Richard Li, chairman of PCCW, and his Chinese state-controlled partner have raised their offer to take the Hong Kong telecoms company private in an 11th-hour bid to win over disgruntled minority shareholders. Just before a meeting at which PCCW shareholders were expected to reject an initial buy-out proposal priced at HK$4.20 a share, Li and […]
Over 80 copyright holders including video portal Joy.cn, film distributor PolyBona Film, and record label Orange Sky Entertainment have formed an anti-piracy alliance, and are suing China's largest video-sharing site Tudou. In May 2008, Joy.cn filed suit against Tudou for unauthorised use of its video content, which Tudou resolved in November with an out-of-court settlement […]
An IMS Research study has revealed that 46 million homes in twenty-five Chinese cities have converted from analogue to digital cable. While DTH is expected to serve the majority of HDTV households in the Asia Pacific region, cable in China is expected to be the dominant digital platform for the country by the end of […]
Samsung and Yahoo have become the latest pairing to announce plans to launch a new web-based service for Samsung-branded TVs in the spring of 2009. Based on Yahoo’s Widget Engine, the service will be available on select 2009 Samsung HDTVs and allow users to interact with a set of “TV Widgets” to complement and enhance […]
Arris has revealed that Ziggo, a major cable MSO in the Netherlands comprised of the former operators @HOME, Casema and Multikabel, has placed a large initial order for the Arris Touchstone TM702 series of DOCSIS 3.0-certified E-MTAs. Ziggo will use the in-home devices to market much faster Internet speeds along with carrier-grade Voice over IP […]
Verimatrix, provider of content security technologies, has confirmed Bouygues Telecom as the latest network operator in France to deploy the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS) for IPTV. Bouygues Telecom is securing its MPEG-4 live broadcast and on-demand video content delivered via ASDL to the BBOX home gateway.
Harmonic is acquiring Scopus Video Networks. The acquisition will extend Harmonic's worldwide customer base and strengthen its market and technology leadership, particularly in international video broadcast, contribution and distribution markets. Under the terms of the agreement, which has been approved by the Board of Directors of both companies, Harmonic will pay $5.62 in cash for […]
ITV's year end review of acquisitions has determined it will have to write down the value of Friends Reunited. Analysts argue the company could have made the contact site a leader in social networking but, instead, its audience has halved from 4.3m beween 2007 and 2008. ITV paid £175m (E220m) in 2005 for the business.
State-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has launched IPTV services for its customers in the Haryana circle, in a bid to hold on to its falling landline subscribers. BSNL launched the service in Gurgaon, Faridabad and Ambala in association with Smart Digivision. The wireline subscriber base decreased to 38.05 million in the month of November […]
Adobe Systems and Intel have revealed plans to collaborate on the development to port and optimise Adobe Flash technology for the Intel Media Processor CE 3100. The result is expected to provide consumers with richer and more seamless Web-based and video viewing experiences through advanced Intel-based cable set-top boxes, Blu-ray Disc players, digital TVs and […]