A DVB-SH pilot jointly performed by SFR and Alcatel-Lucent from July to December 2007, has enabled both companies to validate the fundamental assumptions for the deployment of a DVB-SH network co-localised, for its terrestrial part, with an existing commercial 3G+ network. The tests proved that it is possible to reuse the 3G+ sites, towers and […]
Technetix Group have signed an agreement with a major European telecom PTT for the supply of self install kits. The supply agreement starts in January 2008 and will be for a minimum annual quantity of 10,000 kits. The kits will be used to interconnect their IPTV system within the home. Technetix says it has been […]
Apple overhauled key elements of its online video strategy following an admission by Steve Jobs that the company's early efforts had been a disappointment. He confirmed earlier reports of a new online rental service for movies and a revamp of the Apple TV set-top box so that viewers can stream movies direct from the internet, […]
French broadcasters Canal Plus Group, TF1 and M6 have entered into an alliance with a number of other French TV firms in an attempt to expand the country's mobile TV market. The trio have signed a mobile TV charter along with AB Groups, Bollore, LagardereActive, NextRadioTV and NRJ Groupe. The alliance's remit calls for the […]
Video rental company Netflix is now offering subscribers unlimited access to movies and television shows to watch via the Web on their personal computers. The feature will be open to all subscribers already on one of their unlimited monthly video rental plans, with no extra charge. Until now, Netflix had limited the number of hours […]
More than a third of British viewers regularly watch programmes on-demand instead of relying on traditional TV schedules, according to research. The report from Tiscali shows that 37 per cent, twice last year’s figure of 17 per cent, are now used to creating their own TV schedules. More than three-quarters (79 per cent) of British […]
Overlay.TV has completed a $4.6 million financing round and will be launching its Internet video-advertising platform in February. The funding comes from Celtic House Venture Partners, EdgeStone Capital Partners and Tech Capital Partners. The Overlay.TV platform allows viewers to interact with online video, and enables content owners and distributors to monetize their video assets. As […]
Oprah Winfrey will soon be getting her own television network. Winfrey and Discovery Communications said that they would jointly create OWN, the Oprah Winfrey Network, a cable television channel to make its debut in 2009 on what is now the Discovery Health Channel. Discovery Health is available in more than 70 million homes. The new […]
Pace Micro Technology has been selected by Viasat Broadcasting, the leading digital satellite payTV broadcaster in Scandinavia and the Baltic states, to be the launch partner for its HD PVR service. Viasat will be deploying the Pace TDS850NV HD PVR to households across the Nordic countries.
NDS has revealed that Arcor, the second largest telecommunications provider in Germany, has selected NDS VideoGuard content protection to secure its new IPTV service. Arcor-Digital TV will initially be available in 51 German cities and communities offering digital TV and advanced entertainment services such as VOD.