The average adult still spends far more time watching television than on the Internet, according to a study by eMarketer. The firm reports that in 2010 the average adult spent about four and a half hours per day watching television—or 30 hours per week—compared to an average of just two and a half hours per […]
The CSIRO has commenced testing its wireless broadband technology, which uses existing TV antennas, at the first National Broadband Network roll-out site of Smithton in Tasmania. The system, named Ngara, works by installing antennas on existing TV broadcasting towers that transmit wireless broadband to households through their existing TV antennas, although slightly modified as some […]
Great Lakes Data Systems (GLDS), provider of PC-based subscriber management and billing systems for the cable television industry, and Telelynx have successfully automated digital video service delivery at Mediatti Broadband . Based in Okinawa, Japan, Mediatti offers advanced cable TV and high-speed Internet services to more than 14,000 military members and their families. GLDS has […]
Icareus Technologies’ DVB-H Mobile TV Playout solutions are powering the recently launched LIME TV in Jamaica. LIME Jamaica (part of Cable & Wireless Communications Plc.) is partnering with DC Digital to offer DVB-H mobile-TV services to LIME’s customers. In the beginning the service will consist of ten channels and it will be available for both […]
UK media regulator Ofcom has written to News Corporation raising a number of issues relating to the media group’s proposed acquisition of the 60.1 per cent of BSkyB it doesn’t already own, according to UK media reports. The document, known as an issues statement, sets out concerns raised by interested parties, including commercial rivals, during […]
The Broadcasters’ Audience Research Board (Barb) has said that its field test of a new meter that tracks TV watched through a PC or laptop has shown the system could be a ‘viable’ way of measuring the medium. Barb announced the test panel of 75 homes equipped with meters supplied by Kantar/TNS in June this […]
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) has confirmed that it will provide public television stations in 20 US markets with funding to begin delivering mobile digital television programming by the end of 2011. With the help of more than $2 million in grants from CPB, stations can purchase and install mobile DTV equipment that will […]
Dutch anti-internet piracy group Brein and the US Motion Picture Association have teamed up to seize the domain names of 29 US-based websites that allow file sharing. The sites are focused on the Netherlands and facilitate the illegal sharing of films, TV series, music, games and digital books, according to Brein. “This year we have […]
Zai Bennett, the ITV director of digital channels and acquisitions, ahs been appointed the controller of BBC3. Bennett succeeds Danny Cohen, who became the controller of BBC1 in October. His BBC start date is yet to be confirmed. Bennett will inherit a channel that had an £88 million budget in the year to the end […]
Modern Times Group (MTG), the international entertainment broadcasting group, has announced that Viasat Broadcasting is the first Scandinavian pay-TV operator to launch a 3D TV service. Viasat 3D is now made available to satellite subscribers through Viasat’s digital OnDemand set-top box and will feature live football matches from UEFA Champions League, as well as streamed […]