Sony has shown off a new single-lens camera able to capture 3D images. The new camera takes a single image that is split by mirrors and recorded on two sensors, resulting in a “smoother” picture, according to Sony. The prototype camera will be unveiled at next week’s Ceatec electronics show in Tokyo, Japan. Viewers will […]
Aksh Optifibre plans to raise up to $20 million through a private placement to grow its IPTV and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) business in India. The amount will be used to part finance Aksh's capex requirement as it plans to ramp up its subscriber base from 35,000 to 650,000 by March 2013. The company, […]
Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) has won the rights to air Barclays English Premier League matches across its platforms, as well as exclusive broadcast rights to ESPN Star Sports for mio TV. The rights will allow SingTel to broadcast EPL matches on mio TV, the Internet and mobile applications for three years starting August next year, and […]
Trender Research, a consumer technology market research and consulting firm, has released a strategic analysis of the over the top (OTT) video industry and its impact on the Pay TV market. The report, entitled "Pay TV and the Growing Over the Top Video Threat", analyses the major trends of online video consumption and how they […]
The US IPTV market will grow from over 5 million subscribers in 2009 to 15.5 million by 2013, according to a report by analyst firm Strategy Analytics. While IPTV holds less than a 5% share of total television households in 2009, the percentage will approach 13% in 2013. Strategy Analytics believes that, despite recently announced […]
In contrast to rival ISPs Sky has backed the content industry's calls to introduce suspension of service for suspected file-sharers. In response to this week's government request for proposals about how it should tackle file-sharing, Sky said it would apply technical measures to file-sharers' internet accounts provided they could be proved guilty. "It makes sense […]
From Branislav Pekic in Rome Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset has for the first time surpassed RAI in terms of turnover thanks mainly to revenue from pay-TV. In 2008, Mediaset's turnover was up 9 per cent to E3.27 billion, while the public broadcaster saw a drop of 0.7 per cent to E3.21 billion. Additionally, RAI is […]
The increasing penetration of digital TV and the launch of IPTV services have lead to a boom in the number of news channels in Europe, creating a market that is worth up to E1.5bn. However, half of the channels are running at a loss, says research for the European Commission. The total number of channels […]
The global IPTV market has withstood the worst of the worldwide economic storm during the last six months, putting it on track to achieve more than 50 per cent subscriber growth in 2009, according to iSuppli. In the fourth quarter of 2008 and the first quarter of 2009, IPTV added 2.5 million and 2.3 million […]
Argentina will adopt the Japanese standard for high-definition television (HDTV) over its competitors from Europe and the US, Argentine President Cristina Kirchner has confirmed. She ratified a memorandum between the Argentine and Japanese governments on introducing the Japanese standard ISDB-T and setting out cooperation between the two countries in the sector. Kirchner also signed a […]