Opera Software has acquired Silicon Valley based Skyfire Labs, a specialist in mobile video optimisation and cloud solutions for mobility. Skyfire, headquartered in California, is known for its Rocket Optimizer software. This allows mobile operators to leverage cloud computing to optimise virtually any video and other multimedia on crowded cell towers, including 3G and 4G […]
Chello Central Europe’s children’s channel Megamax has been added to the UPC platform in Czech Republic. Megamax’s launch in Czech Republic follows the channel’s success in Hungary, Slovakia and Romania. Targeted at boys aged 7-14 years, Megamax offers local-dubbed versions of popular animated content from around the globe, including Transformers, Gormiti, Battle Force, Lego Ninjago, […]
Euronews has signed an agreement with Abu Dhabi-based Etisalat, the leading operator in the UAE and the Middle East. Euronews is now available to the subscribers of Etisalat in the UAE, covering 450,000 households. Viewers can now watch world news 24/7 on Euronews in one of the ten proposed language services: Arabic, English, German, French, […]
Elliptic Technologies, a provider of complete embedded security and content protection solutions, has announced that ST-Ericsson has selected the Elliptic hardware-assisted tVault HDCP solution to support the Wi-Fi (WFD) Miracast wireless technology on the NovaThor L8540 platform for smartphones and tablets. Elliptic’s tVault HDCP supports the recently released High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection 2.2 (HDCP 2.2) […]
Cisco is pressing ahead with the reshaping of its Service Provider Video Business from a low-margin set-top box business to what Chairman and Chief Executive Officer John Chambers described as a “profitable and strategic Videoscape architecture in the cloud,” building on the company’s integration of NDS. Chambers made his comments during an analyst call discussing […]
John Farrel, a YouTube regional director, has made a bold prediction saying that by 2020 some 75 per cent of audiovisual content will be consumed via broadband. Farrel is YouTube’s Latin America director, and while he didn’t quite claim that YouTube would be the dominant supplier, he stated that “TV has been the leading media […]
Liberty Global President and CEO Mike Fries said, “2012 was a great year for our company and we finished on a high note, reporting our strongest subscriber growth ever in the fourth quarter. For the full year we added 1.6 million organic RGUs, including 465,000 in Q4 alone…. At the same time, we made significant […]
Virgin Media says it is creating 400 jobs across the UK to meet growing demand for TV and broadband services. Another 230 staff will be taken on in Swansea, which already has 900 in customer service and technical support. Ninety new engineering and 40 customer care roles will be in Wythenshawe, Manchester, and 40 customer […]
Italian regional TV channel TeleCapri has started trial broadcasts in 3D on its DTT multiplex covering the Campania region. Thanks to an innovative system developed by engineer Gregorio Pietrangelo, viewing in 3D will be possible on both the new generation of TVs already compatible with 3D as well as conventional TV sets through the use […]
James Purnell former Secretary of State for Culture, is returning to the BBC as director of strategy and digital on £295,000 (€364,000) as incoming BBC Director-General Tony Hall has made the first in a series of appointments to the BBC’s senior management team. Hall has also revealed that following nearly five months as Acting Director-General, […]