TV ratings company Nielsen has revealed plans to expand their definition of “TV” to include viewers watching TV over broadband. The new definition of a “TV household,” is any household with “at least one operable TV/monitor with the ability to deliver video via traditional means of antennae, cable [set-top box] or satellite receiver and/or with […]
US cable giant Cablevision is to levy an extra $2.98 monthly fee if viewers watch sports programming. The ‘sports tax’ applies to all subscribers paying for ‘Family’ or ‘Value’ bundles, or above. Cablevision say they are very much focussed on keeping prices competitive, and that prices have not risen for two years… ”even as we […]
Samsung has confirmed it will unveil its TV Discovery service at the Mobile World Congress later this month. The service will allow users to find TV and video content from various providers, including Netflix and Blockbuster, on their mobile phone or connected TV. The TV Discovery service relays real-time informational from a variety of sources, […]
Pro-copyright consumer education body the Industry Trust for IP Awareness has revealed a new marketing strategy for movie search website findanyfilm.com, which will see the site form powerful alliances with the UK’s leading publishers. From March 2013, the website’s database, which offers live film availability for more than 40,000 titles across all viewing formats, will […]
Dish Network’s president Charlie Ergen said he is hopeful that despite ongoing ‘AutoHop’ litigation with some network broadcasters, the upcoming Disney contract negotiations would go smoothly. “Obviously we’re a very large customer of Disney, and our checks are pretty big. We have negotiations every year with major programmers. Some that we’re in litigation with, while […]
Alcatel-Lucent has hired Michel Combes, former head of Vodafone’s European business, as chief executive in an attempt to transform the fortunes of the ailing telecoms equipment maker. Combes, a French national who has also worked at France Telecom, will join in April, replacing the outgoing Ben Verwaayen, the former BT head. Combes conceded that Alcatel faced […]
Satellite operator SES is reporting a set of excellent numbers for the year to December 31st. Top of the list is that their contract backlog (the amount of guaranteed business) of €7.5 billion is the highest ever, and up €500 million on the same period last year. Just about all the operator’s other key metrics […]
Technicolor has reported full-year 2012 profit before tax of €264 million compared to a loss of €33 million in the previous year. Profit from continuing operations was €13 million compared to a loss of €303 million last year. The company had a full-year financial loss of €20 million compared to a loss of €323 million […]
mirada, the audiovisual interaction specialist, has announced the completion of an equity placing and capitalisation of certain creditor balances totaling, in aggregate, £1.47 million (€1.81m). A new group of investors has also taken part in this important step for mirada. This transaction will help strengthen the company´s balance sheet, and comes in continuation to the […]
Netgem has launched two new LTE routers: Quattor, a multimode (2G / 3G / 4G Wi-Fi) mobile router with embedded Wi-Fi Offload (Passpoint compatible) and Wobe, a cost effective, single-mode (LTE) fixed CPE that can be used as an alternative to xDSL deployments. Christophe Aulnette, President of Netgem International, said: “With the explosion of video […]