In the rapidly growing pay-TV industry in India, Cisco has established itself as the leading provider of enhanced TV viewing experiences to more than 30 million Indian homes. Using the industry estimated average of five people per household, Cisco is now enabling a rich and advanced TV experience for over 150 million viewers, a milestone […]
Intelsat says it is recognising a US ruling in favour of formal sanctions against Iran, and in particular against the president of Iran’s national broadcasting corporation (IRIB). The decision also means that Press TV, an English-language news channel broadcast from Tehran, is also curtailed. Intelsat says that it has been ordered by the US government […]
Cox Communications has announced that its Cox TV Connect app will now be available on PCs and Macs. Cox customers in the US can now access live TV programming from their desktop or laptop computers in their homes. Today’s households no longer watch TV just in the living room,” said Len Barlik, executive vice president […]
Technicolor has been selected to supply Belgacom, the leading telco in Belgium, for its next generation “BBOX3” to roll-out smart home services over its ultra-broadband network. Belgacom is deploying the MediaAccess “XTREAM” platform, Technicolor’s latest ultra-broadband gateway, that supports the innovative Vectoring technology to offer its consumers an even higher Internet speed in the future. […]
Millenia 3 Communications, a company dedicated to serving the promotional needs of network and syndicated television, has inked a three-year partnership renewal for Civolution’s global broadcast intelligence solution, Teletrax. Since their partnership began six years ago, Millenia 3 has utilised the Teletrax broadcast verification service to monitor and track airing of television advertisements for its […]
Ofcom has confirmed it will launch an investigation into BSkyB over the wholesale supply of its sports channels after a complaint from rival BT. Ofcom said the probe would centre on BT’s claims that the terms on which Sky offered its sports channels, Sky Sports 1 and Sky Sports 2, to BT’s YouView platform amounted […]
Based on forecasts for 97 countries, global pay TV revenues (subscription fees and on-demand content) will climb to $203 billion in 2018, up by $19 billion on 2012. According to the Digital TV World Revenue Forecasts report the fast growth years for the sector are over, with annual growth hovering at below 2 per cent […]
BT CEO Ian Livingston is stepping down to become the UK government’s Minister of State for Trade and Investment. Gavin Patterson, currently CEO of BT Retail, will succeed Livingston as group CEO. Livingston has served as CEO for five years, having replaced Ben Verwaayen in June 2008. He will join the House of Lords prior […]
The Spanish DTT platform operators must pay back €260 million in state subsidies following the European Commission ruling that the financial aid scheme approved by the Spanish Government to extend DTT across the whole country is in breach of the European legislation. Brussels has concluded that the DTT subsides are illegal as they favoured the […]
The Portuguese Professional Football League (LPFP) is considering filing a complaint to the European Union against the joint control of Sport TV by Portugal Telecom and Zon Multimedia. The move was announced by LPFP president, Mário Figueiredo, during a Parliamentary hearing with the members of the Committee for Ethics, Citizenship and Communication. During the meeting, […]