EE, the UK digital communications company, has revealed that EE TV customers can now use BBC’s Connected Red Button directly from BBC channels to access iPlayer and the BBC Sport and News Apps, offering live sport, video highlights, headlines and scores. EE TV also offers five new content applications to complement its existing mix of live and […]
India’s Dept of Electronics & Information Technology is to put 1 billion Rupees (about $16 million) to help fund development of locally made set-top boxes. The cash will also provide manufacturers with long-term credit facilities and other fiscal aids to jump-start the process. The fund will also be channelled through India’s Credit Guarantee Fund which […]
Bolivia’s embryonic Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones (Entel) DTH pay-TV service is increasing the number of channels on offer, and repackaging the bundles available. Barely six months ago in June it offered 102 channels. A December relaunch has seen that number jump to 132 channels. A new pricing structure sees the basic bundle offer 84 channels […]
Uganda has admitted that its previous plan to switch off analogue TV on December 31st 2014 has been abandoned. Fred Otunnu, head of communications at the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has said that the country is still working towards the June 2015 ITU complete switch-off date, but local reports say this ambition will be a […]
VICE, the global youth media company and content creation studio, and 20th Century Fox today announced the launch of VICE FILMS. The joint venture film label will develop, produce, finance, market, acquire and distribute narrative films from emerging directors around the world, drawn from the talent pool and content that VICE has pioneered. Fox and […]
Fox International Channels (FIC) and Tencent have agreed on a strategic cooperation for National Geographic Channel (NGC) documentaries to be made available online in China on the Internet giant’s video platform, Tencent Video, as part of a NGC branded block. Over 300 hours of programming and documentaries from National Geographic Channel will be available on […]
Working in partnership with Hopster, Samsung is bringing ad-free TV for preschool children to the Samsung Smart Hub. The new app, now available on Samsung Smart TV, offers U-rated TV shows for children aged between 2 – 6 years old on the biggest screen in the house. The Hopster Smart TV App is also the […]
NAGRA, a Kudelski Group digital TV business and independent provider of content protection and multiscreen television solutions, has announced that its MediaLive multiscreen solution is enabling Belgian cable operator VOO to distribute its premium pay-TV content beyond its cable subscriber base and use OTT to reach any consumer with a broadband connection. Deployed “in the […]
Conax, part of the Kudelski Group and a specilaisrt in total service protection for pay-for-media, content owners and entertainment services, has announced it is providing primacom, one of Germany’s largest cable TV providers, with content revenue protection for its growing DVB cable and pay-TV network. Based in Leipzig, primacom has deployed the flexible Conax Contego […]
Seeds of new Digital Europe are growing out from Estonia and Latvia: first cross-border contract for media and play-out services waselectronically signed between Levira, Estonia and LVRTC, Latvia, using the newfunctionality built in the eParakastītajs 3.0 and the DigiDoc3. Mart Einpalu, CEO of Levira, Member of the Board of Estonian ICT Association: Estonia has been […]