KidsCo, the international children’s channel, has launched with Spanish telco, France Telecom Spain, part of the Orange network group. KidsCo programming will be made available across Orange mobile platforms this autumn. The partnership sees the launch of KidsCo on a mobile platform for the first time in Europe. Orange customers will be able to stream […]

The Boxee Box by D-Link, which delivers movies, TV shows and video from the Internet to any TV, ships to customers in the US and Canada this week. Ooyala publishers will be among the very first to take advantage of this new content distribution channel. Ooyala, a provider of online video services and applications, has […]

Dish TV and content protection provider Conax further their long-term partnership. Dish TV is India’s largest and fastest growing DTH platform – experiencing exceptional growth since launch of its DTH operations in 2004. Content security provider Conax has provided the platform with smart cards for 7 years. To date, Dish TV has demonstrated a significant […]

Cheetah Technologies, LP, an expert in network performance and video quality management solutions, today announced that it has entered into a relationship with the National Cable Television Cooperative (NCTC) that is designed to expedite the availability of Cheetah products and solutions to NCTC members. Under the terms of the Master Purchase Agreement, Cheetah will work […]

Espial MediaBase has brrn selected by Otelco to provide premium VOD services to its IPTV customers in Alabama,. Using Espial MediaBase Otelco is now providing pay-per-view and video-on-demand (VOD) services to its IPTV and cable users. Since the initial launch of the new services, they are averaging 3 VOD sessions per subscriber per month. This […]

Danish public utility company and digital service provider TRE-FOR has substantially reduced maintenance costs for its IPTV operation after deploying a Bridge Technologies monitoring and analysis system. TRE-FOR supplies broadband and digital media services to subscribers in the Southern Danish Triangle region via an all-fiber infrastructure, and with the advanced analysis provided by the VideoBRIDGE […]

Ofcom has expanded on how a new form of wireless communication called “white space technology” will work in practice. This follows an earlier consultation, exploring the potential of the technology, which could be used for a wide range of applications. The technology works by searching for unused radio waves called “white spaces” between TV channels […]

Europe’s biggest commercial broadcaster RTL Group has posted a lift in third-quarter operating profit driven by strong performance in Germany, France and the Netherlands and said the fourth quarter has started well. The Luxembourg-based company reported that EBITA was E133 million, up 47.8 per cent. Group revenue rose 8.8 per cent to E1.16 billion. RTL […]

VOD in the form of catch-up has been the growth curve of recent years. But the uphill struggle to make it pay was confirmed by speakers at Westminster Media Forum. David Cockram of Oliver & Ohlbaum said research showed UK public broadcasters will make only a combined £46 million (E53.3m) with a gross margin of […]