Sky Italia could launch a movie channel in 3D in the next 12 months, according to CEO Tom Mockridge. During a press conference to present the new football season on Sky Italia, Mockridge said that a 3D version of the Sky TG24 and Sky Sport channel is also on the cards. However he added that […]
A few weeks ago Romain Bausch, the CEO of satellite operator SES, spoke ambitiously of further expansion for SES. He specifically mentioned two possible target operators: Intelsat, a similarly huge supplier of satellite capacity and services, and Telesat of Canada. Telesat is part-owned by Canadian pension interests and the investors behind Space Systems Loral. Evidently […]
The rise and rise of Avatar as far as the international box-office was concerned is all so long ago. That Avatar – and more recent Hollywood events – have raised the profile for 3D is undoubted. But there have also been critical 3D flops (but sometimes financial hits) such as Clash of the Titans, Cats […]
Enterprise Data Technologies is a young company out to prove the back office is somewhere operators can find big wins. Academy Television spoke to Managing Director Henk van Es
On demand is now a fixture for any multichannel provider and it is more popular than ever, but is it any closer to making to money? Video on Demand has been around almost as long as pay-television and many millions have been invested in its delivery technology and its marketing. Today, widespread broadband access and […]
We brought together five representatives of major players for a fascinating and wide ranging debate chaired by ATV Editor-in-Chief Nick Snow. Participants: Gier Bjorndal, COO Conax; Jason Nash, Marketing Manager NXP Semiconductors; Steve Christian, VP Marketing Verimatrix; John Perzow, Marketing Director Fixed Power Products Analog Devices; Jarnail Gill, Business Development Pirelli Broadband Solutions.
A recent survey by video transport solutions provider Nevion has found that concerns over quality, latency and cost are causing organisations to delay their migration to IP. Maintaining video quality proved to be the biggest area of concern, cited by 43% of respondents, made up of more than 200 network owners from across the globe […]
More US households are watching online video and on a wider variety of devices now than two years ago, but they are not sacrificing their TV viewing to do so, according to international research firm Parks Associates. The firm’s study – Digital Media Evolution II – found 40% of all US broadband homes now regularly […]
Findings from ABI Research suggest that worldwide pay-TV subscribers totalled 688m at the end of the second quarter of 2010. “Subscriber growth is fastest in IPTV platforms, while cable and satellite platforms have the most stable growth rate,” according to Jason Blackwell, practice director, digital home at ABI Research. According to ABI data, overall pay-TV […]
The latest TV viewing figures show that people in the UK watched an average of 28 hours, 15 minutes of linear, broadcast TV a week during the first half (Jan-Jun) of 2010.