Advanced Television

MIB guidelines for Indian IPTV

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has issued guidelines for provisioning of IPTV Services in India. The guidelines “bring clarity on various platforms capable The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has issued guidelines for provisioning of IPTV Services in India. The guidelines “bring clarity on various platforms capable of providing IPTV services, the regulatory provisions […]

September 9, 2008

Cable America to increase capex

Cable network operators in North America will increase their capex spending through at least 2010 in an effort to compete more effectively with telephone and “Cable industry infrastructure expenditures will keep rising through at least 2010, as North American MSOs upgrade their plant and equipment for the rollout of such new technologies as switched digital […]

September 9, 2008

ITV new media head

ITV Worldwide, the broadcaster's overseas commercial arm, is appointing former Roo sales director Jason Binks as head of digital and new media. ITV Worldwide says

September 9, 2008

beeTV with personalised EPG

beeTV has been unveiled as a "revolutionary new way for people to watch television".Taking existing electronic programme guides (EPGs) to a completely new level, When a viewer pushes a button on the remote, the platform responds instantly with personalised, individualised matches of TV programmes and movies. beeTV uses a proprietary contextual matching algorithm to generate […]

September 9, 2008

U-verse HD multi PVR

AT&T has upgraded the video recording function of its Internet-based television service called U-verse, stepping up its competition against cable service providers. AT&T’s improved U-verse The free upgrade will be deployed to all customers by the end of the year. It needs no visits from technicians or any new hardware as the advanced Internet protocol […]

September 9, 2008

QVC On Demand

Shopping channel QVC has launched QVC On Demand. QVC first launched video on demand in 2006 and, with this next generation service enabled by

September 8, 2008

BSG publishes costs of super-fast broadband

The Broadband Stakeholder Group (BSG) – the UK government's advisory group on broadband – will this week publish a report on the costs of deploying The report, produced by Analysys Mason for the BSG, sets out the costs of the various technology options in detail and explains how those costs mount up as fibre is […]

September 8, 2008

Miniweb secures $32m of funding

Miniweb, the Interactive Service Provider has confirmed a significant funding round, securing access to $32 million of venture capital investment. The funding is lead by

September 8, 2008

FastWeb launches Warner TV in Italy

FastWeb has launched Warner TV, a new entertainment channel from Warner Bros. International Television Distribution (WBITD). The non-exclusive new Warner TV channel is a

September 8, 2008

Portugal's Meo to add six club TV channels

From Branislav Pekic in Rome Portugal Telecom's triple-play service Meo will boost its sports offer with the addition of five European football club TV channels. According to Portugal Telecom's triple-play service Meo will boost its sports offer with the addition of five European football club TV channels. According to the head of content at Meo, […]

September 8, 2008