Telestream, a provider of digital media tools and workflow solutions, has announced that Outdoor Channel, America’s leader in outdoor television, has implemented Telestream Vantage digital workflow automation and Pipeline HD Dual digital video capture products to improve operational efficiency. Vantage was selected to automate critical, high-volume video transcoding and digital workflows across all departments. Pipeline […]

  FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski has proposed network neutrality rules for the planned commissioners’ vote on December 21st. The meeting agenda notice, issued yesterday, says: “An Order adopting basic rules of the road to preserve the open Internet as a platform for innovation, investment, competition, and free expression. These rules would protect consumers’ and innovators’ […]

The South African Development Community (SADC) has announced that the region, which has a population of over 250 million, will adopt DVB-T2, DVB’s second generation digital terrestrial television standard. The decision to adopt DVB-T2 was taken after rigorous testing and in-depth analysis of ISDB-T, DVB-T and DVB-T2. An Ad Hoc Committee of the SADC was […]

International market research firm Parks Associates predicts three million US broadband households plan to purchase an Internet-connected TV during the 2010 Christmas shopping season, further eroding consumer need for brick-and-mortar video sources. Nearly 25 per cent of US broadband households already own at least one connected TV device, and one-fourth of these households have watched […]

Broadcasting live events is crucial to the success of TV on mobile phones and tablet computers, says Qualcomm Chief Executive Officer Paul Jacobs. “I believe in mobile TV still. Our approach to it didn’t get enough subscribers,” said Jacobs. Qualcomm garnered nearly one million subscribers for its Flo TV mobile- television service before it suspended […]

India’s DTH operators signed up 1.7 million subscribers in November, comfortably outpacing cable. Dish TV has added 500,000 subscribers in November as it crosses the nine million mark. India’s largest DTH service has added 2.26 million subscribers during this year. Says Dish TV chief executive officer RC Venkateish, “It looks like we will be performing […]

Humax will soon launch its UK TV Portal featuring BBC iPlayer, Sky Player, YouTube, and Flickr. The Portal will be available on the HD range with and without a PVR. The Portal runs on the ANT Galio Platform which Humax also uses for a similar service in Germany.