– France IPTV: Still the clear world leader in web TV, France had 7.7 million IPTV subscribers at the end of H109, a rise of 2.5 million on the previous 12 months, according to telecom regulator ARCEP. By contrast, the UK had just 418,000 subscribers at the end of 2008. From iptv-news.com.
— EA Games: Forget single player games, online multiplayer is the future of gaming, according to EA’s VP for UK and Ireland Keith Ramsdale. He says the forecast for digital games download revenue was $1 billion globally: “We’re eclipsing music, we’re already there, it’s growing and yet we see it as different.” From Gamesindustry.biz.
— Telefonica-HP Telefonica (NYSE: TEF) has signed a deal with Hewlett-Packard to provide mobile broadband services to HP’s mini laptop series in Europe and Latin America. Via Telecompaper.com.
— Coronation Street: ITV’s long-running soap opera is producing three, three-minute online-only episodes, available from Monday. From Brandrepublic.
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