GlobeCast has signed a contract with broadcaster Trace to broadcast its new HD channel, Trace Sports, on the NSS-806 satellite. Thanks to this new coverage, Trace Sports HD will enter the region with strong growth in the pay-TV sector and have access to a potential audience of 18 million DTH and cable homes in North, […]
VeEX, a global leader in Telecom and CATV test solutions, announces the release of the V-SAM test suite for its VePAL V300 and VePAL V100+ series Ethernet products. The V-SAM feature is based on the recently ratified ITU-T Y.1564 standard which revolutionizes Ethernet test methodology by introducing an efficient and comprehensive test suite suited for […]
GlobeCast has signed a contract with broadcaster Trace to broadcast its new high-definition channel, Trace Sports HD, on the NSS-806 satellite. Thanks to this new coverage, Trace Sports HD will enter the region with strong growth in the pay-TV sector and have access to a potential audience of 18 million DTH and cable homes in […]
Google is considering delivering a subscription TV service over its experimental fibre-to-the-home network in Kansas City, next year. The company has held exploratory talks with Walt Disney, Time Warner and Discovery Communications about carrying TV channels on the test network, according to the WSJ. Google selected both Kansas City for the build out of an […]
Spanish telcos, pay-TV operators and TV broadcasters will have to pay more to cover RTVE’s losses. The Telecommunications Market Commission (CMT) has ruled that the funds already provided do not meet the approved legal taxes on revenues of 0.9 per cent, 1.5 per cent and 3 per cent, respectively imposed on those players to finance […]
A coalition of companies and trade bodies within the creative industries led by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) has formally requested that BT block The Pirate Bay, one of the largest filesharing websites in the world, after winning a landmark high-court ruling designed to enforce UK copyright law. The BPI has written to BT, asking […]
Online media company Burst Media has released the results of a survey covering online video content and advertising. Conducted in early October, the survey of 1,025 online US adults revealed that 71.6 per cent of web users overall watch online content in a typical week – and 39.0 per cent of all viewers spend between […]
Responding to media speculation that voice commands may replace the remote control in the living room, user experience specialist ruwido has emphasised its belief that despite the need to re-evaluate how users explore and interact with their TV services, the remote control device is here to stay. In response to recent media speculation that Apple […]
Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) President and CEO Gary Shapiro has reacted strongly to a Motion Picture Association of America blog on intellectual property legislation under consideration in Congress which suggests that Shapiro is alarmist about the threat to technology companies of the proposed measures. “On behalf of 2,000 of the nation’s leading technology companies, CEA […]
Portugal Telecom has reported 55,000 new subscribers to its pay-TV service ‘Meo’ in the third quarter of 2011 to reach 974,000 customers – adding that it expects to surpass the 1 million milestone before the end of the year. September was reported to be its best-ever month for Meo net additions, The company now holds […]