Broadcom is to acquire Gigle Networks, a privately-held company that develops system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions for home networking over power lines. When combined with Broadcom’s portfolio of wired and wireless solutions for the home, Gigle Networks’ technology will widen the breadth of Broadcom’s intellectual property and enable the design of more highly integrated SoCs that allow […]
Eight Cornish villages will benefit from a multi-million pound project to boost broadband speeds in the most rural parts of the county. The villages will get speeds of up to 100mb by the end of March according to the Press Association website. Around 10,000 homes and businesses are likely to benefit from the fast broadband […]
Agama Technologies, the quality assurance expert, has confirmed that Reggefiber, a major FTTH player in the Netherlands, has deployed the Agama DTV Monitoring Solution for its TV company ‘Glashart Media’ to ensure high TV service quality delivery across their nationwide optical fibre network. The Agama solution deployed covers Agama Analysers for service quality monitoring in […]
AETN International, a division of A&E Television Networks, has confirmed the appointment of Liz Higgins as Director, Strategy & Business Development, Europe. Higgins will be responsible for formulating AETN’s growth strategy and investment activities for Europe across business lines including channels and digital distribution. Higgins joins AETN from British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) where she has […]
Spain’s first pay DTT channel Gol TV is launching a full-frontal assault on TV piracy with its decision to cut its TV signal in almost 10,000 public places (most of them, bars, restaurants, hotels) where its broadcasts are allegedly being hacked. Mediapro, owner of Gol TV, has reported the case to the police and urged […]
AmberFin has launched Version 6 of its award winning iCR software range, which includes products for ingest, Transcode, review, automatic QC, format conversion and standards conversion. Version 6 features major new developments in response to the growth in file based workflows, using generic IT based hardware under web services control. AmberFin CTO Bruce Devlin explains: […]
AETN International, a division of A&E Television Networks, LLC (AETN), today announced the appointment of Liz Higgins as Director, Strategy & Business Development, Europe. Based in London, Higgins will be responsible for formulating AETN’s growth strategy and investment activities for Europe across business lines including channels and digital distribution. Higgins will report to Dean Possenniskie, […]
DK-Technologies is delighted to announce the appointment of EMEA Gateway to assist with its sales efforts in the Middle East. EMEA Gateway specialises in the provision of sales and marketing channels across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The company is headed by Guy Elliott, who has more than 25 years of experience in the […]
The Church of England has joined calles for News Corp’s proposal to take full control of satellite broadcaster BSkyB to be stopped. In its submission to Ofcom, the Church said that a takeover might lead to a harmful concentration of media power. News Corp would dominate UK television and newspapers it said. The Church’s spokesman […]
US network Verizon has become the latest partner for Google’s TV Ads platform, carrying the adverts on its pay-TV service FiOS TV. Allowing time for technical bedding and planning, Verizon is expected to start delivering Google TV Ads on FiOS TV in early 2011. Having lost NBC Universal as a partner in recent weeks, the […]