News Corp has upped its holding in the German pay-TV platform to 25.01 per cent. This is up from 22.7 per cent and follows the company progressively increasing its holding since January when it paid E287 million for a 14.58 per cent stake previously held by Unitymedia. News Corp executives Mark Williams and Tom Mockridge, […]
Research from Scripps Networks has shown that US viewers with access to high-definition (HD) television channels watch more television than do non-HD households. However, HD-enabled homes still tune to standard-definition (SD) channels in large numbers, even when HD versions are available. The study suggests that the cable industry practice of segregating HD channels into tiers […]
Swisscom has launched its mobile television service, Bluewin TV mobile, in Switzerland to become one of the first European providers to offer high-quality television experience to its mobile customers. Working together, Nokia and Nokia Siemens Networks enabled this service with their mobile TV technology and services. The service is made available through a network based […]
As part of the deployment of Orange's triple play offer, 24 million French households (98.3 per cent of the mainland population) will be able to access Orange TV from July 3rd with the launch of its' DTH service. Orange has confirmed the selection of the two orbital positions as Eutelsat Hot Bird and Atlantic Bird […]
US Satellite customers are still happier with their service than cable, but the wired medium's customer-service-satisfaction numbers are on the rise, driven by smaller operators. The customer-satisfaction scores for most cable and satellite companies were up in the most recent (2008) American Customer Satisfaction Index, with satellite still leading the way. DirecTV was up 1.5 […]
Research from Scripps Networks has shown that US viewers with access to high-definition (HD) television channels watch more television than do non-HD households. However, HD-enabled homes still tune to standard-definition (SD) channels in large numbers, even when HD versions are available. The study suggests that the cable industry practice of segregating HD channels into tiers […]
SinglePipe Communications and Great Lakes Data Systems have announced integration of flow-through billing and provisioning for commercial and residential VoIP services. SinglePipe is one of the first telephony services providers to integrate with GLDS's Service Provisioning Gateway for Voice (SPG) interfaces. The new integrated solution has been successfully deployed for CMA Communications in Dallas. Integration […]
Conax AS, the CA provider that is part of Telenor, has entered a contract to purchase 100 per cent of Secustream Technologies AS. Secustream delivers anti-pirate software solutions for interactive TV, including IPTV, PC-TV and web-TV. Secustream was founded by NTNU (Norwegian Technological University) and Telenor in October 2006, and has been financed by Proventure […]
YouTube rival Dailymotion said it expected to make more than E10 million in revenue this year, despite only selling ads since July 2007. Dailymotion CEO Mark Zaleski said. “We are in growth mode. We are past the start-up phase and now in the consolidation and monetisation phase.” Dailymotion's three founders own 21-22 per cent of […]
Viaccess, a France Telecom subsidiary, has announced the closing of the acquisition of the Orca Interactive. The acquisition of Orca Interactive is part of Viaccess's strategy to supply its customers with a complete offer of services and integrated products for broadcast-IPTV applications.