SES has revealed that satellite continued to increase its household reach in Germany last year, with 18.07 million households receiving their TV directly from satellite at the end of 2012. This increase of 524,000 households from year-end 2011 (plus 3 percent) is despite the switch-off of the analogue satellite signal in April 2012 and is […]
ITV Online and On Demand have revealed that 666 Park Avenue was the first programme to be premiered on the ITV Player before it was broadcast on TV. The first episode of the supernatural drama was available to view on the ITV Player from February 18th, with the episode broadcasting on ITV2 on February 19th […]
Cisco executives have taken steps to clarify the company’s commitment to its set-top box business in the wake of comments made in an analyst call by Chairman and CEO John Chambers that that it was “walking away” from low-margin STB business. Writing in a Cisco blog posted by Senior Vice President and General Manager Service […]
Sky Italia is following in the wheeltracks of its British counterpart by launching its first HD channel exclusively dedicated to Formula 1 – Sky Sport F1 HD. The new HD channel will broadcast live all the 2013 Grand Prix races, ten of which will be exclusively live. Along with the live broadcasting of the races’ […]
Britain’s biggest mobile phone company has reported a slowdown in revenue growth – despite being the first UK carrier to launch a super-fast 4G mobile Internet service. EE gave no details about how many of its 26.8 million subscribers have signed up to the new service, saying only there has been “solid early 4G momentum”. […]
Kenya was due to switch off its analogue TV transmission in Nairobi, the nation’s capital, on December 31st 2012. The rest of the country was then expected to speedily follow. That date was missed because of the shortage of set-top boxes, and lack of public awareness about the adoption of digital TV. A new date […]
MIPTV has confirmed that David Zaslav, President & CEO of Discovery Communications, will present a keynote address on April 9th as part of MIPTV’s Media Mastermind keynotes series. MIPTV will take place in Cannes from 8th – 11th April. Zaslav sets the strategy and oversees all operations of the media company that reaches more than […]
Verimatrix, the specialist in securing and enhancing revenue for multi-network, multi-screen digital TV services around the globe, and Swedish triple-play operator Com Hem, have confirmed that the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS) has been selected to secure Com Hem’s advanced multi-screen TV services scheduled to launch Spring 2013. The new service will be delivered […]
Agama Technologies, the video service quality assurance expert, has announced that Norway’s leading private broadcaster, TV 2, implements an Agama solution for service quality assurance in its sophisticated head-end and distribution environment. With the solution, TV 2 can ensure what enters and leaves its head-end and distribution sites really is the best it can be. […]
Technicolor has won two extension contracts from Tata Sky, India’s leading satellite operator with over 8 million subscribers. Tata Sky has granted Technicolor an extension until mid 2015 of the initial contracts for the STBs already delivered over the past years: “Technicolor’s solutions have met our expectations in terms of reliability because we want to […]