UK broadcast and satellite services company Arqiva is making some significant management and structural changes. CEO Tom Bennie is to leave once a replacement is appointed. The current somewhat complex divisional structure is being overhauled. “There are changes afoot,” said an Arqiva spokesman. “Tom stays for the moment, although will step down eventually and finding […]
The media producers organisation in France, SACD, has insisted the sector must be protected and not be ‘held hostage’ to European harmonisation. It spoke out in criticising the CSA’s opposition to the Government’s plan to make content quotas part of the price of attaining a VOD operating licence. The CSA thinks national and European quotas […]
Regular local broadcasts over mobile TV are coming on special devices by the end of 2010 and should reach phones within the next few years, backers of a nationwide US initiative stated at the CTIA Enterprise & Applications show in San Francisco, undeterred by the recent failure of FLO TV. The Open Mobile Video Coalition […]
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) has proposed a pre-packaged bankruptcy plan that would wipe out $4 billion in debt and put the founders of Spyglass Entertainment at the helm. The plan provides for MGM’s secured lenders to exchange more than $4 billion in outstanding debt for 95.3 per cent of equity in the company upon its emergence from […]
WRN Broadcast, the international broadcast services company, has secured a contract to manage and playout a range of TV channels for Wananchi’s triple play Zuku platform in East Africa. The contract for the new channels, six of which will be available in both SD and HD, places the London-based facility at the forefront of HD […]
Alcatel-Lucent’s DMS service is providing Telus with a digital storefront for its multimedia offering which includes applications, games, ringtones, and wallpapers to more than 7.9 million mobile and broadband Internet customers across Canada. Alcatel-Lucent Digital Media Store is an end-to-end managed and hosted service for multicontent stores that allows service providers to deliver high quality […]
Capablue, the Web – TV convergence agency, has launched Connected, its fully customisable portal platform for multiple devices and content platforms. Connected is a platform for the rapid development and deployment of video sites to TVs. Developed in partnership with Brightcove and TV Genius, it delivers a simple managed solution for content owners to provide […]
Virgin Media will use BT’s telegraph poles to extend the reach of its high-speed network, following the Ofcom ruling that requires BT to open up its infrastructure to rivals. It is believed the move could enable Virgin Media to expand its network from around 12 million homes to around 16 million homes over the next […]
Cheetah Technologies has announced a new addition to its V-Factor Source Monitor line that extends the company’s leadership in network performance and video quality management solutions all the way to the subscriber premises. Cheetah’s V-Factor SMSTB is designed to emulate a subscriber surfing channels and builds upon Cheetah’s proven video analysis technology to objectively and […]
Shares of TiVo Inc. raced ahead after the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office backed the validity of its patent on technology that allows viewers to rewind, pause or fast-forward live TV. TiVo said the patent office reaffirmed the validity of the “time warp” patent after EchoStar Corp. asked for a reexamination. TiVo said the decision […]