The BBC Trust has told the public service broadcaster to slow the pace of its online developments because of competitive tensions with the commercial sector and “poor financial accountability”. In the first of its service reviews under the BBC's new Charter, the Trust, the corporation's governing body, said it would apply stronger scrutiny before authorising […]
UK set-top-box maker Pace has secured a major US contract which will significantly increase its profits for this year. The deal – for the US cable market – is for a low cost digital to analogue converter product that will enable the transition to all-digital networks and will be delivered over the next three years.
AT&T plans to launch a television service for mobile phones next week, following in the footsteps of rival Verizon. The service, which will be available in 58 markets, will offer programmes from several major TV networks, including CBS, Comedy Central, NBC and Fox. While some of the network programming will air simultaneously with what is […]
VimpelCom-Communications and Microsoft have confirmed a strategic partnership to deliver new connected TV experiences to consumers in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) through Corbina TV, which will be powered by the Microsoft Mediaroom IPTV and multimedia software platform. Corbina TV will be operated by Corbina Telecom, a subsidiary of VimpelCom. Based on […]
Velocix, provider of the Digital Asset Delivery Network, has announced that Telecinco, Spain's number one TV station, is utilising the company's digital delivery services for its recently launched MiTele Internet TV offering. MiTele allows online viewers to catch up on their favorite Telecinco TV programmes after they have aired. The Velocix network provides an Internet […]
From Colin Mann in Cologne Operators need to go beyond the triple play of voice, video and data, according to Bob McIntyre, CTO of Cisco's Service Provider Group. “Triple play is not enough,” he warned delegates attending the Broadband Summit at the ANGA Cable Congress. “The competitive edge will come with an integrated solution,” he […]
Worldwide broadband subscriptions will reach 415 million in 2008, representing one billion discrete broadband users, according to Strategy Analytics. The number of broadband subscriptions will continue to grow to 621 million by 2012. While DSL remains the dominant access technology, accounting for two-thirds of worldwide subscriptions, newer access technologies are taking hold. “Fibre and WiMAX […]
Internet retail giant Amazon is preparing to launch a streaming video service in the next few weeks to extend its digital offerings. The Seattle-based company has been beefing up its digital media offerings in order to better compete with rivals such as Apple Inc, which currently dominates the category with the iTunes music download service.
As at the end of March, the services of subscription television which use cable and satellite technologies registered around 2 million users in Portugal, representing around 18.8 subscribers per 100 inhabitants. Of these two million users, 75 per cent were customers of the cable distribution service – almost 1.5 million customers – while Direct To […]
An official from China’s State-Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) has indicated that the overall direction for issuing 3G licences once the telecom industry restructuring is complete has been settled. China Mobile is operating a TD-SCDMA network, the new China Telecom is building a CDMA2000 network on the basis of its acquired CDMA business, […]