“Five-dimensional” discs with a capacity 10,000 times greater than current DVDs could be on the market within 10 years. A team from Swinburne University of Technology in Australia said that by harnessing nanoparticles and a “polarisation” dimension to existing technology, storage can be massively boosted without changing the size of a current disc. The researchers […]
Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) Chairman and CEO Dan Glickman has called for governments around the world to increase efforts to protect intellectual property. Glickman noted that dealing with escalating IP theft is especially needed during these difficult economic times as the creative industries generate millions of jobs each year, including 2.5 million jobs […]
On-net behavioural ad targeter Phorm has hired SK Communications' search and portal VP Daniel Park to be its Korea CEO. Phorm now says it will demonstrate "an innovative new consumer proposition" on June 3. This, CEO Kent Ertugrul says, will be "the revolutionary centerpiece of our consumer proposition". It's not known whether this will be […]
During the first three months of 2009 the “Chaînes Canal+” package commanded a 4.5 per cent share of French viewers, a 0.2-point increase from first-quarter 2008 that it says reflects the popularity of Canal+ Family and Canal+ Sport. The number of unique visitors to the new canalplus.fr website doubled to 2,354,000 in February, representing a […]
The move to two-way networks is driving a shift towards cardless conditional access systems, according to TV Conditional Access Systems In Two-Way Environments, a report from Farncombe Consulting. The consultancy says that although the traditional CA vendors have been developing their own cardless solutions, they have encountered competition from technology providers that originally entered the […]
Arris has confirmed the availability of its new FTTMax Ethernet Passive Optical Networking (EPON) solution – a platform designed to leverage the existing cable infrastructure and drive fibre to the premises as cable operators worldwide look for ways to increase revenues by offering new services to business and residential customers. The Arris FTTMax EPON solution, […]
From Branislav Pekic in Rome According to the latest DGTVi survey conducted inFebruary 2009, the number of Italian households equipped with at least one DTT receiver in their main home arrived to 8.11m or 2.7 million more than one year earlier. The total number of DTT boxes in main homes was 9.84m an increase of […]
BBC Worldwide and YouTube have renewed their global partnership for BBC Worldwide YouTube channels and short-form videos. In addition, BBC Worldwide has debuted its new YouTube channel Explore with clips from BBC factual shows. In the coming weeks, BBC Worldwide will unveil dedicated channels for comedy and natural history clips and a US only channel […]
Korean telco LG Dacom reached 100,000 subscribers for its IPTV service ‘myLGtv’ – up from 12,000 at the end of January of this year. LG Dacom has said that it will now aggressively market the service to its 2.3 million broadband subscribers. Competition is fierce in the Korean IPTV market, with rival SK Broadband currently […]
China’s three telecom operators are accelerating their plans to roll out mobile TV services in order to gain ground in the forthcoming 3G era, with China Mobile the favourite to win among both analysts and consumers. Although the 3G networks deployed by operators have the potential to provide streaming TV services, all three operators plan […]