Pay-TV sports broadcaster Setanta Sports was at the centre of takeover speculation after reports of a £1 billion-plus (E1.4bn) offer for the business. The Irish company received the unsolicited approach from a unnamed European media company and the interest could spark a flood of rival offers, reported the Sunday Telegraph. BT, Virgin Media and US […]
GCap Media, the UK’s largest commercial radio broadcaster, has axed two of its DAB stations after labelling digital radio “economically unviable”. The Classic FM owner said that theJazz and Planet Rock will go as it looks to concentrate on its core FM stations in a bid to revive the business. The company – currently fighting […]
Yahoo’s board is expected to officially reject Microsoft’s takeover bid concluding the $44.6 billion offer “undervalued” the company, and want an offer equivalent to $40 a share, rather than the $31 offered by Microsoft. The company’s share price has increased so much since the offer was made that Yahoo’s market value now exceeds Microsoft’s offer, […]
From Colin Mann in Barcelona CNN International has launched a mobile Java application, which combines dynamic graphics with high end interactive and personalisation features such as multiple category browsing, hourly on-demand 'CNN World News Now' updates and interactive news flipper, to offer mobile users an enriched experience for keeping up to date with news on […]
From Colin Mann in Barcelona Digital pay-TV technology solutions NDS has unveiled what it claims is the world's first hybrid rights and business management platform for mobile TV. The hybrid platform, which combines content protection and business management for both the DVB-H IPDC and OMA BCAST broadcast profiles in a single system, will be shown […]
From Colin Mann in Barcelona Conditional access specialsit Viaccess has teamed up with embedded security solutions provider Discretix to unveil an end-to-end mobile TV security solution, based on the OMA BCAST SmartCard Profile standard. The joint offering ensures full interoperability between the Viaccess purple-TV conditional access system and the Discretix Multi-Scheme Mobile TV Security client. […]
Archos has unveiled its new Archos TV+, a wireless digital video recorder (DVR) with the option of a built-in Internet browser. The Archos TV+ comes with either an 80GB or 250GB hard drive which can record from an external Sky or Freeview box, and can also stream AV content from anywhere on a home Wi-Fi […]
Valtech Communications supplier of next-generation triple-play services in Canada, has chosen Ericsson’s IPTV solution to provide new and value-added television services to its customers. The solution will enable Valtech to offer a wide range of standard and high-definition broadcast channels and interactive services. Elsewhere, Ericsson and FIFA, the world governing body of football, have signed […]
ComScore have released December 2007 data from its Video Metrix service. The report revealed that US Internet users watched more than 10 billion videos online during the month, representing the single heaviest month for online video consumption since comScore initiated its tracking service. Top-ranked video property Google Sites saw substantial growth and extended its video […]
The Kudelski Group, specialists in CA, have agreed to acquire EmbedICs, a US-based embedded software, cryptography and fabless semiconductor design firm.