Alcatel-Lucent announced it has acquired Tamblin, a privately held software company that provides applications and tool kits that will enhance Alcatel-Lucent’s solution for enabling IPTV users to find, connect and interact with brands and entertainment they care about. Service providers can use Alcatel-Lucent’s interactive TV applications, now enhanced by the Tamblin software with their existing […]

Some cable subscribers are suing to get their programming a la carte. A multimillion-dollar class-action suit has been filed against the major cable programmers and operators for violating antitrust laws by bundling programming in expanded basic tiers. In a suit filed by veteran antitrust attorney Maxwell Blecher on behalf of 14 cable and satellite subscribers […]

The Thailand Cable TV Association is hoping that the ratings agency Nielsen will agree to measure audiences for local satellite TV channels to help them better position their content with media buyers, agencies and advertisers. Association members nationwide are expecting the Government to pass the new Radio and Television Broadcasting Act by the end of […]

From David Del Valle in Madrid Sogecable-owned digital DTH platform Digital Plus is launching iPlus set-top-box next week, a new generation device equipped with a 160GB hard disk that allows to record and play at any time the platform’s offer, along with DTT channels. iPlus is able to record and play more than 80 hours […]

France Telecom's wireless arm Orange has signed an agreement with Apple to distribute the iPhone in France. Orange will start selling the combined mobile phone and iPod media player in November, France Telecom said, without indicating how much it would cost.

Sony is delaying the launch of the Home online world service for its PlayStation 3 console. Originally slated for an autumn launch, Home is a virtual world in which owners of the PS3 create avatars and socialise with others. With the service, Sony hopes to cash in on the wave of interest in online communities […]

Widevine Technologies has launched the Widevine CableCard. The QAM and IP-based hardware solution enables multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs) to provide two-way downloadable conditional access solution for protecting content delivery to any device with a CableCard slot.

From David Del Valle in Madrid The Principality of Andorra, a small country located in the eastern Pyrenees mountains and bordered by Spain and France, has just switched off its analogue TV transmissions, becoming the first country in Europe to do so. Its 85,000 inhabitants now watch only watching digital TV with 20 DTT channels […]

Spain’s Sogecable, is getting into broadband and voice telephony in an attempt to bolster its subscriber base and boost the country’s lagging pay TV sector. From November it will join forces with telco Telefonica to offer triple-play package Trio Plus, which includes its satellite service Digital Plus. By late September, Sogecable also will launch iPlus, […]

Viacom’s MTV is to launch a new Internet social network sponsored by foundations operated by the founders of Microsoft and AOL to encourage youth activism. The site, Think.MTV.com, is designed to be a resource for social and political issues, aiming to inform as well as let users connect with other like-minded people on issues from […]