Solaris Mobile, the Dublin based operator of new pan-European hybrid satellite and terrestrial wireless networks for next generation mobile services, announces the development of a mobile gateway device allowing the reception of services in S-Band on smart phones. The Solaris Mobile Pocket Gateway is a pocket sized S-band receiver which decodes DVB-SH TV, radio & […]
Technicolor has delivered 250,000 wireless cable modems (TCW710) to Spanish cable operator ONO. ONO, which provides services to more than 1.8 million direct access customers, delivering integrated telephone, television and Internet services. The TCW710 wireless cable gateway from Technicolor provides both wired and wireless connectivity in the home, combined with high data speed over DOCSIS […]
Freeview says research it commissioned shows that more than 350,000 Sky+ HD homes might switch to the digital terrestrial television service in the next six months. Freeview’s HD offering will initially comprise three channels – BBC, ITV1 and Channel 4 – with a fourth, likely to be Channel Five, to be added at the end […]
Kabel Deutschland (KDG), Germany's largest MSO that is currently considering its options between sale and IPO, has used the occasion of its results announcement to reject outright the demands of Deutsche Telekom for regulation of the cable market to open up the networks to competitors. KDG pointed to ADSL's dominance in the market for fast […]
BT has increased the number of subscribers to its IPTV service BT Vision by 18,000 in the last three months of 2009, according to the UK telco's latest quarterly results. Since its launch in 2006, it has won just 451,000 customers. Sky TV has 9.7 million UK customers. The average number of views per month […]
Apple could begin selling US television shows for $1, half of its charge on its iTunes digital media store, when the computer maker's iPad tablet computer hits the stores. The test, expected to coincide with the April consumer debut of the iPad, will offer some shows at the lower price as a way to test […]
From Colin Mann in Barcelona Social networking-driven video-sharing will be one of the drivers in placing increasing bandwidth demands, according to panellists at a NetEvents Press Summit. Vince Vittore, Principal Analyst, Yankee Group, suggested that video has moved way beyond the one-time passive broadcast experience and will increasingly be driven by consumer activity, as well […]
Viasat has added an additional 21,000 premium subscribers in the fourth quarter, across its DTH and IPTV platforms. Turnover increased by 6 per cent on the year to SEK 4076 billion, up 4 per cent year on year. However, a charge on Bulgaria's Nova Televizia of SEK 3.352 billion took MTG into a fourth quarter […]
BBC Vision, the corporation’s TV and video content division, is to cut back on digital spending to protect its programme budget. Jana Bennett, the BBC Vision director, told a meeting of television producers that the corporation wants to reduce digital costs and focus on ensuring that the BBC continues to make high-quality programmes. The BBC […]
EMI has reached an agreement with Dailymotion to deliver the company's music videos to the video-sharing service’s website, mobile site, iPhone app and the Dailymotion channel on Internet-connected TVs. From April 2010, Dailymotion users will have free access to videos from artists including Coldplay, Katy Perry and Robbie Williams. The deal covers all EMI’s labels […]