There are 684 articles posted by Charlie Ponsonby
posted on 26 October 2009Whatever happens in the US, tends to filter over to the UK. And there are big noises coming from the major rights holders and broadcasters in the US that online video sites are unsustainable as the advertising revenue generated is far less than on the TV. As a result, News Corporation has been the first to publically state that the days of free... [read more]
posted on 26 October 2009The Government is proposing a 50p per month "broadband tax", levied on every household with a copper home phone line, with the aim of subsidising the roll-out of super-fast, fibre-optic broadband in the UK. But the Tories believe that the broadband tax plan is flawed. There are still about 3 million predominantly rural homes in the UK which a... [read more]
posted on 23 October 2009New research from Point Topic shows the top 10 broadband markets in the world. The USA topped the broadband chart for many years, but was overtaken by China in 2008. And China still leads the world in terms of volume of broadband users. China and the USA together account for a staggering 40% of the world broadband market. China has 94 million b... [read more]
posted on 23 October 2009Sky is working hard to build their online catch-up TV proposition. BBC iPlayer is the run-away leader in the category, and alone accounts for almost 5% of all web traffic in the UK. ITV Player, 4OD and Demand Five have also all proven popular. The sites offer catch-up TV, typically providing the last 7 days of TV programming and some archive st... [read more]
posted on 23 October 2009Ever looking for ways to supplement the license fee, it is reported today that the BBC is planning to launch a pay per view (PPV) version of BBC iPlayer for the overseas audience. The move would allow overseas viewers to watch programmes like Doctor Who, Torchwood and Top Gear up to 7 days after they were broadcast. The project is the brain-... [read more]