Following its suggestion February 20 that networking giant Cisco was looking to sell off its set-top box business – swiftly denied by the company – the New York Post is now reporting that Google is trying to sell the pay-TV set-top box (STB) unit that it will acquire with Motorola Mobility once the $12.5 billion […]
Poland is likely to miss key dates in its plan for switching off its analogue TV transmissions. The original date was November this year, and there’s a statutory obligation in place that analogue must end by July 2013. Poland’s government says there are signs that adequate digital coverage of the country might not now be […]
Elena Pisonero is to become the new president of satellite operator Hispasat. The board of directors of the company has named the economics specialist as its chosen candidate following her nomination by the Spanish Government. The Administration controls 25.7 per cent stakes in Hispasat through INTA, the holding company SEPI and CDTI. The other major […]
Synacor has reached an agreement with Cable ONE, a provider of basic cable, digital cable, high-speed Internet and phone services, to offer a new consumer-facing website and TV Everywhere services to Cable ONE’s subscribers in the US. Synacor will power Cable ONE’s new consumer-facing website, giving subscribers access to content, services and news from a […]
Data from copyright-holders show Singapore has one of the highest incidences of online digital piracy in the Asia-Pacific region, Law Minister K Shanmugam has told the nation’s Parliament. On average, it is estimated there are more than 300,000 cases of illegal downloading each month, the worst among 15 countries in the region, he said. Shanmugam […]
Electronics giant Sony helped produce some “stunning” 4000-line test footage, along with Brazilian broadcaster TV Globo, of the famous Rio de Janeiro carnival. The tests are another example that Ultra HDTV technologies are real. Raymundo Barros, Rede Globo Engineering Director, pointed out that these 4K images show that the TV evolution does not stop at […]
Digital entertainment technologist Rovi has confirmed that its TotalGuide solution is now available on Panasonic’s 2012 Smart TVs and Blu-ray recorders for the European market. Panasonic’s VIERA Connect platform on these devices features a customised implementation of TotalGuide – available as the Rovi Guide application – for finding and discovering broadcast TV programmes through advanced […]
thePlatform, a white-label video publishing company and specialist in TV Everywhere services, has announced an advanced new suite of features, enabling operators to create new and highly tailored content packages and promotions. The new features enable pay TV providers to reinforce and extend the value of their current TV subscription packages across more devices. “TV […]
As the Eurozone is officially pronounced as technically in recession again, new year-end numbers released by Cable Europe confirm that the upward trajectory set by Europe’s cable operators in recent years was maintained in 2011, with the industry reporting faster overall growth than in 2010. The figures point to the cable industry’s continued success in […]
Mike Fries, CEO of Liberty Global, revealed that its Horizon gateway STB will begin roll out this Spring. Speaking at Cable Congress, Fries said it would be available in Germany, Ireland, Switzerland and The Netherlands before the end of 2012. The price to subscribers would be revealed soon, he said, adding that the box “was […]