DirecTV and AT&T have signed a three-year extension to their commercial agreement and will continue to offer a co-branded version of DirecTV ‘s satellite television service across the 22 states where AT&T offers residential broadband and voice service. This agreement, which has been extended through March 2015, will enable both companies to provide customers with […]
Eutelsat’s Q1 revenues were up 3.4 per cent to just shy of €300 million, and it is now saying that it is likely to see accelerated top-line growth in the second half of the year, and is confirming its guidance that this year’s outlook is positive, and that looking forward three years it is confirming […]
Ericsson continues to enable next-generation television services in the People’s Republic of China, providing advanced content management and protection solutions to You On Demand, China’s first national Pay-Per-View and VoD platform. Ericsson and You On Demand are deploying the first secure IP delivery system of digital content to cable operators throughout China. The system ensures […]
STMicroelectronics, a global semiconductor expert, has unveiled its most highly integrated chip for interactive high-definition PVR cable STBs, which it claims will significantly reduce equipment design, cost, and certification challenges for its customers. ST is also supporting its new IC, the STiH225, with a reference design that simplifies first-time certification of new designs that meet […]
Eurosport 2 has launched a dedicated Dutch-language version for Benelux. Ziggo, CanalDigitaal, Belgacom, TV Vlaanderen and Multivisie TV are among the first distributors to broadcast the Dutch Eurosport 2 version, with other carriers in the region expected to sign in the coming months. The Dutch version of Eurosport 2 will offer 2,000 hours of live […]
VeEX, a global leader in Telecom and CATV test solutions, has announced the introduction of the VePAL MX100e+, a new low cost version of its’ widely deployed MX100+ handheld Ethernet product family. The MX100e+ supports 10/100/1000Base-T copper and 100Base-FX, 1000Base-X optical interfaces. BERT, Throughput and RFC2544 testing is complemented by several new key features including […]
Turner Studios, the in-house production facility of Turner Broadcasting System, a Time Warner company, has upgraded its Atlanta, Georgia Studios by choosing a LYNX Technik fiber solution to improve the HD video distribution over 204 single mode fiber I/O paths to four of their six studios. As part of the project to expand video continuity, […]
Announcing their results John Malone, head of Liberty Global, said that while the group is looking for more acquisitions in Europe, it will not challenge News Corp for control of British Sky Broadcasting. Malone told the FT that while plenty of bankers had encouraged him to bid after News was forced to pullout because of […]
Copyright holders should back off attempts to make Internet service providers (ISPs) across the globe enforce copyright on their behalf, according to network vendor Ericsson. As New Zealand begins enforcing its three-strikes copyright-infringement policy, with ISPs dishing out the first warning notices to customers, Ericsson has this week released a discussion paper on copyright-enforcement approaches […]
Despite the ongoing push from TV vendors and broadcasters, people just don’t seem to care about 3DTV. A recent survey conducted by Retrevo.com found that among those who plan to purchase a HDTV in the coming year, only 22 per cent stated definitively that they planned to seek out a TV with 3D capabilities. Another […]