The Media Development Authority (MDA) has launched a public consultation on its proposed recommendations to enhance consumer protection measures under the Media Market Conduct Code (MMCC). This four-week long public consultation is part of MDA’s efforts to further protect the interest of pay-TV consumers. MDA last reviewed the consumer protection provisions in 2011, which saw […]
Levira and the Estonian Basketball Association have concluded a cooperation agreement for Levira to start broadcasting all the Alexela Basketball Premier League matches in Estonia in the next three seasons. The matches will be shown on TV6. At the opening press conference yesterday at the Tallinn TV Tower, Alexela Basketball Premier League announced signing a […]
Apps World has announced its keynote theatre line up including physicist Brian Cox, Gadget Show presenter Jason Bradbury and Lotus F1 IT Director Michael Taylor. The keynote theatre, held on 12th November at the ExCeL, is being hosted in partnership with Microsoft and will focus on the latest developments in science and technology impacting the […]
The number of consumers using tablets to watch TV and movies has sky-rocketed in recent years and many consumers bought tablets for the first time last year, according to a new annual consumer survey by Altman Vilandrie & Company. The strategy consulting group notes that in August 2014, critics scoffed at comments by Apple CEO […]
Entone, a global provider of Cloud TV and Connected Home solutions, and ZTE Corporation, a major global provider of telecommunications equipment, network solutions and mobile devices, have announced the integration of Entone’s hybrid devices with ZTE’s IPTV platform to enable service operators to quickly launch IPTV and OTT services. The combined ZTE and Entone platform […]
Mike Fries, CEO of Liberty Global, says he and Reed Hastings are far from enemies, no, “Netflix has taught us all a great lesson; all we were missing was a great app, that gives a great experience around the home and away in cool way,” he says. His answer is MyPrime, the Liberty OTT service […]
Clive Selley, Chief Executive Officer BT Technology, Service and Operations, has admitted that the telco’s “bold bet” on investing in a large-scale fibre roll-out was fundamental to its launch of TV services. Speaking at the Huawei Ultra-Broadband Forum 2014 in London, Selley told delegates that using the company’s fibre broadband network enabled it to deliver […]
Global online TV and video revenues (over fixed broadband networks for 51 countries) will reach $42.34 billion in 2020; up from $3.96 billion recorded in 2010 and the $19.03 billion expected in 2014, according to a new report from Digital TV Research. The US will remain the dominant OTT TV
SCTE Denver. Shifts Happen was the pithy up sum on how cable has to keep on keeping up with every new innovation that tries to eat its lunch. It was provided by retiring Time Warner Cable CTO Mike LaJoie and was the prelude to a keynote by Tony Werner, Comcast’s current CTO, where he ran […]
According to Paul Berriman, Chief Technology Officer at Hong Kong’s PCCW, the telco’s 12-year broadband strategy with fibre broadband at its core has enabled it to achieve Number One status across its broadband, TV, mobile and fixed line service offerings, noting that in particular, TV has halved churn among its broadband customers. “We’re seeing continued […]