About 455 million digital homes were added around the world between end-2010 and end-2014, according to a new report from Digital TV Research. This took the digital TV household total for the 138 countries covered in the Digital TV World Databook report to 1,045 million. Digital TV penetration climbed
Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset has announced its pay-TV service, Mediaset Premium, will be available via satellite from February or March 2016. A new multi-platform decoder is being developed that will be able to receive digital terrestrial, broadband as well as digital satellite transmissions. This will enable Mediaset Premium to extends its premium offer (football, movies […]
On June 8th, NHK transmitted the FIFA Women’s World Cup game in 8K (‘Super Hi-Vision’), to public viewing sites in Japan, and the US. Specially invited VIP guests at the Zanuck Theatre in Los Angeles also saw live images of the game that saw USA beat Australia. News has now emerged at the event that […]
MNO Vodafone is launching a fixed-line broadband service in the UK. Initially the service will be offered in Manchester, Berkshire and parts of Hampshire and Surrey. Over the next few weeks, Essex, Hertfordshire and Yorkshire will be added to the network, with the national rollout due later in the summer. The service will offer speeds […]
The CMA has referred BT Group’s anticipated acquisition of EE Limited for an in-depth phase 2 investigation. BT and EE are, respectively, the largest suppliers of fixed communications services and mobile communications services in the UK. BT also provides many fixed services to other communications providers, including backhaul services to mobile communications providers, such as […]
Scripps Networks Interactive, a global developer of lifestyle content for multi-platforms, has made a public tender offer to purchase 100 per cent of TVN, a leading Polish media company. The offer will be launched upon completion of Scripps Networks Interactive’s previously-announced purchase of a majority ownership stake in TVN from ITI and Canal+ Group. Under […]
Canal+ has launched its first compact OTT/DTT box – Cube S – co-developed with Technicolor. This new HDMI, WiFi connected box gives access to all Canal+/Canalsat bouquets by combining the reception of DTT free channel with that of the packaged pay-TV networks. Viewers will be able to obtain Canal+/Canalsat offers without subscribing to an IPTV […]
As MSOs continued major upgrades to their broadband networks, cable DOCSIS (Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification) channel shipments grew to 1.8 million in the first quarter of 2015, a 14 per cent sequential increase, and a gain of 48 per cent from the year-ago first quarter, according to the latest CCAP, CMTS, and Edge […]
Multiscreen, revenue assurance and media protection specialist Irdeto has confirmed a new deployment with Media Broadcast, Germany’s largest full-service provider for the broadcast and media industry. The Irdeto Integrated Management System, an essential pillar of the company’s end-to-end security offering, provides a hybrid platform which allows Media Broadcast easily to manage content security services across […]
Timeline, a major provider of outside broadcast, post production, and studio-based services for all major UK networks, has designed and built the first purpose built Ultra-HD outside broadcast unit in the Europe. In conjunction with BT Sport this represents a significant investment in this brand new technology. BT Sport has awarded Timeline a four-year contract […]