The US House of Representatives is backing new regulations which, if passed, would make it easier for satellite operators to launch their satellites free of restrictions currently in place on certain components. The USA’s ITAR rules treat satellite components as ‘munitions’ (the International Traffic in Arms Regulations) and which mean that non-US satellites cannot use […]
The past week has been tough for Swiss-based TV encryption specialists Kudelski, which announced 270 staff lay-offs (9 per cent of the workforce) and a need to trim costs. The planned remedial action has gone down well with the market, with analysts at investment bank Goldman Sachs raising Kudelski’s price target from SFr 8.50 to […]
Advanced media browser solutions provider Oregan Networks has revealed that it has been selected by MediaCorp, Singapore’s leading media company, as a key enabler of its up-coming Over-the-Top (OTT) interactive TV service on set-top boxes. Oregan Media Browser provides the media player and run-time environment for the User Interface applications, which allow users to interact […]
ESPN Star Sports (ESS) and now TV, Asia’s biggest sports content provider, have launched ESPN Player, a broadband sports network with live and on-demand premier sports content, exclusively in Hong Kong. Following the successful launch of ESPN Player in Singapore and Malaysia, Hong Kong sports fans can now watch ESS’ line-up of sports content through […]
YuMe announced the availability of YuMe’s video advertising solution for Internet Connected TVs, the Embedded software development kit (SDK). LG Electronics is launching the first availability of YuMe’s advertising technology and services to support LG’s industry-leading Smart TV platform. The US arm of global car manufacturer Toyota is the charter advertiser for this first video […]
Elemental Technologies, a provider of video processing solutions that enable multi-screen content delivery, has announced that TF1 Group, the largest private television network in Europe, is using Elemental Live to support delivery of live and catch-up content for the multi-platform MYTF1 product. MYTF1 is accessible through mobile applications, IPTV services, and multiple websites. TF1 is […]
Oregan Networks has been selected by MediaCorp, Singapore’s leading media company, as a key enabler of its up-coming Over-the-Top (OTT) interactive TV service on set top boxes. Oregan Media Browser provides the media player and run-time environment for the User Interface applications, which allow users to interact with live and on-demand content via on-screen graphical […]
Although OTT video services are providing another competitive challenge to established cable video and satellite or IPTV offerings, market research firm Infonetics Research doesn’t expect OTT to have a significant impact on pay-TV subscribers. The firm’s Pay TV Services and Subscribers report, which forecasts and analyses the telco IPTV, cable video, and satellite video services […]
The number of TV sets connected to the Internet will reach 551 million by 2016 for the 40 countries covered in a new report from Digital TV Research (DTVR), up from 124 million at end-2010. According to the Connected TV Forecasts report, this translates to 20 per cent of global TV sets by 2016, up […]
Following the news in October that France’s leading pay-TV platform Canal Plus was entering into exclusive negotiations with Poland’s ITI and TVN Groups to create a strategic partnership in Poland, ITI has confirmed that Canal Plus is to buy a “significant minority” stake in ITI, the parent company of the owner of 51 per cent […]