itv in comment and analysis
Leader: TV's changing channels
Leader This week alone, the BBC announced it had been given the go ahead for its on-demand TV service - iPlayer - while ITV.com has been relaunched with a vastly improved raft of content. But what does the current explosion of user-generated content and... [03 May 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 02.03.07
Round-Up And in November 2006 Virgin Media had attempted to add ITV to its media empire but hit the considerable roadblock of Sky's 17.9 per cent stake in the terrestrial broadcaster which is now a matter up for discussion at Ofcom and possibly even one... [02 Mar 2007]
Leader: Quad-play quandaries
Leader Last week all eyes were on the to-ing and fro-ing of ITV, NTL and BSkyB as NTL and Sky wrestled for control of the beleaguered broadcaster. The wrangling eventually ended on Friday with Sky taking over a chunk of ITV and effectively prohibiting... [20 Nov 2006]
Minority Report: Apple in your living room
Comment The tentatively titled iTV is a device for streaming media from a Mac or a PC to a television. Apple plans to sell it in the US for $299.iTV may also allow you to download content directly - Disney's Iger hinted as much during a Goldman Sachs... [09 Oct 2006]
Editor's Blog: Rage against mobiles on planes
Comment In other news, I notice 3G operator 3 has done a deal to stream ITV, the commercial TV channel. Don't tell me this is another dead end for ITV. We know that stories about connectivity on the road, airline systems, even the humble hotel get you going. [08 Aug 2006]
Leader: Why mobile TV is important
Leader BT supports DAB-IP and today we heard how ITV and BBC will rally around DMB - both are cut from the same cloth as the broadcast standard DAB, most commonly found on digital radio. Why is mobile TV - in all its main guises - important? [05 Jun 2006]
Radioactive: Mobile television on trial
Comment Sixteen channels of mainstream television - such as BBC1, Channel 4, CNN, Discovery, ITV and MTV, as well as some new content specifically for mobile devices - will be available at bus stops, in libraries and in the hallowed halls of Oxford's... [06 Oct 2005]
It's the BBC against the world (wide web)
Comment Obvious comparisons would be with an organisation such as ITV. The BBC has never been universally popular - and it's not just the tunnel-vision approach to programming which angers licence-fee payers ('what do you mean you want to watch something... [26 Aug 2003]
The Weekly Round-Up: 08.08.03
Round-Up On Tuesday morning on ITV2 - which is like ITV only twice as pointless (no, the Round-Up didn't think that was possible either) - there was live coverage of Real Madrid v FC Tokyo. Not really but ITV have cottoned on to the fact that the housewives... [08 Aug 2003]
Tony Hallett's After These Messages: Orange's hard-nosed businessman
Comment Part of the reason for the change in tack has been Orange's switch to a new agency, Mother (whose most famous son was 'Monkey' of ITV Digital fame). An outburst last week by former Orange CEO Hans Snook got me thinking about the latest high-profile... [19 May 2003]
Ebusiness Despatches: Where content and distribution meet, there's only one winner
Comment Meanwhile, in the UK his BSkyB satellite TV operation, under the leadership of Tony Ball, has gone from strength to strength, in stark contrast to 'triple play' cable operators and ITV Digital. It was to be a world where film, music, magazines... [12 Nov 2002]
Start-up of the Month: Carefree.tv - serious fund raising
Comment We were banging our heads against doors at ITV Digital about how to cater for this group for four years. We worked out a weekly payment deal for low end customers of ITV Digital and it wasn't implemented. [23 Jul 2002]
Switch on to the BBC's monkey business
Comment The government must have breathed a huge sigh of relief today after a BBC-led consortium scooped ITV Digital's licence. The government plans to switch off the analogue signal in 2010 and the implosion of ITV Digital put this deadline in jeopardy. [04 Jul 2002]
'And Yahoo! must score...'
Comment Not least, there are the vested interests of BBC and ITV (and their counterparts around the world) that need protecting. Technology firms are not alone in basking in the reflected glory of the world's biggest footballing event. [18 May 2002]
ITV Digital: Who is to blame?
Comment So ITV Digital has finally curled up its toes. Similarly the two companies failed to reach agreements over ITV content going out to Sky's far more sizeable subscriber base - which would have boosted ITV's ad sale potential. [01 May 2002]
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