Sogecable, Spain’s largest pay-TV group and owner of Cuatro, has been re-branded as Prisa TV. It will hold all Prisa’s TV assets: Digital DTH platform, Digital Plus, Cuatro, the Portuguese channel TV1, the production company Plural with offices in Madrid, Lisbon, Miami and Rio de Janerio and the US New York-based channel Vme. Prisa TV […]
Sky Anytime+, Sky’s new Internet delivered VOD service, is to begin rolls-out to Sky+HD homes this week with STBs connecting to the Sky Broadband network to access a comprehensive on-demand service. Once connected, customers will have access to an updating library of content which they can ‘pull’ to their TVs to watch whenever they like. […]
Satellite broadcaster BSKyB’s first quarter results reveal it is fast approaching the 10 million subscriber mark, reporting net customer growth of 96,000 to reach 9.956 million households by the end of September 2010. It also reported Q1 net product growth of 989,000, up 12 per cent on the prior year. 2.3 million customers are now […]
Channel 5 has pulled out of Thinkbox, the TV marketing body, arguing that the broadcaster can demonstrate its value to advertisers on its own. Channel 5 will stop being a Thinkbox shareholder from January 2011 and cease financially supporting the organisation. Other Thinkbox backers include ITV, Channel 4 and BSkyB. “Northern & Shell is committed […]
STB specialist Pace has completed the acquisition of 2Wire. Broadband CPE manufacturer 2Wire has a number of clients in the tier-one telco market, particularly in the North American market, including AT&T. The company was previously owned by a consortium which includes Alcatel-Lucent, AT&T, Telmex and Oak Investment Partners. The deal is expected to make UK-based […]
Entone, provider of Connected Home solutions, has unveiled the Janus Media Hub, a multi-stream hardware platform that delivers Hybrid TV services over IP and traditional broadcast networks. By deploying Janus, service operators can offer consumers the best of live HDTV and web media services from a single device. Janus Media Hub enables live HDTV reception […]
SFR has launched an on-demand gaming service for subscribers to its IPTV service ‘Neufbox TV’. The French telco’s service will initially offer 30 games with players using the remote control or a USB joystick offered by SFR to control the on-screen action. Subscribers also have the option to try out games for free before purchasing. […]
The solar system has been brought to life in a spectacular display over London’s skyline. The display comes ahead of a groundbreaking Sky 3D show charting the solar system The show above the Royal Greenwich Observatory was organised to promote the launch this month of Sky 3D – Europe’s first 3D TV channel. Nine helium-filled […]
Google is trying to persuade three US television networks that have blocked access to their websites from Google TV to change their minds. ABC, NBC and CBS have blocked their online shows from the new Google TV service. Fox is said to be considering joining them in throwing the off switch. The Google service has […]
Advanced Digital Broadcast Holdings (ADB), has bought Pirelli Broadband Solutions for E30 million – E22 million in cash and 400,000 ADB shares, about 7 per cent of the company which is quoted on the Swiss exchange. Pirelli’s disposal is part of its stated strategy of focusing on its core tyre business. ADB says acquiring Pirelli […]