DS2, global supplier of high-speed powerline communications technology, is featuring its fully interoperable 100Mbps, 200Mbps and future 400Mbps powerline communication technologies for multi-room IPTV, audio, gaming and broadband home networking and entertainment applications at CES 2009 this week. Demos at the DS2 booth will showcase the full interoperability between different powerline communications home networking products, […]
SecureMedia, provider of open content protection, and Daewoo Electronics, a global player in the home electronics market, have announced that SecureMedia’s Encryptonite ONE System CA/DRM software solution is now integrated with Daewoo’s latest IP Set-Top Box, the DIS-E100. The ONE System provides an enhanced television experience with better video quality and TV browsing in a […]
Babelgum has called for the scrapping of the BBC/C4/ITV JV Kangaroo declaring any other option would breach Competition Commission rules. In its written response to the Commission's suggested remedies to keep the JV legal, Babelgum says only one of the proposed options – banning the project – is realistic. Last month Kangaroo made its compromise […]
Time Warner announced it will record some $25 billion in write-downs for the fourth quarter, with nearly $15 billion of it coming from Time Warner Cable. Time Warner, which owns 85% of the cable company but has been planning to spin off the stake to shareholders, said beyond the cable business, the write-downs will involve […]
Blockbuster, the largest U.S. movie rental chain, is open to collaboration with telecom companies such as Verizon and AT&T as it expands into the video-on-demand business, chief executive officer Jim Keyes said. “As we move toward video-on-demand and pay-per-view, Blockbuster is well positioned not only to compete on our own, but also to partner with […]
UK pay TV giant Sky is readying plans to offer Sky Bet as a mobile service, which will be an extension of the company's existing online, interactive TV and telephone betting services. The service is set to launch later this month. BskyB is partnering with mkodo to roll out the service reports—mkodo already provides managed […]
The BBC announced that iPlayer has delivered record end of year figures. December 2008 saw 41million requests to view BBC TV programmes via BBC iPlayer, the biggest month since launch in December 2007. This compared to just over 35 million requests in November 2008. The total number of requests for the year now stands at […]
Motorola has launched a new update of its innovative Motorola Communications Convergence Engine (CCE), the software behind next-generation TV. The Storefront 1.0 update brings new options to the entire process of marketing and bundling IPTV, Internet and physical goods. The CCE update will also help network operators deliver services such as video and gaming that […]
Rentrak has unveiled a multi-year agreement with NBC Universal (NBCU) to use Rentrak’s Mobile Essentials service which has been in trial with NBCU Mobile since early 2008. The Mobile Essentials tool will allow NBCU Mobile access to timely data to continue to enhance NBCU’s market leading performance. Rentrak’s Mobile Essentials system analyses trends and tracks […]
LG has linked with the UK's Freesat to launch products integrated with Freesat functionality, later this year. Though the venture will kick start with manufacturing digital TVs integrated with Freesat tuners, there are prospects for launching more Freesat-integrated products in future, LG noted.