HDTV manufacturer Samsung has revealed that a survey found American football to be the most popular sport to influence HDTV purchases among sports fans in America. The survey from Kelton Research revealed that more than half (54 per cent) of all football fans would most likely purchase a new HDTV for the start of football […]
ARCEP has published the figures for the 3rd quarter of broadband in France. At 30th September, France has 17.125 million broadband subscribers, including 16.3 million in ADSL. The park is increasing by 16 per cent over the year (2.3 million subscribers).
UKTV has hired Keith Porritt as executive director for commercial operations. Porritt, who will start his job in the new year, will have responsibility for managing UKTV’s relationships with programme suppliers, handle legal and business affairs and lead all commercial activity outside advertising sales. This will include handling the relationship with BBC Worldwide, the corporation’s […]
Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI), announced that AXN Sci-Fi, its dedicated science fiction channel which launched in Russia early this year is now available in over two million households across the CIS. The announcement follows the signing of recent distribution agreements with digital satellite TV provider NTV Plus and with IPTV provider, Stream.
Radiotelevisione Italiana (RAI) has announced a major investment in XDCAM High Definition technology that will see the Italian public broadcaster transition to an HD infrastructure over a three year period. The deal will see 180 of Sony's High-end PDW-700 camcorders and 180 PDW-HD1500 decks used across the organisation's entire range of operations from news gathering […]
The Al Jazeera Network has launched its English and Arabic news channels on Turksat’s new digital cable platform. The launch of the Al Jazeera channels on Turksat will substantially increase Al Jazeera's presence in this important market where the Network already broadcasts to over eight million households. "The continued expansion of our reach in Turkey […]
France's broadcasting watchdog, the Conseil supérieur de l’audiovisuel (CSA), has revealed the opening dates for 77 new transmitters which will be used for digital terrestrial television (DTT) broadcasts. The sites will come into service between November 30th and 19th December 2008. According to the CSA, the pace of DTT deployment of has stepped up a […]
Etisalat and France Telecom have signed a cooperation agreement covering Digital Home services, content, international networks and Enterprise solutions. Etisalat will acquire a 16.6 per cent stake of SoftAtHome, a joint venture launched by Thomson, Sagem and France Telecom to develop software solutions for triple-play services in the Digital Home. Etisalat will adopt SoftAtHome solutions […]
Viaccess, the conditional access company and telecommunications provider Ericsson have signed an agreement for Viaccess to provide security software and services in support of IMS-based IPTV solutions. TV technology providers have begun to integrate their consumer devices, content protection solutions, video servers and applications software with the new Ericsson IPTV solution, an open, carrier-class ecosystem […]
A report by the Advertising Standards Authority – the UK advertising regulator – has found that companies are sticking to digital marketing rules. However, 70 per cent of complaints to the Advertising Standards Authority about online ad practices are not covered by the current regulatory regime. The ASA’s compliance report, the first into internet advertising, […]