The Open Mobile Video Coalition (OMVC), a broadcast industry organisation dedicated to accelerating over-the-air Mobile Digital Television, is teaming with Harris Interactive, a global market research firm, and Rentrak, a specialist in multi-screen media measurement, to study consumer usage habits during OMVC’s Mobile DTV Consumer Showcase in Washington. With more than 30 television stations now […]
Less than one year after its debut for the iPhone and iPod touch, more than 1 million users have downloaded the DirecTV DVR Scheduler app. The app is now available on Android devices and the Palm Pre and Pixi.
Widevine and Qtv have announced that they will partner to bring Widevine's video optimisation and multiplatform Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology to the Qtv Internet TV Media Player for the television, mobile phone and personal computer. The Qtv Internet TV Media Player gives consumers the unique ability to access and play both personal and Internet-based […]
Virgin Media has confirmed a deal with Eurosport to offer its 3.7 million TV customers Eurosport HD as part of its growing range of HD channels on its TV service. The addition of Eurosport HD signals the first of several new HD channels due to launch on Virgin Media over the coming months, all available […]
The Japanese Financial Services Agency has started an investigation into KDDI over its planned purchase of Jupiter Telecommunications shares from Liberty Global, according to reports in Japanese newspapers. The FSA is asking KDDI to change the planned purchasing method for the shares to a tender offer, the report said, as the transaction in its current […]
Indian IPTV provider Aksh Optifibre Limited said it is planning to invest Rs 150 crore in the IPTV business over the next three years. “We have already invested Rs 150 crore (E23m) in this business so far. In the next three years we will invest another Rs 150 crore to ramp up our business,” said […]
The Kiev based system integration specialist, Romsat, has achieved a successful operation model for full-scale security hosting. An approved Conax security hosting partner, Romsat has provided security hosting to small regional digital TV operators in a variety of Ukraine cities remotely from Kiev, since 2007. Through the Conax model, approved hosting partners are able to […]
Spectrum Signal Processing by Vecima, a supplier of signal processing platforms for more than 20 years, has announced the availability of a HD video encoder that enables service providers to cost-effectively deliver live, broadcast quality HD television over IP networks. Spectrum’s video encoding solutions can be used in a number of applications in the video […]
From Colin Mann in London A survey of European consumers has revealed pan-generational consumer demand to further control and customise the content experience. The 2010 European Media Engagement Barometer, commissioned by Motorola's Home and Networks Mobility business, shows that 87 per cent of UK consumers regularly share content across devices while at home and on […]
Over two-thirds of American pay television subscribers would be willing to switch providers if offered a price discount of 20 per cent, according to a report just published by Strategy Analytics. While Cable customers were the most likely to churn, only half as many (33 per cent) of Telco TV/IPTV subscribers would switch. The report, […]