Macrovision Solutions Corporation, a digital entertainment technology leader, has announced its intention to formally change its name to Rovi. The Rovi brand is part of the company's new brand identity that includes a new corporate visual design. Macrovision will continue to operate under the Macrovision name until the annual meeting of stockholders being held on […]
From Branislav Pekic in Rome Italian consultancy e-Media Institute has published a list of the top 10 pay-TV operators via satellite, which sees BSkyB on top with 9.2 million subscribers in the UK and Ireland, 34% of all TV households. Canal Plus France is second with 5.3 million, followed by Sky Italia with 4.7 million […]
According to Ofcom and Sky, Project Canvas could need Office of Fair Trading scrutiny – but the final terms of the Project Kangaroo shutdown show the OFT already has significant control over the way BBC, ITV and Channel 4 can work together on VOD. The Competition Commission's draft final undertakings instruction, on how the Kangaroo […]
Sky1 commissioners Donna Taberer, Andrew O’Connell and Nan Whittingham are leaving the satellite broadcaster to join their former boss Richard Woolfe at Channel Five. Taberer is to become Five’s head of entertainment, O’Connell has been appointed head of factual and Whittingham is moving to the broadcaster as head of production. All three will start their […]
The US Consumer Electronics Association released a study finding that the average U.S. household spent $1,229 on consumer electronics in the past year, a drop of $176 from the same period last year. According to the survey, “the 11th Annual Household CE Ownership and Market Potential Study,” men spent an average of $902 while women […]
To retain customers, service providers must provide a satisfactory quality of digital video QoE for users, says Light Reading. As demand for rich media and TV content continues to grow among consumers, the delivery of digital video at an acceptable quality of experience (QoE) for the user becomes ever more important to service providers, content […]
BitTorrent has extended its dominance as the most popular file sharing application for unauthorised content, and while infringements in the US have dropped, Spain, Italy and France have surged, according to an annual report on digital piracy issued by BayTSP. The report is based on cumulative data from all of BayTSP's clients, which include movie […]
Statistics from Shanghai Telecom and Shanghai-based cable TV operator Oriental Cable Network (OCN) show that through the end of 2008 Shanghai had almost 800,000 IPTV subscribers and nearly 600,000 DTV subscribers. …
France’s Eutelsat, the world’s third-largest satellite operator, has raised its full-year revenue targets after posting a 5.6 per cent increase in third-quarter sales. The company said it now expected full-year sales of E925 million against E910 million previously forecast. The group had already raised its revenue guidance from E900 million to E910 million three months […]
TechniSat has launchesd a new HDTV product family incorporating environmentally conscious, energy saving technology. TechniSat Digital is one of the leading manufacturers of IDTVs, Set-Top-Boxes and digital TV reception equipment in Germany. The new HDTV 32 utilises a new energy saving power supply that allows a standby power requirement of just 0.2 watts.