Shazam, the media engagement company, has unveiled its new user experience for iPad and Android tablet fans, including a completely redesigned home screen, an improved layout for Shazam tag results for both TV and music, and a new way to browse what friends have been tagging. The updated app gives users new streams of activity […]
One giant Indian MSO, Tamul Nadu Cable Comms (TCCL), says it needs the best part of 3 million new digital set-top boxes for its own analogue-to-digital conversion plan. Currently TCCL has only some 200,000 set-top boxes deployed, and is looking to supply 500,000-750,000 new boxes by the end of April, and expects to install close […]
The FTTH Council Europe has welcomed the announcement of the French government that it is to invest €20 billion into ultra-fast broadband infrastructure with a special focus on future-proof fibre in the coming years. Two weeks ago the European Union government decided to reduce the broadband budget in the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) from €9 […]
LG Electronics will showcase its Wireless Ultra HD Transmission technology for the first time at Mobile World Congress this week. This next generation mobile feature enables users to view games and other smartphone content on Ultra HD TVs in real time, via wireless data transfer. “Thanks to our innovative Wireless Ultra HD Transmission technology, users […]
Abu Dhabi-based satellite broadcaster YahLive, part-backed by SES, now has some 500 certified dealers and dish installation technicians working to help deliver its bouquet of HDTV channels over the Middle East and North Africa. 300 technicians were recently added from Saudi Arabia, the region’s most important market. YahLive is looking to train 2000 installer teams […]
Another Brazilian MSO, OiTV, says it has enjoyed impressive new subscriber growth. OiTV says it now has 757,000 pay-TV subscribers spread across its cable, DTH and IPTV systems. Net growth saw 153,000 subscriptions added in the quarter-year to December 31st. OiTV is now Brazil’s 3rd-largest player. Annual pay-TV subs were up 115.7 percent (quarterly growth […]
Dutch startup Vinson has showcased their new white-label mobile OTT TV solution for broadcasters, content aggregators and content distributors at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The solution is completely focused on swiping and comes with a disrupting business model that opens mobile TV to a whole new category of media companies. Vinson’s solution is free […]
Rovi Corporation, driving digital entertainment innovation, will be showcasing new technologies at Mobile World Congress (stand #7182 in hall seven of the Fira Gran Via) that are designed to enable mobile app developers, operators, and device manufacturers to satisfy the increased demand for digital entertainment access on mobile devices. The company’s announcements and demonstrations at […]
YahLive, the High Definition television satellite broadcast platform and ‘Home of HD’ for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, has expanded its distribution network of YahLive certified satellite television dealers and dish installation technicians to nearly 500, making its exclusively HD TV channels available to more MENA households. An estimated 300 technicians were […]
CSG Systems International, a global provider of software and services-based business support solutions that help clients generate revenue and maximise customer relationships, has announced that it will be participating in the CASBAA India Forum 2013 and hosting a VIP event for cable executives in Delhi next month. With the first deadline for cable digitalization of […]