Viasat Broadcasting has strengthened its HDTV offering in the Baltic region with the launch of MTVNHD on its pay-TV platform. MTVNHD is an international high definition service dedicated to music and kids. An agreement has been signed with MTV Networks International for inclusion to Viasat's satellite TV subscribers in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
ST-Ericsson, a global expert in wireless semiconductors and platforms, has launched a family of single-chip 1080p high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI) transmitters to enable streaming of HD multimedia content from mobile devices to TVs. Consumers will now be able to easily connect their mobile devices to digital as well as old, analogue televisions to playback HD […]
Bangalore-based NextBiT Computing has designed and developed the Intellectual Property (IP) and solutions for an Over the Top (OTT) STB. The company will now deliver the first batch of 50,000 units to a China-based OEM by February 2010. NextBiT has added more features to the OTT STB to make it a complete converged communication and […]
Richard Halton, BBC programme director for Project Canvas, has said it could accelerate growth in the market for connected TV devices by 70 per cent up to 2015. Canvas could also, he said, lead to between 500,000 and 870,000 homes going online, delivering a value of £300 million (E344m) over six years at today's prices. […]
Virgin Media has claimed it can outpace BT on broadband speeds, reach parity with Sky in the range of its programming and has no pressing need to sell assets, so says CEO Neil Berkett laying out growth plans and forecasting a profitable future. Virgin Media secured an advantage over BT last year by offering customers […]
The French VOD market continues to see growth, mainly driven by operator offers. According to preliminary figures from GFK, the VOD market grew to over E80 million in 2009, up from E53 million in 2008. TV VOD represents from 80 per cent to 90 per cent of VOD revenues in France. In this market, Orange […]
As consumers access digital video on more devices, applications for MPEG digital video compression technology are expanding, particularly in portable devices, reports In-Stat. As a result, shipments of MPEG ICs, which support compression and decompression of digital video, will reach 2 billion units by 2013. “Compression technology continues to improve, offering lower bit rates and […]
A study from ORC examining US consumer awareness, has revealed that nearly two-thirds (62 per cent) now have an HDTV in their home, and another 12 per cent are looking to purchase one within the next two years. This brings the potential market penetration to nearly three out of four households.
Online movie rental outfit Netflix has reported results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2009. Netflix ended the fourth quarter of 2009 with approximately 12,268,000 total subscribers, representing 31 per cent year-over-year growth from 9,390,000 total subscribers at the end of the fourth quarter of 2008 and 10 per cent sequential growth […]
China Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), China’s national operator of CMMB mobile TV, CBC general manager Sun Chaohui revealed that CBC and China Mobile will officially launch mobile phone TV service in early February. CBC and China Mobile signed an agreement to cooperate by promoting CMMB service on TD-SCDMA handsets in May of last year. Although CMMB-enabled […]