Bringing optical fibre speeds and applications to customers around the world became significantly more achievable for service providers this week, as the Broadband Forum completed innovative work on the management of Fiber to the Distribution Point (FTTdp). Managing fibre-fed nodes in the periphery of the access network using advanced software-based techniques not only opens the […]
The publisher of the UK’s Radio Times and Top Gear magazine is making its first move into television buying TV shopping channel Jewellery Maker. Immediate Media bought the channel, which is on 24 hours a day on Sky, Virgin, Freesat and Freeview, to expand its reach into the lucrative £3 billion (€4.2bn) market for hobby […]
November 22nd saw Eutelsat transmit a major tennis final in Ultra-HD. The event was the Grande Sfida 4 at Palapanini in Modena, promoted by the Italian TV Supertennis channel and broadcast live in UHD via the Eutelsat satellites. For the first time, John McEnroe, Mats Wilander, Sergi Bruguera and Henri Leconte were shot live in […]
The recent boom in SVoD services, driven by the launch of Netflix, Stan and Presto in Australia has been accompanied by a sharp rise in network data traffic according to a report prepared for Australia’s national broadband network (nbn) by consultancy firm Ovum. Average monthly download usage on the nbn network was 73GB in March […]
Israel’s television regulator has stopped pay-TV operators ‘Yes’ and ‘Hot’ from implementing their planned price rises. Israel’s Council for Cable TV and Satellite Broadcasting chairperson Yifat Ben Hai Segev also said that she would ask the Antitrust Authority director general to examine the timing of the price rises, which were near-simultaneous. According to Israel’s Globes […]
The HbbTV Association, a global initiative dedicated to providing an open standard for the delivery of broadcast and broadband services through connected TVs and set-top boxes, is pleased to announce the successful launch of Freeview Play last month. Freeview Play, a Freeview and Digital UK co-initiative, is built on the HbbTV 2.0 standard which was […]
Sync has announced its spin-off from Visiware, the award-winning Paris-based developer of interactive TV experiences. SYNC will focus on the development of Sync2AD, the new disruptive mobile ad format that offers rich synchronous experiences for agencies and brands, and its flagship Sync2TV companion screen publishing platform for broadcasters and content producers. Visiware International will continue […]
Network Ten’s digital catch-up and streaming service tenplay has arrived on Telstra TV, giving viewers a new and way to watchshows from TEN, ELEVEN and ONE. In partnership with streaming platform Roku, Telstra TV brings tenplay straight into Australians’ living rooms, providing a dynamic viewing experience on their HD screens. Network Ten Chief Digital Officer, […]
Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) has announced apartnership with Akamai, becoming the first local channel partner of one of the world’s largest Content Delivery Network (CDN) service providers and the first telecom company in the country to offer a full suite of CDN solutions for enterprises. The alliance is seen to boost businesses’ Internet […]
TV continues to dominate millennials’ media lives. Despite the popularity and hype around video services such as YouTube and Netflix, data gathered from around the world show how popular TV remains with younger generations. To mark World Television Day on November 21st, TV organisations from around the world have brought together the latest statistics to […]