Fox Sports is to capture some of the upcoming Daytona Speedway ‘Speedweeks 2013’ event in 4K, including using its own Fox Super Zoom 4K cameras. These units were developed for use in Fox Sports’ coverage of Major League Baseball and National Football League games. Fox’s 4K camera captures footage at 300 frames per second and […]
France’s top two private broadcasters, TF1 and M6, posted lower profits for 2012 as major advertisers cut their spending. TF1 said it expected revenue to fall 3 per cent this year in a “deeply troubled economic environment” and vowed to put stricter controls on programming costs in place. It posted a 26 per cent decline […]
Google is considering plans to open its own retail stores, and thus copying the Apple model, according to the Wall Street Journal. The shops would sell Google-branded hardware, including Chromebook devices. The move would initially be in the US, but there’s no guidance on where – or when – this might happen. Barely two years […]
Frost & Sullivan finds that the market shipped over 6.06 billion units in 2011 and estimates this to reach 9.29 billion units by 2016. Consumers favour technology that allows them to manage home security, energy consumption, and video streaming from anywhere, as well as engage in activities like working from home, online shopping and social […]
Cisco won significant standard definition set-top box business in India in the quarter ending January 26th 2013. Cisco shipped 1.3 million boxes in the fourth quarter compared with 850K in the third quarter, with a large portion of the increase coming from India. Cisco CEO John Chambers remarked that the company has “been more selective […]
Rentrak, a company that precisely measures movies and TV everywhere, announced the release of Total Audience Viewing which combines DVR and VoD viewership information with that of the live TV audience. Previously, no report has shown the total audience viewing lift of programme audiences over a month period of time (28 days). With the new […]
As broadband subscribers approach 635 million globally, figures published by the Broadband Forum and prepared by broadband industry analysts Point Topic reveal that hybrid fibre access (FTTx) has experienced the highest market gain over the past year. Of the 54 million new broadband subscribers added in the year leading up to Q3 2012, 26 million […]
4oD, the video on demand service of Channel 4, is now available on a variety of devices running Windows 8, with a new app developed by KIT digital. Channel 4 commissioned KIT digital for its experience and knowledge of the 4oD architecture to develop the new app, which was the first UK VoD app to […]
RRsat Global Communications Network, a provider of comprehensive digital content management and global distribution services to the television and radio broadcasting industries, has successfully wrapped up distribution of the 2012-13 NFL regular season games and playoffs to Europe and Asia including a live broadcast of the memorable 2013 Super Bowl. In November 2012, RRsat acquired […]
The German Federal Cartel Office has told Kabel Deutschland its assessment of the remedy package offered on January 22nd for the acquisition of TeleColumbus doesn’t go far enough. KDG says it will now drop the bid. Kabel Deutschland had offered the disposal of Tele Columbus networks in the cities of Berlin, Dresden and Cottbus. The […]