Advanced Television

TV blue button purchases

Further to the announcement that Ofcom is set to give final approval to product placement to come into force in February 2011, Visionradio is preparing to revisit its ‘easy2 TV’ Interactive Advertising system developed initially as a concept in 2008. “TV is one of the best mediums for creating a desire for a product or […]

December 14, 2010

Research: Americans spending equal time online and watching TV

Findings from a new Forrester Research study have revealed that for the first time, US residents are spending on average as much time to online activities as they are to watching TV. The increased time spent online isn’t reducing the time spent watching TV, which has remained at an average of 13 hours per week […]

December 14, 2010

Verizon, DirecTV testing LTE home broadband

Verizon Wireless and DirecTV are testing an in-home broadband and video service in Erie, Pennsylvania. The companies are looking to pair Verizon’s new 4G LTE broadband with DirecTV broadcast satellite content. By bundling the two services, Verizon and DirecTV could effectively compete with cable companies outside Verizon’s traditional FiOS service footprint. According to reports, the […]

December 14, 2010

Australia: Convergence Review

The Australian Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy Senator Stephen Conroy has released draft Terms of Reference for a comprehensive review of the country’s communications and media regulation. Senator Conroy said technological innovations were rapidly leading to a converged media age and it was time to review current media and communications regulations. “You […]

December 14, 2010

OmniGlobe Networks EMEA first to receive MENOS FNG certification from Newtec

OmniGlobe Networks EMEA, a provider of communications equipment and systems for satellite and terrestrial transmissions, has announced that it is the first company to receive full MENOS certification for a Fast News Gathering (FNG) terminal. The company, which also delivered the MENOS-compliant DSNG (Digital Satellite News Gathering) vehicles, has been working closely with Newtec and […]

December 14, 2010

SingTel and Portugal Telecom collaborate

Portugal Telecom and Singapore Telecommunications SingTel have signed a collaboration agreement to share operational and commercial best practices in fibre optic and IPTV based pay TV services and to develop innovative applications for ultra high speed fixed and wireless networks. The pair suggest that as leaders in their respective local and international markets, the telco […]

December 14, 2010

RGB Networks’ gateway receives Microsoft certification

RGB Networks has confirmed that its award-winning Video Multiprocessing Gateway (VMG) has been certified by Microsoft as meeting the stringent requirements of its Mediaroom IPTV software platform. Microsoft Mediaroom is the world’s most widely deployed IPTV platform and is in use by more than 25 service providers worldwide to deliver advanced IP-based video services to […]

December 14, 2010

mirada appoints Alden

The Board of mirada, the audiovisual content interaction specialist, has announced that Richard Alden, previously a Non Executive Director of the Company, has been appointed as Non Executive Chairman of the Board with immediate effect. Alden is an internationally experienced Executive Officer, spending 11 years at ONO in Madrid, the largest alternative telecoms (broadband/telephone/TV) operator […]

December 14, 2010

Civolution’s NexGuard wins TV Innovation 2010 Award for Content Protection

Civolution, the leading provider of technology and solutions for identifying, managing, and monetising media content, announces that it has won the Content Protection award at this year’s TV Innovation Awards. The award, for the company’s NexGuard – PayTV & Online watermarking-based application, was presented at the awards reception on December 7th as part of the […]

December 14, 2010

Conan takes to the night with Grass Valley and friends

NEP Broadcasting, a provider of state-of-the-art mobile and fixed broadcast facilities, has installed multiple Grass Valley K2 media servers for TBS’s “Conan.” Three K2 Summit production clients running ChannelFlex™, three K2 Dyno™ Replay Controllers on a K2 production SAN, a K2 Dyno Production Assistant, and a 180×256 Trinix NXT router were recently installed in the […]

December 14, 2010