NXP Semiconductors, the independent semiconductor company founded by Philips, has revealed that the collaboration project with Pegatron, a design, manufacturing and service company, has achieved what they claim is the world's first Hybrid DVB-T TV tuner card in half the size of a minicard. Additionally to the latest generation multistandard TDA18271 silicon tuner from NXP, […]
Belfast-based media group UTV, owner of TalkSport, has criticised Channel 4 for pulling out of the 4Digital consortium, saying its decision has scuppered the launch of any digital radio services for the “foreseeable future.” UTV said it was surprised by Channel 4’s move to pull out of launching digital radio services on a new multiplex […]
IPTV’s share of the overall pay TV subscriber base will grow from 3 per cent in 2008 to 14 per cent in 2013 at the expense of cable TV’s share, which will decline from 76 per cent to 61 per cent over the same period, according to a Media Forecast service by Pyramid Research. “IPTV […]
Irish pay-TV operator Setanta has called in headhunters to find a chief executive for its Great Britain operation following the departure of Mark O’Meara. O’Meara and commercial director Mark Mohan, who have run the GB business while being primarily based in Ireland, stepped down in September. …..
DirecTV Group, America’s largest DTH operator with over 17 million customers, has reported that Q3 earnings rose 14 per cent, fuelled by growth in subscribers, higher prices and lower capital expenses. “We are in a tough economy and a competitive environment,” Chief Executive Chase Carey said in a conference call with analysts. But business has […]
Russia's biggest web portals with three million daily users, is to lay off half its staff according to reports from Russia. The cuts are to come from non-core brands such as Rambler Telecom, Rambler-Foto and Rambler Vision and could affect as many as 255 staff. This is fallout from the Russian FAS anti-trust authority's decision […]
UKTV has rolled out an integrated management system across its broadcast portfolio, resulting in company-wide benefits – including implementing its ambitious network rebrand without bringing in extra staff and freeing up time to further craft its 10 channels’ schedules. Following a development and implementation process the new broadcast management system ‘OnAir’ from SintecMedia replaced two […]
Latens has confrmed the 4.0 release of Latens ECOsystem IPTV middleware. ECO 4.0 has enhanced user features and a widened scope, offering many advantages for both operator and subscriber. ECO 4.0 is IPTV middleware secured with Latens software conditional access. Built on open standards, ECO is highly customisable, allowing telcos to adapt the platform to […]
International cable operator Liberty Global has reported a 17 per cent increase in third-quarter sales. Operating cash flow, which the company considers its key operational measure, rose 27 per cent to $1.17 billion in the quarter, helped by factors including organic growth and foreign exchange movements. Revenue was $2.65 billion from $2.26 billion, and Net […]
The market for mobile video infrastructure will experience rapid growth rates over the next several years in spite of the economy, reports In-Stat. There are many ways to deliver video content to mobile devices; some of these require mobile video-specific infrastructure, such as broadcast out-of-band video services and cellular in-band video services, the high-tech market […]