As anticipated the European Commission has ruled that the TV taxes levied by the French and Spanish governments on telcos to support their respective public national broadcasters and compensate for the removal of advertising, are incompatible with EU law. The EC has ruled taxes levied on telco operators must be directly linked to covering the […]
Sky has unveiled plans to launch Sky Atlantic HD in early 2011. Following Sky and HBO’s multi-year output deal announced in July, Sky Atlantic HD will air all of HBO’s new series exclusively in the UK and Ireland. Old and new content from HBO will also be offered to Sky customers via Sky’s on-demand platforms, […]
Marc-Antoine d’Halluin, the head of the struggling Middle East pay-TV network Orbit Showtime Network, has quit. He himself confirmed his departure to a local newspaper, saying he will stay in Dubai for the time being. He is reportedly being replaced by David Butorac, until a year ago CEO at Australia’s WIN Corp. Butorac left WIN, […]
A report from user experience consultancy Webcredible says that the BBC iPlayer is leading major UK broadcasters in the VoD usability stakes with a score of 88 per cent, followed by Scottish broadcaster STV with its STV Player coming in second with 76 per cent Sky Player scored just 55 per cent, with admittedly a […]
Online access to public services could be put at risk by a purely market-driven approach to net neutrality, claims the Communications Consumer Panel in its response to consultations from Ofcom and the European Commission. If content providers have to pay ISPs for guaranteed bandwidth “This would improve the quality of service for consumers who want […]
South Australia-based Internet service provider Adam Internet has become the third ISP to announce a deal with Internet-delivered TV service FetchTV. The company is about to commence trialling the service with selected customers ahead of plans to offer the service more widely from the beginning of next year. The agreement will enlarge FetchTV’s potential customer […]
Samsung UK has announced a collaboration with Virgin Media to bring its 3D TV viewing experience to the public, as Virgin Media launches 3D Movies On Demand, the first widely available 3D on demand TV service to launch in the UK. As part of the relationship, Samsung will provide Virgin Media retail stores across the […]
Pacific Broadband Networks (PBN), an experienced technology company that enables cable operators to keep up with requirements for the new wave of cross-media connectivity, will exhibit at the SCTE Cable-Tec Expo 2010. This year the exhibition is being held at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, 20~22 October 2010. PBN will be […]