Samsung Electronics has launched 3D TV eyewear in a bid to induce more consumers to buy its latest flagship features. Buyers of the South Korean company’s 3D-equipped TVs can now have their 3D spectacles prescribed by eyewear specialists at designated local shops. Samsung said it plans to offer two kinds of 3D eyewear for adults […]
SAY Media, a modern media company, has published the results of a research project aimed at better understanding consumer media consumption and advertising effectiveness. In addition to uncovering key behavioural changes, the study strove to better understand the implications for marketers trying to reach this desirable, growing audience. Consumers who’ve shifted the majority of their […]
The Council for Research Excellence (CRE), a diverse group of senior research professionals from throughout the media and advertising industries, dedicated to advancing the knowledge and practice of audience measurement methodology, has issued a request for proposal (RFP) to industry researchers to study available research regarding new video-media usage. The objective of the project would […]
Verivue has completed the acquisition of CoBlitz, a provider of Content Delivery Network (CDN) infrastructure solutions for wireline and wireless service providers. The addition of CoBlitz products further extends Verivue’s portfolio of content delivery solutions, providing operators with a broad range of choices for both managed video networks and OTT video services.
The number of European households with a connected TV will grow from less than four million in 2009 to 47 million in 2014. The number of households with a connected Blu-ray player will jump from five million in 2010 to approximately 66 million in 2014, according
There have been plenty of headlines in the UK suggesting that Ofcom has “approved” YouView, the BBC-backed video-on-demand service. “Not so,” implies Tony Ballard, a media lawyer at Harbottle & Lewis. Ofcom has said that any investigation now would be “premature” because it was part of an emerging sector, its impact too unclear at this […]
Seems a weird thing to wonder when Apple recently became the second biggest company on the Dow by stock value, but could this be the high water mark? Apple has out powered all contenders by repeating its trick of game-changing UI’s (remember the Apple Mac GUI that started the whole thing) and allying it with […]
Intelsat’s uncontrolled Galaxy-15 craft is still posing a threat to broadcasting satellites which are in its path. Galaxy-15 was probably affected by a solar flare back in April and cannot be controlled from the ground. It is drifting steadily – and predictably – along an orbital arc and while there is little chance of collision […]
As part of its on-going development in Africa, Grass Valley is supplying a turnkey high-definition TV production studio, complete with cameras, video production switcher, routers, and a shared-storage editing environment to Multimedia Group Ltd. (MGL), operators of Multi TV (a new digital satellite multi-channel TV station) based in Ghana. This new multi-faceted project (“Phase II”) […]
Vodafone Spain has launched a free mobile TV app for Android handsets that allows users to access to the 10-channel Vodafone TV service it offers over the Internet, including TV commercial channels La Sexta, Antena 3 and Telecinco. Called Vodafone Aplicacion TV, the app also gives access to pay DTT channel Gol TV, which airs […]