Virgin Media has unveiled The Hotlist, a new measurement tool that provides an alternative view on TV engagement. The Hotlist sorts the most viewed and talked about shows into an out- of-ten ranking to uncover the most talked about shows on TV. To calculate what’s hot on the box Virgin Media has created a new […]
Modern Times Group, the international entertainment broadcasting group, has revealed that MTG Studios has signed an agreement to acquire Digital Rights Group (DRG) from Ingenious Media. The UK independent content distributor representing titles such as Inbetweeners, Singing Bee, Catch Phrase and Don’t Tell the Bride. MTG have taken a 92.4 per cent stake in the […]
The first 55″ AMOLED TV is on the market, with others expected to follow; however, the cost of AMOLED panels will remain very high compared to TFT LCD display panels, limiting adoption by consumers. Current manufacturing costs for AMOLED (Active-Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diode) display panels are estimated to be almost seven times higher than costs […]
India is a land of broadcasting superlatives where millions are signing up to pay-TV each year, but a survey by SNL Kagan says that of the six major DTH broadcasters Videocon DTH is not just the nation’s fastest growing, but is the world’s leader in terms of net new subscribers. According to SNL Kagan Videocon […]
Global shipments of Digital Media Adapters – devices designed to stream content to the TV from the Internet and IP connected devices – will grow nearly 40 per cent this year, with the market on track to double in size by 2017, according to an industry report from Futuresource Consulting. “The market shipped almost 13 […]
The State Duma next week plans to adopt a bill on online piracy designed, in part, to prevent the illegal posting of films and music on torrent trackers, United Russia Deputy Viktor Pinsky, deputy chair of the House Committee on Criminal Legislation, told RIA Novosti. Last week, a group of deputies submitted a bill to […]
Spanish TV group Atresmedia, which operates seven DTT channels, amongst them Antena 3 TV and La Sexta, has signed an output deal with Warner Bros to broadcast films and TV series from the US producer every year Films released between 2012 and 2014 will be broadcast on Atresmedia TV channels. Viewers will be able to […]
According to the latest Infonetics report, Technicolor is leading the DOCSIS 3.0 Gateway segment worldwide with over 30 per cent market share Technicolor has become a partner of choice for many major cable operators throughout the world.” said Pascal Portelli, Technicolor Senior Vice President, Solutions Strategy & Portfolio Management, Connected Home division. “We have achieved […]
Atlantic Broadband has partnered exclusively with TiVo to power its slate of digital entertainment services across TV, Web and Mobile platforms. Atlantic Broadband is the first US MSO to leverage TiVo’s complete product suite which delivers a unified experience that spans whole home DVR, HD STBs for non-DVR households, access to Internet delivered video and […]
Broadpeak, a provider of content delivery networks (CDN) and VoD servers for cable, IPTV, OTT, and hybrid TV operators worldwide, has announced that Singapore-based communications provider StarHub has deployed Broadpeak’s BkM100 Mediator CDN manager and BkS300 multiformat video streaming servers to power its live video services. Utilising Broadpeak’s highly flexible and customisable CDN and video […]