Vocento has revealed that Disney has agreed to acquire 20 per cent of the Spanish media group’s Net TV unit for around E27 million. In a statement, Vocento said the sale is part of its 2008-10 strategy plan to consolidate its position as a Digital TV provider. After the sale, Vocento will hold 55 per […]
From Colin Mann in Barcelona Motorola has unveiled the Motorola Mobile TV DH01n, a pocket-sized device that combines a personal media player with advanced navigation capabilities including: 2D or 3D GPS and Tele Atlas map views, points of interest and voice-activated directions. According to Navin Mehta, vice president of Mobile TV and Applications Services, Home […]
Mark Hurd, the chairman and chief executive of Hewlett-Packard, has joined the board of News Corp. Hurd replaces Roderick Paige, the former US education secretary. Rupert Murdoch praised the HP boss's management skills. “Mark has had great success in sharpening HP's strategic focus resulting in increased growth and profitability for what is one of the […]
Pay TV broadcaster Setanta Sports has teamed up with Hauppauge Digital, the TV-on-a-PC specialist, to bring live sports to PCs. Owners of a computer with a TV tuner card can plug Hauppauge’s new pay-TV card reader into their PC to access live Premier League games, the FA Cup, World Cup qualifiers, boxing, rugby, racing and […]
Irdeto has signed an agreement for two million smart cards from China’s Jilin Provincial Network. The agreement to provide two million smart cards, which will support the cable TV operator’s digital migration project, is the largest for Irdeto to date. Jilin Provincial Network currently has three million registered subscribers in its cable TV network.
New multimedia platforms in the US will capture $12.6 billion in advertising revenue by 2012, according to Parks Associates’ report New Advertising Platforms and Technologies. Broadband multimedia advertising will account for more than $6.6 billion of that total. Mobile infotainment services follow closely with more than $5 billion, and non-linear TV services like video-on-demand (VoD) […]
Motorola is making up for some of its losses in mobile as it sees a strong boost from sales of set-top boxes for high-definition television services, according to Dan Moloney, head of the company’s set-top box and network equipment unit. “We saw a tremendous increase in demand for set-top boxes in the holiday season and […]
From Colin Mann in Barcelona Content protection specialist Nagravision has joined forces with mobile multimedia device developer Quantum and automotive component manufacturer Magneti Marelli to launch QTM TV, a DVB-H and DVB-T pay-TV mobile set top box dedicated to in-car entertainment'. The QTM TV is thought to be the first automotive grade set-top box providing […]
The president of MTV, Christina Norman, is stepping down after almost three years of trying to revitalise the cable channel and adding music and reality-based programming. Van Toffler, the president of the MTV Networks' Music and Logo Group, will assume Norman's day-to-day responsibilities for MTV.
Silicon Software Systems (S3), provider of mobile TV client software, and Irdeto, expert in digital content security, have announced a joint software solution that allows mobile TV handset manufacturers to support both IPDC OSF and Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) BCAST in a single solution. S3 and Irdeto can now provide a complete solution to mobile […]