Universal Electronics, the global player in universal remote control technologies and control interfaces, announced that it has reached a new milestone with its QuickSet solution, having shipped the platform in more than 150 million devices around the world. This milestone represents a tremendous growth reaching over 10 million users per month. With EchoStar and DISH, […]
Rovi has renewed its discovery patent portfolio licence agreement with Funai Electric, covering Japan and Europe. The cross-regional licences enable Funai to use Rovi’s patent portfolio for high-quality digital consumer electronics, giving Funai access to a range of Rovi’s best-in-class discovery features including intuitive search and targeted recommendations services. The announcement further builds upon Funai’s […]
Conax, part of the Kudelski Group and a player in total service protection for digital TV and entertainment services via broadcast, broadband and connected devices, announced at ABTA 2015 , August 4th – 6th, the content security specialist will demonstrate its new Conax Contego multi-DRM capabilities supporting a portfolio of leading DRM technologies and shielding […]
Advanced Television talks to Rob Gelphman, VP Marketing & Member Relations, at the Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MOCA) about how MOCA works alongside WiFi to guarantee fast and reliable access inside the modern multi-device home. MOCA ensures fast and reliable access to all the services the provider brings to the home and thereby underwrites QoE […]
Sky has published its results for the year ending June 30th 2015, the first to include the results of Sky Italia and Sky Deutschland following their acquisition in November, reporting a 5 per cent increase in group revenue to €15.941 billion. Jeremy Darroch, Group Chief Executive, said the past 12 months had been an outstanding […]
There are certainly no complaints from financial analysts over Sky’s full-year results, issued early July 30th. Typical is Equity analyst Jerry Dellis at investment bank Jefferies, who welcomed the UK’s declining churn rates as proof that the June price hike in the UK has “landed well” with subscribers. Jefferies compliments Sky’s 96,000 Broadband net additions […]
Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset will seek retransmission fees from pay-TV operator Sky Italia for the broadcasting of its free-to-air channels on the satellite TV platform. Mediaset executive director, Gina Nieri, said they have been seeking an agreement with Sky Italia, but will now exercise their rights with formal acts in the coming weeks, as this […]
AT&T’s purchase of DirecTV was approved last week in the US market with the main aim of consolidating its position in the domestic broadband market and as a provider of integrated communication services, states a report by global business intelligence firm Dataxis. DirecTV is the second largest pay-TV operator in the US – with 20.35 […]
Italian broadband operator Tiscali has signed a partnership agreement with Mediaset Group to offer the Infinity streaming service to its customers. All new subscribers of Tiscali’s fixed network services Fibre Full and All Included Full, as well as mobile subscribers of the Super 3 Giga and Super Inclusive packages, will receive 12 months free access […]
On May 20th the Coppa Italia final (Juventus vs Lazio) took place at Rome’s Olympic Stadium, before 60,000 dedicated fans. Juventus won 2-1 in extra time, and secured the trophy for the tenth time. So far, so ordinary. But this game was captured with the latest Sony HDR 4K cameras, and claimed to be the […]