History and History HD have launched Czech-languaged services on Skylink in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The channels currently operate throughout Central Europe across Poland, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Bosnia, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia and Montenegro. Besides Skylink, History currently operates in the Czech Republic and Slovakia on Self Servis and Smart Comp, while […]
Ensequence, the interactive television company, has been chosen by Welsh broadcaster S4C to create and deploy interactive television experiences that reach the growing majority of the UK population watching Freeview digital terrestrial TV, plus some 8 million Sky digital satellite viewers. This represents the first multi-platform deployment for Ensequence in the UK. The interactive television […]
SecureMedia, specialist in video and multimedia delivery over IP networks, and TVBLOB, a software and service development company, has announced that TVBLOB’s hybrid internet set-top boxes (BLOBbox), is now protected by SecureMedia’s Encryptonite ON System CA/DRM (conditional access/digital rights management). Leveraging TVBLOB’s free SDK from the BLOBforge, content owners anywhere can now realise new, ‘over-the-top’ […]
German pay-TV station Premiere will change its brand name to Sky despite heavy write-downs on the Premiere brand name. Premiere will trade under the Sky name as do other pay-TV stations partly or fully owned by News Corp. News Corp. has a 30.5 per cent stake in Premiere, and it fully owns Sky Italia and […]
DirecTV has reported that first-quarter earnings fell 46 per cent even as subscriber growth hit a four-year high. Chief Executive Chase Carey said he expects intense competition to continue in the pay-TV business, as providers fight for consumers who have become more sensitive to price. Still, he predicted that customers will cut their spending to […]
Carphone Warehouse is set to become Britain's second largest broadband provider after it agreed to pay £236 million (E264m) for the UK assets of Tiscali. Carphone said it would be funded by its existing debt facilities and would raise its earnings in the current financial year to March 2010. The move will also see Carphone […]
OpenTV reported a 13 percent drop in first quarter revenues to $29.4 million, down from $33.8 million in the first quarter of 2008, but it was upbeat about the company’s long-term prospects. Net income for the quarter was $1.2 million, down considerably from the $7.6 million in profit that OpenTV reported this time last year. […]
The slump in the U.S. car industry helped send Sirius XM Radio Inc. to a loss of $236.6 million in the first quarter and its first-ever quarterly decline in net subscriber additions. But the satellite radio company said it has enough access to financing and cash generated from operations to meet its debt obligations this […]
Making viewing experiences more interactive is luring in more viewers and advertisers, according to the study, "WeVision: The Four Steps to Online Media Success," from digital media research company Futurescape. "Digital audiences can be remarkably generous to shows that reach out and involve them. They are prepared to contribute ideas, give practical support and even […]
Verismo Networks has announced the release of VuNow 3.0, the latest software release for its award-winning Internet TV Platform that lets people watch millions of free Internet videos directly on their TV. The new release responds to market needs and community requests, and enriches the user experience for accessing and enjoying a broad range of […]