Advanced Television

Telecom Italia fibre roll-out 30 more cities

Telecom Italia continues with the deployment of its NGAN (Next Generation Access Network), announcing the start of installation of fibre optic cables in 30 more Italian cities, which will be added to the 37 already covered. The latest list of cities includes: Cagliari, Alessandria, Arezzo, Modena, Siena, Novara, Piacenza, Reggio Calabria, La Spezia, Messina, Parma, […]

January 2, 2014From Branislav Pekic in Rome

India’s Siti commits to 1.5m STBs

A major India MSO, Siti Cable, says it will need 1.5 million digital set-top boxes to equip its Eastern-region customers in the coming year. Siti Cable is hosting a client day for its 14,000 local cable operators (Last mile operators) on January 4th in order to explain its expansion plans. Siti says it has already […]

January 2, 2014By Chris Forrester

Sky Sport’s 55,000 hours of sport in 2013

Sky Sports says it delivered more hours of sport than ever in a milestone 2013, with a record 55,000 hours of sports shown across its six channels and Sky 3D. There were record viewing figures for Sky Sports’ football coverage in their biggest season ever, which included 116 Premier League matches this season. Sky Sports […]

January 2, 2014

ABC restricts catch-up access

From January 6th,  ABC will require viewers to sign in with their cable account information if they want to watch new episodes of the network’s shows online the day after they air on TV. The US TV network said: “Pay TV service providers are a key part of the television industry in delivering broadcast content […]

January 2, 2014

Opera TV Store on Samsung Blu-ray players

Opera Software has revealed that apps from the Opera TV Store are now available for download on select Samsung Blu-ray players, providing viewers with more choices of online and streaming entertainment for their TV screens. “The Opera TV Store unleashes the full potential of online video content, the most popular consumption category on Blu-ray players […]

January 2, 2014

Volvo sponsors Sky Atlantic

Volvo has signed a two-year deal with Sky Atlantic HD to be the channel’s sponsor as of January 1st 2014. As sponsor, Volvo receives creative around the channel’s programming on TV, on demand and via Sky’s mobile TV service, Sky Go. The deal, negotiated by media agency Mindshare, also extends to include sponsorship of dedicated […]

January 2, 2014