Spanish broadcaster Antena 3 is launching a new app, ‘ANT 3.0’, for Android and iOS smartphones that combines second-screen interactivity with audio watermarking technology from Intrasonics inserted into broadcast shows and adverts. The Antena 3 app, developed by marketing agency La Moderna, will enable audiences to interact directly with TV programmes in a range of […]
Conax, a global provider of solutions for protecting multi-device digital content, has revealed that Nigeria-based pay-TV operator My TV is further extending its 6-year relationship with security partner Conax and has committed to deploying a Conax Chipset Pairing solution for its satellite platform. Implementation of Conax chipset pairing keys is intended to protect My TV’s […]
EchoStar, a supplier of connected device solutions to the digital TV industry, has licensed Conax conditional access (CA) technology for integration into a new range of connected device solutions. The first product that is ready for market is the EchoStar HDC-420, an advanced, HD STB that is pre-integrated with CA and embedded software for running […]
AMC/Sundance Channel Global has announced the promotion of Ed Palluth to executive vice president, global distribution. He was formerly senior vice president, global distribution for AMC/Sundance Channel Global. Palluth will continue to handle distribution for AMC Networks’ international properties including Sundance Channel and WE tv and will continue to report to Bruce Tuchman, President, AMC/Sundance […]
The UK government has been given the green light to implement the Digital Economy Act after the final legal challenge by BT and Talk Talk was thrown out at the Court of Appeal. The two ISPs lost their appeal against last year’s judicial review of the government’s anti-piracy legislation on all but one ground. The […]
Mike Pulli, set-top box maker Pace’s newly-appointed CEO, delivered an upbeat report to analysts, along with the company’s full-year numbers (to December 31st), on March 6th. The market liked what it heard, marking up Pace’s share price by 11 per cent during early trading (9p) to 90p. Pulli has been in post only since December […]
Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset has announced the launch of a new TV channel dedicated to the estimated 60 million Italians living abroad, and offering a selection of the best programmes aired by terrestrial TV channels Canale 5, Italia 1 and Rete 4. Mediaset Italia will be available from March 7th, both on satellite and cable, […]
RTL Group boosted its net profit 8.9 per cent last year, aided by major gains at its FremantleMedia unit – mainly from X-Factor America. RTL, which owns 45 channels across Europe, saw full-year profits to December 31st of €795 million compared with €730 million 12 months prior. Revenue was up 4.2 per cent at €5.76 […]
A report from Juniper Research finds that growing user satisfaction with mobile TV on tablets will push average monthly viewing times to 186 minutes per month in 2014. The report finds that as users become more accustomed to viewing content on tablets, and as a wider range of content becomes available on tablets, consumers will […]
Sky Deutschland is readying another batch of HD channels to its portfolio. It has leased an additional satellite transponder from SES (which transmits from 19.2 degrees East) and which takes Sky Deutschland’s total transponder count to eleven. The contract kicks in from June 1st. Wolfgang Elsässer, MD of Astra in Germany, said: “Sky Deutschland has […]