's incumbent telco, BTC, has launched a new satellite TV platform, offering 70 channels and the option to bundle TV with Internet, mobile and fixed line telephony. Since 2009 BTC has used the brand...(free content) http://www.screendigest.com/news/bulgarias-incumbent-telco-joins-satellite-tv-bandwagon/view.html http://www.screendigest.com/news/bulgarias-incumbent-telco-joins-satellite-tv-bandwagon/view.html 2010-09-10 The launch of ad-supported catch-up services by local broadcasters, notably Mediaset, has driven growth in online TV revenue. Mediaset accounts for one third of ad-supported online TV consumption but is set to capture 80 per cent of revenue thanks to a high in-stream ad load. (subscription content) http://www.screendigest.com/reports/201089c/10_09_steep_increase_for_online_tv_revenue_in_italy/view.html http://www.screendigest.com/reports/201089c/10_09_steep_increase_for_online_tv_revenue_in_italy/view.html 2010-09-09 Apple's annual iPod event saw a significant revision of its range of portable media players and a major revamp of Apple TV and various updates to other entertainment hardware and services. Apple TV: The...(free content) http://www.screendigest.com/news/2010-apple-event---evolution-not-revolution/view.html http://www.screendigest.com/news/2010-apple-event---evolution-not-revolution/view.html 2010-09-09 CTC Media, Russia's 4th most-watched broadcasting group, is to terminate its advertising sales contracts with Video International (VI) following changes in Russian TV advertising regulation. Instead, the...(free content) http://www.screendigest.com/news/ctc-media-to-terminate-ad-sales-with-video-international/view.html http://www.screendigest.com/news/ctc-media-to-terminate-ad-sales-with-video-international/view.html 2010-09-09 Across the world there are now almost 1bn digital receivers in use for broadcast or IPTV transmission. The vast majority of these use one of the major broadcasting standards: ATSC, DMB, DVB or ISDB. DVB currently has the lead in the global market and is well split between pay and free, and across cable, satellite and terrestrial. Future growth should drive DVB to power almost 1bn receivers by 2014. This report includes both summary data and country by country data on transmission and digital receivers globally.(free content) http://www.screendigest.com/reports/201087a/10_08_global_transmission_market/view.html http://www.screendigest.com/reports/201087a/10_08_global_transmission_market/view.html 2010-09-09 The proportion of Blu-ray discs bought by 25-45 year olds rose to over 70 per cent in 2009, up from around 60 per cent in the previous year. Meanwhile one third of consumers now buy Blu-rays for family use, and less buy them for gifts. This report on consumer profiles of Blu-ray consumers in the UK also reveals that the number of consumers who know that BD players can also play DVDs is worryingly low(subscription content) http://www.screendigest.com/reports/201089b/10_09_bluray_disc_consumers_profiled/view.html http://www.screendigest.com/reports/201089b/10_09_bluray_disc_consumers_profiled/view.html 2010-09-09