HD PLUS will launch its service for high-definition television, HD+, on November 1, 2009. The market launch will be realised with the HD programmes of broadcasters RTL and VOX; HD versions of Sat.1, ProSieben and kabel eins will be added in January. The first receivers, which are suitable for HD+, will be available commercially with […]
British Sky Broadcasting has accused the BBC of "riding a coach and horses" through the market for internet TV by investing licence-fee money in Project Canvas. The BBC and its partners, ITV, BT and Five, say Canvas will bolster the free-to-air TV platform Freeview as Sky, Virgin Media and other pay-TV providers launch more advanced […]
ITV has confirmed that John Cresswell, currently Chief Operating Officer, has agreed to assume the role of Interim Chief Executive to lead the company through to the appointment and arrival of the next Chief Executive. Cresswell has informed the company that he then plans to leave to seek a fresh challenge. The Interim CEO role […]
EU Commissioner Viviane Reding has written to Germany’s federal network agency citing concerns over the way the country is set to hold the biggest digital frequency auction. Reding has written to Matthias Kurth, head of Germany’s federal network agency, urging him to rethink the rules of the auction. Brussels is concerned about the way the […]
Amino Communications , has demonstrated an IPTV set-top box (STB) that is powered by the new Intel Atom Processor CE4100 (formerly codenamed "Sodaville"). The Intel media processor is the first 45nm consumer electronics (CE) system-on-chip based on the Intel Atom core and popular Intel architecture. This new generation of Amino products will address growing consumer […]
Sky is preparing to launch Sky Songs, an online music service offering access to over four million tracks for download and ad-free streaming. Every track is available via unlimited online streaming, and as mp3 files that can be downloaded and stored on any mp3 compatible device. The service, which launches on the 19th October 2009, […]
Mark Watson, CEO of BT Vision, has told the FT it the platfrom will fail to hit a target set by Ian Livingston, the BT Group chief executive, to have 2-3m customers by December 2010. "We won't hit 2-3m customers over that time," he says. He blames the failure to hit the target partly on […]
Close to half a million football fans watched the England v Ukraine World Cup qualifier last weekend making it easily the UK's largest PPV online event. A post match survey found that an average of 87 per cent felt the picture quality was satisfactory or better and 93 per cent were satisfied with the customer […]
From David Del Valle in Madrid Seven out of ten Spanish households receive DTT, with Canaries Islands, Madrid, Catalonia and Aragon enjoying the highest penetrations, according to the latest report by Impulsa TDT. Every day, 18.1 million viewers watch DTT with an average audience share of 45.3 per cent against analogue TV's 33.6 per cent […]
According to The Diffusion Group, new TV Everywhere (TVE) efforts will face stiff competition from Over-the-Top (OTT) providers set on pushing Internet video beyond the PC to the TV and mobile devices. TDG, says both the TV Everywhere initiatives of incumbent PayTV operators such as Time Warner Cable, and the web-based OTT video services of […]