"Interactive Television – a New Media Industry in Portugal? Analysis of the Current and Future Development of Products and Services
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European Master in Multimedia and Audiovisual Business Administration/ Célia Quico October 2000 HAUTE ECOLE “GROUPE ICHEC – ISC ST-SAINT-LOUIS – ISFSC” EUROPEAN MASTER IN MULTIMEDIA AND AUDIOVISUAL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (E.M.M.A.B.A.) - ACADEMIC YEAR 1999-2000 * "Interactive Television – a new media industry in Portugal? Analysis of the current and future development of products and services Author: Célia Quico Thesis Supervisor: Prof. Carlos Correia Date: October 2000 * “Organised in Brussels with the support of the European Union’s Media II Programme and in co-operation with the University of Metz, the New University of Lisbon, the University of Athens, the University of Paris 8, Kemi-Tornio Polytechnic, Lapland University”. - 1 - European Master in Multimedia and Audiovisual Business Administration/ Célia Quico October 2000 Haute Ecole “Groupe ICHEC – ISC ST-Saint-Louis – ISFSC” EUROPEAN MASTER IN MULTIMEDIA AND AUDIOVISUAL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (E.M.M.A.B.A.) Academic year 1999-2000 “Organised in Brussels with the support of the European Union’s Media II Programme and in co-operation with the University of Metz, the New University of Lisbon, the University of Athens, the University of Paris 8, Kemi-Tornio Polytechnic, Lapland University”. "Interactive Television – a new media industry in Portugal? Analysis of the current and future development of products and services Author: Celia Quico Thesis Supervisor: Prof. Carlos Correia October 2000 Universidade Nova de Lisboa, FCSH, Lisboa / PORTUGAL - 2 - European Master in Multimedia and Audiovisual Business Administration/ Célia Quico October 2000 CONTENTS ACKNOLEDGMENTS 8 0. ABSTRACT 9 0.1. Research focus 10 0.2. Methodology 10 0.3. Research questions 10 0.4. Description of findings 11 0.5. Description of conclusions 12 1. INTRODUCTION 14 1.1. Essential Issues 15 1.1.1. Issue 15 1.1.2. Interest in the issue 16 1.1.3. The research questions 17 1.2. Methodology 18 1.2.1. Justification of methodology 18 1.2.2. Tools 19 1.2.3. Process & Obstacles 21 1.3. Basic concepts and data 23 1.3.1. Interactive Television definition and categories 23 1.3.2. The industry drivers 25 1.3.3. Television at the crossroads 27 2. THE HISTORY –When? 30 2.1. Interactive Television before Internet 31 2.1.1. From Qube to the Full Service Network trial 31 2.1.2. Microsoft and the Cablesoft trials 32 2.1.3. Most common mistakes 32 2.2. Interactive Television after Internet 34 2.2.1. Aplying Internet’s lessons - Web TV 34 2.2.2. The first commercial systems – iTV / Hong Kong Telecom and Singapore ONE 35 2.2.3. France and England - towards success? 36 3. THE PLAYERS – Who? 37 3.1. Interactive Television industry structure 38 3.1.1. Convergence of Industries – television, telecoms, hardware and software 38 3.1.2. Television Operators - terrestrial, cable, satellite 39 3.1.3. Technical Developers - hardware, software e middleware 40 3.1.4. Content providers – media 41 3.2. The players - the profiles 42 3.2.1. Analogic + Digital Terrestrial Broadcasters 42 3.2.1.1. BBC, UK 42 3.2.1.2. ONDigital, UK 43 - 3 - European Master in Multimedia and Audiovisual Business Administration/ Célia Quico October 2000 3.2.2.Cable Operators 43 3.2.2.1. AOLTV, USA 43 3.2.2.2. AT&T, USA 43 3.2.2.3. Cable & Wireless, UK 43 3.2.2.4. Direct TV, USA 43 3.2.2.5. NBC, USA 43 3.2.2.6. NTL, UK 44 3.2.2.7. Telewest Communications, UK 44 3.2.2.8. UPC, NL 45 3.2.3. Direct Broadcast Satellite Operators 45 3.2.3.1. Canal Sattellite, FR 45 3.2.3.2. Open/ BSkyB, UK 45 3.2.3.3. Via Digital, ES 45 3.2.4. Platform (Middleware) Developers 45 3.2.4.1. CanalPlus Mediahighway, FR 45 3.2.4.2. Intercast INTEL, USA 45 3.2.4.3. Liberate, USA 46 3.2.4.4. Open TV, USA 46 3.2.4.5. Power TV, USA 46 3.2.4.6. RespondTV, USA 46 3.2.4.7. WebTV / Microsoft, USA 46 3.2.4.8. Wink Communications, USA 46 3.2.4.9. Worldgate, USA 47 3.2.5. Hardware Developers 47 3.2.5.1. Pace Micro, USA 47 3.2.5.2. Philips, DE 47 3.2.5.3. Sony, JP 48 3.2.5.4. Scientific-Atlanta, USA 48 3.2.5.5. TiVo 48 3.2.5.6. ReplayTV 48 3.2.6.Software Developers 49 3.2.6.1. Extend Media, CND 49 3.2.6.2. Gemstar, USA 49 3.2.6.3. NPTV , FR 49 3.2.6.4. Spyglass, UK 49 3.2.6.5. Teracom, SE 50 3.2.6.6. TwoWayTV, USA 50 3.2.6.7. Visionik, SE 50 3.2.7. Content Providers 50 3.2.7.1. Discovery Communications Inc 50 3.2.7.2. Disney 50 3.2.7.3. Electronic Arts 50 3.2.7.4. Seagram 50 3.2.7.5. Time Warner / AOL 51 3.2.7.6. Viacom 51 3.2.7.7. Vivendi 51 3.3. Interactive Television service providers – case studies 52 3.3.1. AOLTV, USA 52 3.3.2. CanalSatellite, France 55 3.3.3. Open/ BSkyB, England 58 3.3.4. Via Digital/ Telefónica, Spain 61 3.3.5. WebTV / Microsoft, USA 63 4. PRODUCT AND SERVICES – What? 68 - 4 - European Master in Multimedia and Audiovisual Business Administration/ Célia Quico October 2000 4.1.Classification of Interactive television services and products 69 4.1.1. IDATE definition and classification 69 4.1.2. Internet access services for the television set 69 4.1.3. Interactive services produced specifically for the television set 71 4.1.4. Particular cases - VOD, Individualised TV, Personalised TV 72 4.2. Internet access services for the television set 73 4.2.1. Email 73 4.2.2. World Wide Web 73 4.2.3. Chat 74 4.2.4. FTP 74 4.3. Interactive services produced specifically for the television set 75 4.3.1. Enhanced TV- kinds of programs 75 4.3.1.1. Games and Contests 75 4.3.1.2. Sports 75 4.3.1.3. Children’s programs 75 4.3.1.4. Education and Training 76 4.3.1.5. News 76 4.3.1.6. Documentaries 76 4.3.1.7. Talk Shows 77 4.3.1.8. Soap Operas and Series 77 4.3.1.9. Pornography 77 4.3.2. Services produced specifically for the television set 79 4.3.2.1. Databases 79 4.3.2.2. Electronic Program Guides 80 4.3.2.3. Games 80 4.3.2.4. Interactive Publicity 81 4.3.2.5. Interactive Mosaic 81 4.3.2.6. Music Booth 81 4.3.2.7. Weather Forecast on-demand 81 4.3.2.8. Pay-per-view 82 4.3.2.9. Home-Banking 82 4.3.2.10. Home-Shopping 82 5. THE TECHNOLOGIES – How? 83 5.1. The competion between digiatl and interactive teelvision standards 84 5.1.1. USA vs. Europa? 84 5.1.2. Digital television: ATSC vs. DVB 84 5.1.3. Interactive television: ATVEF vs. DVB-MHP 85 5.2. Platform developers – case studies 87 5.2.1. CanalPlus Mediahighway, FR 89 5.2.2. Liberate, USA 92 5.2.3. OpenTV, USA 95 5.2.4. Power TV, USA 98 5.2.5. Microsoft TV, USA 100 6. THE STAGES - Where? 105 6.1. The gap between cultures 106 6.1.1. USA and Europe: different approaches to interactive television 106 6.1.2. European Union: audio-isual policy and data 108 6.1.3. The North and the South of Europe 110 6.2. Countries – case studies 111 6.1. England 112 6.2. France 113 - 5 - European Master in Multimedia and Audiovisual Business Administration/ Célia Quico October 2000 6.3. Spain 113 7. PORTUGAL - the state of the art 115 7.1. Background data and information about Portugal 116 7.1.1. Basic Data about Portugal 116 7.1.2. Data about the Portuguese Television industry 118 7.1.3. Legal regulation in Europe and Portugal 121 7.2. The emergence of the Interactive Television industry 123 7.2.1. Interactive television trials in Portugal 123 7.2.2. TV Cabo –the commercial launching announcement 124 7.2.3. Digital Terrestrial Television in 2002 125 7.3. Characterising the Portuguese Consumers 127 7.3.1. Television average audience – data from Marktest 127 7.3.2. Internet users – data from Marktest and ISCTE 130 7.3.3. Cable subscribers – ICP statistics 132 7.4. Characterising the Portuguese Players 141 7.4.1. Overview of the industry 134 7.4.2. Television Operators 134 7.4.3. Technical Developers 135 7.4.4. Content Providers 135 7.5. Characterising the Portuguese Players – interviews highlights 147 7.5.1. Carlos Correia - UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA (FCSH) 139 7.5.2. Carlos Picoto - MICROSOFT 139 7.5.3. Francisco Maria Balsemão - IMPRESA/ SIC 139 7.5.4. José Louro - TVI 140 7.5.5. Jorge Trindad Ferraz de Abreu - UNIVERSIDADE DE AVEIRO 141 7.5.6. Luís Rodrigues - TVI 141 7.5.7. Manuel Maltez - BBDO 142 7.5.8. Nuno Duarte – OCTAL TV 143 7.5.9. Nuno Morais, José Abecassis Soares – GO TV / CONTENT TV 144 7.5.10. Paulo Querido - EXPRESSO 144 7.5.11. Rui Dias Alves, João Brás Ramos - INNOVANGENCY 145 7.5.12. Tiago Silva - DOTONTHEBOX 146 7.5.13.