Google is in talks with Visa, Paypal and Mastercard to persuade them to block illegal websites from receiving funding. Google has in the past urged authorities to “follow the money” when it comes to stamping out piracy sites and is wants to avoid changing its search results to not include illegal sites. Under pressure from […]
Harmonic is to sell its Cable Access business to Aurora Networks for $46 million in cash. Harmonic will use $35 million of the proceeds for its stock repurchase programme. “The sale of the Cable Access business enables us to sharpen our focus on our largest growth opportunities,” said Patrick Harshman, President and Chief Executive Officer. […]
The BBC will launch BBC Two HD on March 26th. BBC Two HD will be available on Sky HD (169), Freeview HD/YouView (102), Virgin Media (187), Freesat HD (109) and BT Vision (852). The announcement follows the successful launch of BBC One HD on November 3rd 2010. BBC Two HD will replace the existing BBC […]
New figures revealed by Thinkbox, the marketing body for commercial TV in the UK, show that TV viewing in the UK is continuing to expand as people watch additional TV on-demand via TV sets, tablets, smartphones and laptops. In total, the average UK viewer watched 4 hours, 4 minutes of TV a day in 2012 […]
Yoon Boo Keun, head of Samsung’s consumer electronics unit, speaking at a briefing in Seoul, said the electronics manufacturing giant will boost investment in high-end Smart TV sets, and in particular OLED-based screens. Samsung is to release a new 55” set this coming weekend in South Korea. Not to be outdone, LG is also ramping […]
Pay-TV broadcaster DirecTV is growing its Latin American subscribers at a faster rate than even the best of its US growth, says CEO Mike White, talking to analysts. “[Overall] full year gross additions soared to all-time highs, up over 5 per cent from the prior record set in 2011. This considerable achievement culminated in the […]
SES has revealed that satellite continued to increase its household reach in Germany last year, with 18.07 million households receiving their TV directly from satellite at the end of 2012. This increase of 524,000 households from year-end 2011 (plus 3 percent) is despite the switch-off of the analogue satellite signal in April 2012 and is […]
A major report from investment banker Morgan Stanley states that Modern Times Group is “structurally better positioned” for the future than its peers. The bank has upgraded its 2013 forecasts, themselves helped by good Q4 results unveiled last week. The report takes a segment by segment view of MTG’s key businesses although pulls no punches […]
ITV Online and On Demand have revealed that 666 Park Avenue was the first programme to be premiered on the ITV Player before it was broadcast on TV. The first episode of the supernatural drama was available to view on the ITV Player from February 18th, with the episode broadcasting on ITV2 on February 19th […]
Cisco executives have taken steps to clarify the company’s commitment to its set-top box business in the wake of comments made in an analyst call by Chairman and CEO John Chambers that that it was “walking away” from low-margin STB business. Writing in a Cisco blog posted by Senior Vice President and General Manager Service […]