Netgear, a global networking company, has confirmed that the Netgear Roku Player is immediately available at major consumer electronics stores across the US. The Netgear Roku Player, priced at $89.99, makes it possible for consumers to instantly access over 100,000 movies and TV shows, live sporting events, music and more – directly from the Internet […]
Dream Multimedia, supplier of Linux-based set-top boxes, has warned consumers not to buy stolen goods. 128 Dreamboxes model DM8000 HD PVR were stolen in a burglary recently. Dream has reported the matter to the authorities, who are investigating. It can be assumed the stolen Dreamboxes will be offered for sale at particularly attractive prices. Consumers […]
Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) is announcing its first fully integrated High Definition channel launch with Outdoor Channel throughout Asia and the Pacific. ABS is providing Outdoor Channel with a comprehensive, integrated broadcast solution including content library management, HD and SD playout, subtitling, encryption, and transmission services for Outdoor Channel, using its ABS-1 and ABS-5 satellites. […]
SES says that all its revenue and core profit metrics are being maintained. Indeed, its year-on-year quarterly results are most impressive, with this latest quarter’s revenues up 11.4 per cent on 2009’s numbers. However, SES managed to exclude business from its ND Satcom subsidiary, which it sold earlier this week, in its 9-month results announcement […]
Irdeto, the global expert in securing and delivering premium content and digital assets, congratulates customer Videocon d2h, a provider of direct-to-home (DTH) services for India, for recently reaching two million subscribers. To achieve this significant milestone, Videocon d2h relied on Irdeto’s robust end-to-end pay-TV solution suite to create a distinctive user experience with direct access […]
Want Want Group, a company best known in China for its popular rice crackers, has agreed to acquire China Network Systems, Taiwan’s leading cable television company, in a deal that could be worth $2.4 billion. Chao Yu-pei of Want Want, said that the company had signed an agreement to buy private equity group MBK Partners’ […]
The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) has revealed that pay-TV in Asia has reached the tipping point of 50 per cent penetration of all Asian TV homes. This development opens the door to massive growth in ad revenues over the next five years. According to Asia Pacific pay-TV industry research carried out […]
LoveFilm has lowered its pre-tax loss to £934,000 (E1.06m) in 2009, from £7.4 million in 2008, as revenues increased by one third. The online film rental service reported its paying subscriber base was up 29 per cent in 2009 across its markets in the UK, Germany, Norway, Denmark, and Sweden, boosting revenues by 32.9 per […]
According to an annual piracy survey by CASBAA and Standard Chartered Bank – is that over $2 billion will have been lost to piracy this year. CASBAA noted that this loss, while high, does not include revenues lost to Internet piracy. Also research undertaken by PwC reveals that at least $262 million is lost annually […]
TeliaSonera has reported its IPTV subscriber base grew in a number of markets during the first nine months of 2010. In Sweden the company saw its IPTV customer base increase by 13,000 to reach 431,000, while VOD rentals surpassed 1.5 million in the period, compared with 1.2 million for the full year of 2009. In […]