The BBC's online broadcast service saw requests doubled from last year to 120.3 million, 20 million of which were via Virgin. Just three percent of consumption is now via download.

TidalTV, a video advertising management solutions provider, has raised more than $16 million in recent second round funding led by Comcast Interactive Capital, as well as New Enterprise Associates (NEA) and Valhalla Partners. The new funding provides TidalTV with the ability to invest additional resources in online video advertising and monetisation solutions for advertisers and […]

After announcing that it will split into two separate entities, Motorola’s co-CEO, Sanjay Jha, has said Motorola is looking for ways to combine the features of TV set-top boxes and mobile phones. Consumers will be able to more efficiently share photos, video, and other multimedia with their STB. According to WSJ, Motorola is planning to […]

Luxembourg-based satellite TV operator M7 Group has chosen set-top box technology from Pace to bring HD TV content and personal video recording to its customers. Pace will develop M7's next generation of HD devices: an HD set-top box and an HD PVR. M7 Group provides DTH satellite TV services to residential and business customers in […]

On Digital Media has selected NDS as technology provider and prime integrator to support the launch of its direct-to-home DTH platform in South Africa. The new service, TopTV, will go live in Q2 2010. On Digital Media will secure their MPEG4 DVB-S2-based service using NDS' VideoGuard conditional access technology. To enable the platform and provide […]

Strategy & Technology (S&T), a specialist in MHEG middleware and interactive playout systems, has announced that its RedKey 2 MHEG engine is powering the text and interactive services in the new Humax Freeview HD set-top box. The Humax HD-FOX T2 is the first DVB-T2 capable Freeview HD receiver to go on sale in the UK. […]

A GIA report on Mobile Satellite Television projects that the market will reach $11 billion by 2015, driven by the growing consumer demand for video content on an anytime, anywhere basis. The increasing penetration of mobile phone devices, improving content quality, and advent of interoperable standards and technologies are expected to boost prospects in the […]

Philippe-Olivier Rousseau, Managing Director and Senior Banker at BNP Paribas, has been elected as new president of the European Anti-Piracy Association, AEPOC. Rousseau is the successor to Jean Grenier , the former General Director of Eutelsat, who has retired after pioneering and developing the first pan-European industry initiative against audio-visual piracy during 13 years. Among […]

Liberty Global has completed the sale of its 37.8 per cent stake in Jupiter Telecommunications (J:COM) to KDDI in a $4bn cash deal. The Tokyo-based carrier earlier this month scaled back its plan, saying it would retain 31.1 percent of Jupiter and place 6.7 percent in a trust bank, after the bid led Japan's financial […]

CNBC, the leading pan-EMEA business and financial news channel, has announced that it will be available on Freesat from February 23rd on channel 210. The channel's availability on Freesat increases CNBC's distribution in the UK to 12 million households. The announcement follows the channel's decision at the end of January to become available 'free-to-air' for […]