At the Samsung SpaceFest, the South Korean electronics giant has unveiled its new 75-inch ES9000 LED Smart 3D TV. It will go on sale next month for $9,999. Samsung also demonstrated an app of the popular Angry Birds game on the TV, which could be played using motion-controlled gestures. “We couldn’t imagine a better way […]
Romanian DTH supplier Focus Sat, owned by Liberty’s UPC MSO, suffered a major revenue collapse of some 24 per cent last year. The report, carried by local business newspaper Ziarul Financiar, stated that the loss is within the financial statement made by Focus Sat to the Finance Ministry. Specifically, the newspaper states that Focus Sat’s […]
Velti, a global provider of mobile marketing and advertising technology, has shared the results of a nationwide poll showing 40 per cent of those who plan to follow the Olympics this summer will do so on two or more devices. The results also revealed that 35 per cent of US adults will turn to their […]
Market research firm Infonetics Research has released vendor market share standings and market highlights from its first quarter (1Q12) “Broadband CPE and Subscribers: PON, FTTH, Cable, and DSL” report. “The growth we’re seeing in wideband (DOCSIS 3.0) CPE revenue shows that the infrastructure investments made by operators in DOCSIS 3.0 equipment over the past few […]
Television Nacional Uruguay (TNU), the nation’s main public network, has started trialling an HDTV service on its digital terrestrial TV system. The service is expected to go ‘live’ about a month from now in mid-August. The country’s Industry Minister, Roberto Kreimerman, said TNU’s signals will also be available on the nation’s mobile phone systems for […]
Hearst Television has reached a retransmission consent agreement with Time Warner Cable covering carriage of Hearst Television stations. “We appreciate the support and patience of our viewers, advertisers and local communities served by our stations, and we regret the inconvenience they’ve experienced over the past 10 days,” said Hearst Television President & CEO David Barrett. […]
MobiTV, a global expert in enabling delivery of live and on-demand TV Everywhere, has announced that its innovative network DVR (nDVR) will be released as a standalone licensable solution to service providers. The MobiTV nDVR navigates complex rights management across countries by configuring for any of the governing international rules. Available to cable television service […]
Ptch, a new category-defining mobile app that lets users create, share and collaborate on multimedia stories called Ptches, has launched in the Apple App Store. Backed by DreamWorks Animation, Ptch channels creative and technical storytelling expertise into a simple and easy-to-use tool for self-expression. The free app allows users to compose multimedia mash-ups up to […]
The much-anticipated launch of Google’s fibre-to-the-home network Google Fiber has been scheduled for July 26th. The information and search giant has sent out invitations to a “special event” in Kansas City on that date that reads, “We would like to invite you to a special announcement about Google Fiber and the next chapter of the […]
HBO is launching a Russian version The premium channel, famous for shows such as “Game of Thrones”, “The Sopranos” and “Boardwalk Empire” is expected to be available on the NTV Plus satellite package and two cable systems, according to Russian newspapers. Viewers will be presented with a package with three localised channels, one showing TV […]