Movistar and Vodafone are to broadcast race coverage of Formula 1 via mobile phones in the Spanish market. They will work with the rights-holder La Sexta and will provide practice and qualifying free, but will charge for the race coverage. Formula One has agreed similar deals in various other national markets but the services have […]
The UK Internet Advertising Bureau has updated its best practice guidelines for online video advertising in a bid to standardise usage of ad formats in the emerging sector. The guidelines have been produced by the IAB Video Council, which includes representatives from YouTube, Guardian, Sky, Channel 4, Bauer, Telegraph, Microsoft, Yahoo and the BBC, with […]
Korea Digital Media Industry Association has revealed that Korea’s consortium of IPTV firms had signed a $173 million contract with its Peruvian counterpart to establish an education system utilising IPTV technology in Peru. Korea will be paid in minerals, including copper, zinc and molybdenum. In the first phase of the project by 2010, the Korean […]
Taiwanese telco Chunghwa Telecom had reported that it now has 686,000 subscribers to its IPTV service ‘Multimedia-on-Demand’ as of the end of the first quarter of this year – adding approximately 10,000 customers during the three month period and giving a 57.6 per cent year-on-year increase.
Celeno Communications, provider of semiconductors for multimedia Wi-Fi home networking applications, is working with Texas Instruments to enable next-generation cable modem gateways with wireless HD technology for Cable HD IPTV applications. Celeno’s high-performance CL1300 Wi-Fi chip is now interoperable with Texas Instruments’ Puma 5 family of DOCSIS 3.0 products. The joint technology enables MSOs to […]
Interpublic Group’s Magna forecasts the U.S. market for online video will grow by 32 percent this year, rising from $531 million in 2008 to $699 million in 2009. Brian Wieser, Magna’s SVP, global director of forecasting, says the researcher expects online video to generate slightly more than $1 billion in net advertising revenues for video […]
Dolby has launched Dolby Direct Distribution Services – a pan-European satellite content delivery network for digital cinemas. The service is provided in association with Arqiva and uses satellite to distribute feature movies, trailers, and advertising content direct to their participating exhibitors and cinemas throughout Europe. Dolby Direct Distribution Services will simplify the cinema distribution process, […]
Velocix, provider of a digital asset delivery network, has announced that Televeo is using its digital delivery services to stream premium content. With Velocix, Televeo is able to ensure high performance, scalable delivery of video content from National Geographic, Fox and other leading publishers. Using the H.264 codec in conjunction with the Velocix Video Flash […]
Cisco and Avail Media have announced an agreement that will help enable service providers to easily, quickly and cost-effectively offer IPTV services to their subscribers using an innovative solution that combines the Cisco IP Next-Generation Network (IP NGN). The solution is designed to help service providers meet the challenges of transforming themselves from voice and […]
To extend the range of creative opportunities available to brands through TV advertising, Sky is launching Green Button advertising, a service which allows viewers to easily watch and access extended – or long form‚ advertising. Built on the same underlying technology as the Green Button programme reminder service, advertisers will be able to encourage viewers […]