3 UK is adding video-on-demand to its mobile TV offering, offering pay-to-download shows for between £1.29 (E1.37) and £1.99 for a week's access. Shows come from MTV, Comcast and Turner. It's a partnership with Mobix, whose Adrenalin platform is powering the new "3 On Demand" section of the operator's mobile portal. Three's other TV initiatives […]

Lloyds TSB is providing £10.5 million (E11.5m) in debt funding to European DVD and games rental service Lovefilm, designed to repay existing debt and invest in VOD technology. Amazon is Lovefilm's largest shareholder after putting its European and German DVD rental ops in to the business last year. Lovefilm announced record sign-ups over the Christmas […]

Sirius XM Radio Inc plans to increase prices for subscribers with multiple accounts and begin to charge for its online music feed. While it is keeping its core rates unchanged — a condition to which Sirius and XM Satellite Radio agreed last year in order to close their merger — the move could anger subscribers […]

In the next five years, the nature of mobile phones will change radically, reports market research firm In-Stat. Increasing availability of mobile broadband, operator support for data-intensive devices, and improvements in usability for mobile devices brought about by the influence of the Apple iPhone will evolve the designs of handheld devices. “Consumers are nearing their […]

Viaccess has successfully completed a rigorous security audit of its PurpleBox system, a robust cardless content security solution for IPTV. According to audit results, the robustness of Viaccess's PurpleBox solution has the highest achievable level in the Merdan security grades, i.e, the Criminal Enterprise level, in all of its areas. Viaccess' Purplebox solution is an […]

Concurrent have revealed that GCI, an Alaska-based cable operator, has selected Concurrent to provide video-on-demand performance data collection, warehousing and analytics. GCI will utilise Concurrent's services and solutions, including ReportOne and Operational Intelligence (Oi) from Concurrent's Everstream line of data collection and management tools.

SecureMedia, technology leader in open content protection software, has announced that SecureMedia’s Encryptonite ONE System CA/DRM software solution is providing the persistent digital content protection for Sezmi’s innovative personal television system. Sezmi's television system offers a line-up of content from broadcast networks, cable networks, internet video, and on-demand movies and TV shows.

In a possible precursor to partnership, the BBC and Channel 4 have joined forces in negotiations to buy Virgin Media out of the UKTV joint venture, which owns channels including Gold and Dave. The talks could see C4 join BBC Worldwide in the UKTV business by buying out Virgin Media’s stake. This would de facto […]

From Branislav Pekic in Rome Zon Multimédia and Telecinco submitted the only bids on the tender for the fifth terrestrial TV channel by the January 22 deadline to Portugal's Regulating Body for Social Communications (ERC). Zon's project calls for a low-cost venture, which will have a smaller budget than the existing private TV channels SIC […]

While many electronic products are experiencing slowing growth or even declines, worldwide Set-Top Box (STB) shipments are set to nearly double from 2007 to 2012, providing an attractive opportunity for contract manufacturers, according to iSuppli. Global STB shipments are set to surge to 215.5 million units in 2012, rising at a Compound Annual Growth Rate […]