Samsung Electronics America has unveiled the Ryder Cup TV App, a new and interactive way for golf fans to enjoy this year’s Ryder Cup. Developed in collaboration with Turner Sports and the PGA of America, the Ryder Cup TV App is designed exclusively for Samsung Smart TVs and brings viewers closer to the green allowing […]
Deutsche Telekom has launched its new Entertain2Go cloud recorder – powered by MobiTV’s software. Entertain2Go customers can now watch their recorded movies and TV show series on the go. This makes Deutsche Telekom the only provider in Germany to offer live TV, VoD and access to customers’ own recorded programmes in an integrated mobile service. […]
Bangladesh wants its own satellite. The problem is that the ‘rights’ to place a satellite at one of its allocated orbital positions (69 degrees and 102 degrees East) is complicated by the fact that other nations either have satellites at the positions or have priorities filed with the ITU of intentions to occupy the positions. […]
News broadcaster CNN is seeking to increase its non-news output dramatically from its current roster of two non-fiction series in primetime to 12 next year. Jeff Zucker, president of CNN Worldwide, told journalists September 23rd that the evening series, including a travel and food show (Parts Unknown, hosted by Anthony Bourdain), have gone down well […]
Com Hem, one of Sweden’s leading suppliers of television, high-speed broadband and fixed-telephony, has announced that the Company’s CFO and board member Joachim Jaginder is on sick leave. Com Hem has appointed Tomas Kihlstrand as interim CFO during Joachim Jaginder’s absence. Kihlstrand has a solid background as CFO within a number of listed companies as […]
Altech Multimedia and Opera Software are extending their partnership to bring the Opera TV Store application platform on board selected Altech set-top boxes, kicking off in Australia before rolling out internationally. Altech has already been deploying the Opera Devices SDK (Software Development Kit) and the Opera hybrid TV option in Europe, and will now also […]
Spanish telcos will have to pay the bill for any 4G interference in the transmission of DTT from January 1st when the DTT migration to another frequencies band is completed. The Government has made this clear soon after it approved a new DTT technical plan and accepted to pay for the DTT retuning with a […]
Discovery Communications and Liberty Global have finalised their transaction following regulatory clearance to jointly acquire All3Media, a leading global content creator and major distributor of award-winning TV programming. In May 2014, Discovery Communications and Liberty Global formed a joint venture to preserve All3Media’s creative autonomy while providing strategic guidance and investment to support its global […]
Italian broadcasting group Mediaset has announced its first temporary channel on the terrestrial pay-TV platform Mediaset Premium. On air from November 15th, Premium Prestige will be dedicated exclusively to movies and series set in emblematic places and exclusive environments, interpreted by the leading actors, in line with the Christmas theme The initiative is the brainchild […]
Findings from the 2014 Ipsos Affluent Survey USA suggest that ‘Affluents’ are early adopters and heavy users of technology, but are also heavy consumers of traditional media. Affluents” are defined as adults aged 18+ living in households with at least $100,000 in annual household income – approximately 23 per cent of US households). This segment […]