Philips has unveiled the Cinema 21:9 LCD TV, with an aspect ratio that Philips claims perfectly matches the cinema experience. The company says it will provide film fans with the chance to ‘watch DVDs in the way the director intended’.The 56-inch LCD TV will be launched in Spring 2009 . ….
Appear TV, a global provider of next-generation head-ends for broadcast and IP television, and AMT Group, a Russian systems integrator and official Appear TV partner for the Russian market, have announced at CSTB 2009 the successful CCC certification of Appear TV products for the Russian market. The CCC certificate is issued by the Russian Ministry […]
NEC Electronics Europe has confirmed the availability of a complete cost and power consumption optimised manufacturer's kit based on NEC Electronics' EMMA3SL/LP MPEG-4 digital TV processor which drastically reduces the time to market of MPEG-4 standard definition set-top box. The design is based on NEC Electronics' 3rd generation MPEG-4 decoder IC, EMMMA3SL/LP and enables both […]
Not even a global financial meltdown can stop IPTV. Despite the worldwide economic crisis, subscribers to telco TV will grow more than three-fold by the end of 2012, says In-Stat. In several key markets, like Brazil, Korea, and India, recent regulatory changes have given telco TV a real boost, the market research firm predicts. “A […]
Digital media company etv media group has been appointed by Gala Coral Group to produce Gala TV – broadcast on the Sky and Freesat platforms as well as online etv will produce eight hours of live programming for Gala TV seven days a week, as well as elements of the auto-game which will broadcast at […]
A large percentage of the BBC’s £130 million-a-year (E141m) digital switchover surplus licence fee money is expected to be taken by comms minister Lord Carter to help achieve his goal of getting broadband in every UK home by 2012. It has been reported that the outline of a deal has been reached, although the full […]
From David Del Valle in Madrid A Spanish consortium formed by Net2, ITA, SABIA, Inves and Mapfre have launched the first Tele domestic help service through DTT across the country. Called T-Asisto and using MHP technology, the service provides remote help to all those users who need any assistance at home. The application allows the […]
Thomson group has warned it is likely to breach certain debt covenants and needed to bolster its balance sheet, notably by selling more non-core activities. The loss-making company said it would sell businesses which contributed around E1 billion to 2008 sales, including Grass Valley and PRN, for which it has already received expressions of interest, […]
A study into the state of Video-on-Demand (VOD) in the UK, from the perspective of the viewer, has revealed that fragmented delivery technologies, confusing rights restrictions and expensive download charges risk driving viewers away from legitimate VOD services. Many viewers are keeping their use of VOD to a minimum, while others are turning to illegal […]
Euroconsult, and NPA have reported that the high definition television market in Europe is set to take off. Today 59 million European households are equipped with HD-enabled TV sets. That figure is set to grow to 116 million in 2010, a 51 per cent penetration rate and explode to 220 million in 2018, according to […]