Virgin Media has emerged successful in the patent dispute lodged against it by Gemstar TV Guide. The London High Court rulings call into question the ability for intellectual property rights holder Rovi to enforce its patents both in the UK and with operators around the world. Gemstar, now part of Rovi, had claimed Virgin's EPG […]
Sky Deutschland is making HDTV the centrepiece of its latest campaign with a new HD start package for E199. The pack is an HD STB and a subscription to all seven HD channels through to July next year. This means, in addition to the Bundesliga, new subs will be able to watch all matches of […]
ITV has paid £18 million (E19.7m) cash for Disney's 25 per cent stake in GMTV. The acquisition forms part of ITV's strategy to focus on its core activities and will allow closer integration between ITV and the breakfast service. John Cresswell, Chief Operating Officer at ITV, said: “GMTV is the gateway to the ITV day […]
The Government's proposed £6 (E6.5) a year broadband tax will be levied on each phone line rather than each household. Newspaper reports also say that VAT will be added on top of the 50p-a-month tax. The broadband tax was first proposed by the Digital Britain report, but was held back from last week's Digital Economy […]
New forecasts by technology and media specialist Coda Research Consultancy show that mobile phone users in Italy accessing video content via their devices will climb to 5.1m in 2015, and that revenues will reach US$685m. Coda's report into the Italian TV market shows that users accessing TV content via DVB-H alone will double from its […]
Freesat has revealed that it's sold over 750,000 units since the service launched last year, and could breach the one million mark early next year. Freesat managing director Emma Scott said that the company sold over 200,000 units in the three months up to September 30th 2009. The firm’s results surpassed Sky’s reported 94,000 new […]
Mobile 3G operator 3 has launched the first mobile TV subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) service, giving subscribers on-demand access to entire episodes of hit TV shows. The SVOD service, called 'TV on Demand', is fully managed and powered by Mobix Interactive, now part of On Demand Group. 3's TV on Demand fulfils the industry's anytime, anywhere […]
Seven Media Group has unveiled its on-demand television content strategy as competitors scramble to deliver new video services to Australians’ TV screens over the Internet. The group, whose Hybrid TV subsidiary owns the licence for the TiVo TV set-top box in Australia and New Zealand, will offer TV series via the broadband-connected TiVo on a […]
Eutelsat Communications has confirmed the signature of a far-reaching contract concluded between its Skylogic broadband affiliate and SFR, one of the leading telecommunications operators in France. SFR has selected Tooway to meet demand for broadband from its customers beyond ADSL coverage. Called the ‘Satellite Internet Pack’ the new service supplied by SFR wuses capacity on […]
SES Astra, an SES company, has entered into a partnership with Italian broadcast and network service provider Milano Teleport to offer capacity from its 23.5 degrees East orbital position to Italian broadcasters. 23.5 degrees East is SES Astra's increasingly attractive orbital position offering high quality coverage of the Italian market. Milano Teleport intends to use […]