Intraway Corporation, a provider of software solutions for operations and business support (OSS/BSS) for telecommunications operators and service providers, announces that its IoT Platform for Health – Medical Check-up System solution has been granted one of the 2014 M2M Evolution IoT Excellence Awards, presented by TMC and Crossfire Media. This prize distinguishes innovative products that […]
Broadcast specialist Vision247and their content partner Globecast have announced the launch of MyPortugueseTV within Vision TV Network – a Portuguese television package distributed in the UK. The package is now available online and via a range of pay-TV platforms, including Now TV box, Roku Box, iOS/Android mobile devices and coming soon on Samsung Smart TV. […]
An authoritative report in the UK’s Sunday Telegraph says that Sky is bringing its launch of 4K transmissions forward dramatically to this spring. Sky, says the report, will launch its all-new ‘Project Ethan’ Ultra-HD set-top box to help counter the threat from BT’s exclusive deal to screen European Champions League and Europa League football. The […]
UK subscription-free satellite TV service Freesat has announced strong quarterly results with the addition of 24,000 new homes in the three months to the end of December 2014. After adding 56,000 homes over the course of the year, Freesat is now available in over 1.9 million households and is watched by more than four million […]
Only one organisation has applied for a German media licence covering the nation with DVB-T2 frequencies. Media Broadcast has applied to the ZAK licensing and supervision authority for permission to operate, and a decision should be made on March 17th. Broadcasters currently using the DVB-T standard have to start adopting T2 early next year, and […]
Telefonica is to significantly reduce its investment in its fibre optic network following the competition authority CNMC’s decision to oblige it to open up the network to its rivals. The company will reduce its deployment by 35 per cent, from the planned 5.5 million homes to be connected in 2015 to 3.6 million. This cut […]
Communication technology specialist Ericsson has strengthened its partnership with twofour54, the commercial arm of the Media Zone Authority – Abu Dhabi, through the acquisition of its current playout business, initially providing playout services for nine different channels. The agreement, which comes as part of a long-term partnership, recognises the important role of the private sector […]
The social TV experience takes television viewing one step ahead by allowing users to interact with other viewers while watching a regular broadcast programme. Opening up traditional television to the intriguing world of the Internet, social TV provides a new definition to the concept of socialising over TV, according to a report from GIA. Social […]
French pay-TV channel Canal+ will air the new season of Netflix US political series House of Cards exclusively 24 hours after its US broadcast. All 13 episodes of season 3 will run on Canal+ Séries from February 28th, and will be accessible at the same time on on-demand service Canal+ à la demande. They will […]
Digital video has struggled to take hold in Japan, but is beginning to gain traction, achieving 31 per cent growth in 2014 to reach ¥81 billion ($670 million), according to the latest round of research from Futuresource Consulting. “Japan’s home video market is the second largest on the planet, surpassed only by the USA,” says […]