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Digital switchover times set

Friday 24 October 2008

The switchover dates from analog to digital television in Australia have been announced, with some remote areas required to make the move in early 2010.

YouTube founder still searching for silver bullet

Friday 17 October 2008

YouTube founder Chad Hurley has come a long way since his last visit to Mipcom two years ago, when the video sharing site's only content partner was the BBC. Post Google buy-out and 900 content partners later, Hurley's message to the still sceptical broadcasting sector at Mipcom this week was clear

YoMo TV goes live

Wednesday 15 October 2008

New kid on the mobile marketing block YoMo TV may have only opened its doors in April, but the company is already claiming a 5% share of all mobile advertising in Australia and is set to launch a “world-first” application that can turn home PCs into Bluetooth pods.

IPTV needs carrier boost

Friday 10 October 2008

The Asia Pacific IPTV market is expected to reach the 22.4 million subscriber mark by 2013, despite the current “half hearted” approach from carriers to date.

Digital radio gets traffic

Friday 10 October 2008

Digital radio services specialists Intelematics Australia and Sentinel Content have begun testing a new free-to-air service which allows radio stations to deliver traffic flow information directly to motorists’ digital radios, ahead of the launch of digital radio in May next year.

Mobile TV held back by lack of metrics

Friday 12 September 2008

The absence of online metrics and standardisation across mobile networks are the biggest inhibitors to mobile television, video and advertising from being rolled out in Australia, said Kursten Leins, strategic marketing manager multimedia at Ericsson Australia.

Digital radio’s new look

Friday 12 September 2008

Commercial Radio Australia (CRA) unveiled its branding and digital radio awareness campaign, which will be launched in Q1 next year with a national stunt event broadcast simultaneously across commercial and public networks.

Hack brings iTV expertise downunder

Thursday 05 June 2008

Former OMD executive and iTV commercialisation pioneer, Toby Hack will assume his newly created role with the Nine Network on June 18 as its Multi Channel / Digital Broadcasting Sales Director.

Broadband TV gets sporting chance

Tuesday 13 May 2008

Australia’s obsession with sport is translating into a spike in uptake of streaming media.

Into 2008: mobile TV

Monday 05 May 2008

Rob Hart looks at how the new spectrum will shake up the mobile sector this year.

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