Amidst increased European political interest in high speed broadband rollout, Cable Europe Labs has recently certified a number of new EuroDOCSIS based products from Cisco, Netgear, Thomson, Pace and STMicroelectronics. "Every new certification announcement that we make is another step forward in the speed and increased service that the cable industry is providing to millions […]
YouTube is close to a deal with Channel 4 that will lead to the majority of the broadcaster's content being available on the site. Like the recent deal with IPC, Channel 4 is being granted the rights to sell its own advertising around the content and share the revenues with YouTube. Such a deal would […]
The Open IPTV Forum (OIPF) has published the Profiles specification for its Release 1 Solution. This specification is accompanied by a revision (Version 1.1) of its seven-volume Release 1 IPTV Solution specification, originally published in January 2009. All OIPF specifications are freely available for download from the Publications section of the Forum website www.oipf.tv. The […]
comScore said that in August YouTube surpassed 10 billion views in a single month in the United States , now on the third anniversary of its $1.65 billion deal with Google, YouTube has released more precise viewing figures than it had in the past, saying it serves more than 1 billion videos a day or […]
The global DTH market for subscribers is likely to pass the 200 million mark by 2018, according to the research firm NSR. A total of 99 DTH operators beamed over 13,800 channels to 114 million subscribers and generated over $65 billion in subscription revenue as of the end of 2008. The report spans 10 regions […]
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowksi has outlined what he called his new Mobile Broadband Agenda, for an industry he says could be the key supplier of broadband going forward. That plan will include reallocating spectrum from other users, and applying network neutrality standards to wireless broadband, though probably with a different standard for network management from […]
Nielsen has called together 75 of its clients to discuss how to proceed in a possible melding of TV and online audiences. On the agenda is "'TV Everywhere', 'OnDemand Online' and similar initiatives and their implications for television audience measurement." The letter says the purpose of the meeting is to "discuss the work that Nielsen […]
A survey has revealed that 2 per cent of all TV viewing in the US comes from non-traditional TV devices. In a recent survey of multichannel TV users, Horowitz Associates says the 2 per cent represents two hours of the 130.2 overall hours that US TV viewers watch in a month. The best device for […]
From Colin Mann in Cannes International trade association FRAPA – the Format Recognition and Protection Association – has revealed the findings of its most recent in-depth study of the formats industry. The research – FRAPA Report 2009 – TV Formats to the World – compiled in association with the global TV research agency The WIT […]
RealNetworks is appealing a court ruling barring it from selling its RealDVD copying software and a set-top device in development that copies DVDs. The company has filed a notice with a Circuit Court of Appeal that it intends to appeal a preliminary injunction preventing it from selling RealDVD or its Facet set-top. In August, US […]