Major online search providers may face a tax on advertising revenue in France under proposals being examined by French president Nicolas Sarkozy to help save creative industries from a “free-for-all” Internet culture. Under the proposals, made in a government-commissioned report, money from the tax would go to the cultural sphere. Jacques Toubon, a former culture […]
Channel 4 has been awarded the rights to broadcast 150 hours of TV coverage from the London Paralympic games. Lord Burns, the Channel 4 chairman designate, said: “For Channel 4, the London Paralympic games will be the main event, not a sideshow to the Olympics.” Sky – rather than Channel 4 – was believed to […]
French broadcasting regulator the Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel (CSA) has authorised digital operator TV Numéric together with broadcast transmission specialist TDF, and TDF, together with four DTT services (TF1, France Télévisions, Arte et NRJ 12), to carry out 'push VOD' trials on digital terrestrial. The trials will cover the provision of a video on demand […]
The consumer electronics (CE) industry will generate more than $165 billion in US shipment revenues this year, a slight increase from 2009, according to the semi-annual industry forecast released by the US Consumer Electronics Association (CEA). “2009 is a year none of us wish to repeat and now we look forward to 2010. There is […]
Following an agreement signed at CES between Orange and LG Electronics (LGE), the companies will offer exclusive access in France to an Orange portal for LG televisions that are Internet connected. From March 2010, the portal, which will be open to all, will be accessed with a button on the TV remote control. This three-year […]
Motorola is to acquire the assets of SecureM and its wholly owned subsidiaries, together operating as SecureMedia, a developer of software-based digital rights management (DRM) and security systems for IP video distribution and management. SecureMedia will now become part of Motorola’s Home & Networks Mobility business. SecureMedia develops and markets software systems for securing the […]
SeaChange International is to acquire all of VividLogic, a privately-owned California-based company that provides software and services to cable television service providers, set-top box manufacturers and consumer electronics (CE) suppliers. Its software products include tru2way, Multimedia Home Platform (MHP) and Globally Executable MHP (GEM)-based IPTV operability for set-top box and CE manufacturers, and in-home content […]
Brightcove, the online video platform, is enabling customers to create immersive, branded video experiences for Internet-connected television sets and other Internet-connected consumer electronics powered by the Yahoo Widget Engine. Brightcove's global customer base of more than 900 professional media publishers can now use their existing Brightcove accounts and workflow to easily design and operate video […]
Thomson, a global provider of services to content creators, has launched its latest third generation high definition set-top box, the 805 HD platform. Available with or without a hard disk for PVR functionality, it includes embedded memory to enable over-the-top services and other functionalities including time shifting. The 805 platform can be tailored to the […]
The US Department of Justice will join the Federal Communications Commission in reviewing Comcast’s $30 billion deal to take control of General Electric’s NBC Universal. Comcast’s proposed deal with General Electric for NBC Universal would hand the country’s number 1 cable operator control of a major broadcast network, 26 TV stations, several cable channels and […]