Britain has been ranked 26th in the world by Akamai's 'The State of the Internet' report, with an average download speed of just 3.5 Mbps South Korea has the fastest broadband by a large margin, recording a 14.6 Mbps average speed, while Japan occupies the second spot with an average speed of 7.9 Mbps. Sweden […]
Study Group 6 of ITU's Radiocommunication Sector (ITU-R) has released a report outlining a roadmap for future 3D TV implementation, which envisages systems so smart they accurately mimic the way our eyes and brains perceive the visual world. The new roadmap would see 3D TV technology rolled out in three successive generations. The first generation […]
Motorola has sold its European cable modem business to Compal Electronics without disclosing the financial details of the deal. The news comes as Motorola is looking to sell all its Home and Networks business which includes television set-top boxes and wireless network equipment as well as broadband modems. Analysts said that selling the Home and […]
The BBC must undergo a radical overhaul and Channel 4 should be privatised, a think tank has said in a report on the future of UK broadcasting. The centre-right Policy Exchange said the BBC should cut the amount it spends on sports rights, popular entertainment and shows for 16 to 35-year-olds. It also urges the […]
iPlayer, the BBC's online catch-up service, received more than 100 million programme requests in a month for the first time, with a total of more than 115 million requests. The BBC also said that the week beginning December 14th proved to be its biggest ever for the radio player with 7.7 million programme requests from […]
Pace has launched its second-generation set-top box for the BT Vision IPTV service. The advanced, high definition HD-capable hybrid personal video recorder is designed to use minimal energy in all modes and meet the EU's directive for power consumption. Vision+ allows BT Vision customers to access up to 40 Freeview TV channels through the TV […]
Sony Japan have announced a new digital TV tuner peripheral for the console. The Sony Torne will launch in March 2010, and offer Japanese gamers a way to watch digital terrestrial TV broadcasts on their PS3, together with PVR functionality that allows for recording content even while the PS3 is being used for gaming, Blu-ray […]
Media Excel, a provider of transcoding solutions for MobileTV and WebTV, is expanding its longstanding relationship with Texas Instruments (TI) and collaborating on a number of initiatives designed to bring high-density, scalable video over IP compression solutions for network-based transcoding to market. The collaboration will build on TI's expanding portfolio of next-generation multicore DSPs and […]
du, UAE'stelco, has launched its premier VOD service as part of its du TV and du TV+ (premier IPTV service). The service is a fully managed video-on-demand offering with On Demand Group, the three-screen video enabler for top content and operations brands. On Demand Group will develop and maintain an on-demand library of thousands of […]
Digital media company, etv media group is launching its first international offices in Sydney, Australia. Co-founder and Australian national, Adrian Swift, will be heading up the new offices. Huge structural changes in the Australian market, such as the National Broadband Network, the boom in online video and the popularity of the Free-To-Air networks digital multi […]