Blockbuster UK has confirmed an agreement that allows consumers to instantly view movies and video from its OnDemand service on Samsung’s televisions and electronics devices. Under the deal Blockbuster’s OnDemand service will be integrated into new Samsung HD TVs, Home Theatre Systems and Blu-ray players. ….
KyLinTV, the Chinese IPTV platform, has partnered with Phoenix China News and Entertainment to deliver a range of Chinese TV channels to the European market. KyLinTV Europe will offer over 20 Chinese TV channels from mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, including Phoenix CNE, Phoenix InfoNews, CCTV-9, MASTV and Sun TV. Based in New […]
The European Commission has launched a consultation to determine how to better work together at EU level to get the most from the DSO opportunity. The consultation will run until 4 September 2009. “The digital dividend comes at a critical moment when we want to connect all parts of Europe to high-speed broadband, ensure high […]
According to the UK digital music firm Music Ally, in January this year only 17 per cent of web users said they regularly downloaded music from illegal file-sharing sources on the web, compared to 22 per cent in December 2007. When it comes to teens, the fall has increased with just 26 per cent of […]
From Branislav Pekic in Rome The introduction of Digital Terrestrial Television by 2012 will require between E87 million and E115 million, according to the Strategy for the Switchover from Analogue to Digital Broadcasting which has been adopted by the Serbian Government. Digital broadcasting equipment alone will require some E75 million, a sum which Serbia hopes […]
The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) has announced that the mission of its IPTV Interoperability Forum (IIF) will be expanded to include the standardised delivery of Internet-sourced content over an IPTV network. Until this time, the IIF has concentrated on delivery of a TV service over a managed IP network. The IIF is a […]
Brightcove, the online video platform, has confirmed that Fox Latin American Channels has chosen to build its online VOD service on the Brightcove platform. Brightcove is enabling Fox Latin American Channels to deliver more than 800 hours of premium, advertising-supported, long-form video content in Spanish and Portuguese from some of the network's most popular shows […]
Virgin Media has named four new high definition channels which will soon be available on its award winning TV platform. For the first time, Living will be broadcast in HD and will be joined by HD channels from FX, MTV Networks International and National Geographic. All four channels will be available to Virgin Media's 3.6 […]
Serbia Broadband (SBB) has expanded its Total TV platform with new multi-year contracts concluded with Eutelsat Communications for two transponders at its 16 degrees video neighbourhood. SBB and Eutelsat have also agreed on the long-term extension of contracts for the two transponders already used since 2006 to broadcast Total TV from Eutelsat's specialist video neighbourhood […]
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has said the DTH subscriber base has swelled to more than 13 million in the country, indicating an increased penetration of the service. TRAI said “total number of reported registered Direct to Home (DTH) subscribers served by five private DTH operators, offering paid service, had gone up to […]