Shipments of 3D-capable large-area TFT LCD panels increased to 5.2 million units in Q2, growing by 124 per cent Quarter v Quarter. Shipments of 3D panels were primarily for LCD TVs, reaching 4.9 million units in Q2 2-11, 118 per cent Q/Q growth, and pushing the 3D penetration in LCD TV panels from 4.5 per […]
TV content on demand is more popular than ever, according to Swiss telco Swisscom. It reports that in the first half year of this year alone, Swisscom TV customers downloaded more than three million films and live sporting events – up almost two-fold on the same period the previous year. Swisscom is continually expanding its […]
David Elstein, a former head of programming at BSkyB and now a media consultant, predicted that BSkyB is poised to become the UK’s biggest investor in UK programming. Elstein, speaking at the Edinburgh TV Festival, stated that within two years Sky would be spending more per hour on British-made drama than its public and commercially-funded […]
Brazil’s National Telecoms Agency says that pay-TV subscribers in the country grew by a record 15.6 per cent in the first seven months of this year, to 11.3 million subs. 1.2 million net new subs have been added since the start of the year, with July achieving another 187,000 subs. DTH now has 51 per […]
MoCA (Multimedia over Coax Alliance) has passed a significant milestone with the announcement that more than 100 MoCA products have now been certified. More than 45 per cent of all certifications have occurred since the start of 2010, underlining the strong growth trajectory of the MoCA standard. The majority (about 85 per cent) of the […]
The French push-VoD service SelecTV will launch in November on both satellite and DTT using Logiways’ Push-VoD product, VoDAccess. SelecTV will have two complimentary offers, Selection, a subscription on-demand service offering a choice of series, documentaries, family, music and youth programming from a number of sources including the French Disney Channel, Game One and Eurosport; […]
Thomson Video Networks has unveiled the ViBE EM4000 multichannel HD encoder, the latest addition to the company’s range of MPEG broadcast reference-grade encoding solutions. Incorporating a substantially more powerful evolution of Thomson’s renowned Mustang compression engine, the ViBE EM4000’s performance delivers significant operational cost savings through better use of satellite or terrestrial bandwidth. Designed for […]
Agama Technologies, the DTV quality assurance expert, has announced that Faroese Telecom, the incumbent Telco in the Faroe Islands, has selected Agama to provide a complete monitoring solution for its linear IPTV service distribution. The deployed end-to-end solution will support Faroese Telecom in ensuring their customers’ TV experience and in achieving operational excellence in their […]
RGB Networks, a provider of scalable multiscreen IP video delivery solutions, has revealed that Waoo!, a Danish broadband provider delivering fibre-based network services to nearly 200,000 households, has selected and deployed RGB’s Video Multiprocessing Gateway (VMG) and TransAct Packager, to provide a complete transcoding and packaging solution for its new OTT video service. Waoo! is […]
Pace has announced the launch of Elements, a new software platform for the broadcast and broadband industries. Elements supports the design, delivery and management of digital content and services into and around the home, enabling operators to provide an outstanding consumer experience anywhere, anytime, across any device. The platform’s open, modular design gives control to […]