With two excellent years in 2007 and 2008, the broadcast and media technology industry is enduring a difficult year in 2009 with limited confidence for a rapid recovery. This is the finding of the latest International Association of Broadcast Manufacturers industry trends survey, carried out in association with Ernst & Young. In this survey, carried […]
An important stake in one of Taiwan's leading cable operators has been put up for sale by some of the company's foreign owners. Taiwan Broadband Communications is owned by a consortium made up of two investment funds linked to Australia's Macquarie Group and Intermediate Capital Group, a London-based provider of debt finance. According to reports, […]
With the backing of the French Tennis Federation, Orange and France Télévisions, the Tournament's official partners, will be offering the French Open men’s final live and in 3D on cinema screens in France and Spain. Orange and France Télévisions will be capturing the final in 3D thanks to five stereoscopic cameras set up around the […]
MobiTV has revealed that its live mobile television and video-on-demand service now has over 7 million subscibers. Available on more than 350 handsets across 20 carrier networks, including Sprint, AT&T and Alltel in the US, MobiTV has pioneered a new market for wireless entertainment services since its launch in November, 2003.
The Networks division of digital TV technologies developer Pace has launched a global Networks Approved Partner programme (NAP) to support the rollout of its MultiDweller distribution platform for high-occupancy buildings. The partner programme will accelerate take-up of Pace's MultiDweller technology through an approved sales and support network, initially across Europe, opening up the supply market […]
ROK Entertainment Group, the mobile technologies, applications and services company, has confirmed the launch of TINY TV across India with mobile operator BSNL. TINY TV is the first nationwide, subscription-based, mobile TV service in India to be streamed over mass-market 2.5G GPRS. Offering a range of live and on-demand mobile TV channels to include local […]
NDShas announced that PT. MNC Sky Vision, which operates under the brand names Indovision and Top TV, has extended its long-standing relationship with NDS by selecting an end-to-end NDS solution to protect and enhance its Indovision pay-TV platform. The solution comprises market-leading VideoGuard conditional access (CA), MediaHighway middleware and a customised electronic programme guide (EPG).
Virgin Media has confirmed that its chief technology officer Howard Watson has left the company to pursue other business interests. Watson joined Telewest in 1993. When Telewest merged with NTL to form Virgin Media, he took on responsibility for technical and IT strategy, architecture, development and day-to-day operations of the company's television and broadband platforms.
Advertising budgets for mobile channels are expected to buck the downward trend and exhibit strong growth over the next five years, according to a report from Juniper Research. The report found that constraints on budgets, imposed in the wake of the global economic downturn, had resulted in an increasing migration of adspend from above the […]
The current fragmented approach to 3DTV is harming the progress of the format, according to the Digital TV Group. Members consulted said they feared that proprietary non-open standards would emerge from technology decisions being made by the first providers, most likely pay-TV operators, which would impact on later free-to-air broadcasts. "Members have expressed their concerns […]