Quickflix has entered a content licensing arrangement with the BBC Worldwide Australia. The agreement will provide television series from BBC Worldwide’s catalogue of British drama and comedy and be available to Quickflix subscribers in Australia from late March. The agreement with BBC Worldwide is the second deal to provide television series content to the Quickflix […]
Qwilt, a provider of video infrastructure products has announced the release of its QB-Series transparent-video delivery solution, a transformative product that gives carriers cost-efficient control over Internet-video traffic on their networks. The QB-Series product packs the ability to identify, monitor, store and deliver video content on fixed or mobile networks onto a single platform. Qwilt’s […]
As part of Apple’s San Francisco event for the new iPad, the company announced that Apple TV would get an upgrade. The system will support 1080p movies and TV shows. Navigation has been improved and movies and TV shows will be supported in iCloud so they can be accessed from iPads and iPhones as well. […]
Following the suggestion made the previous afternoon by BSkyB’s Chief Finance Officer Andrew Griffith that the broadcaster’s forthcoming OTT service – to be available with no minimum contract and flexible pricing – could feature pay-as you go options, Sky has revealed its latest initiative to give Sky homes even more flexibility and choice over how […]
BSkyB’s planned over-the-top, Internet-delivered TV service – scheduled for launch in the first half of 2012 – could see a new pay-per-view and pay-as-you-go approach. Since its launch in analogue DTH days, Sky’s business model has been based on monthly subscriptions on a contract basis, but according to Andrew Griffith, Chief Financial Officer at BSkyB, […]
UK public service commercial broadcaster Channel 4 is launching a new service – 4seven – the first new channel for the broadcaster since 2005. Delivering a keynote speech at the FT Digital Media Conference in London, David Abraham, Channel 4 Chief Executive, described the channel as containing “the noisiest bits of Channel 4”. Launching across […]
Shipments of 3D LCD TV panels spiked to 7.8 million in Q4’11, up 26 per cent Q/Q. As a result, total 3D TV panel shipments in 2011 reached 21.2 million, accounting for 10 per cent of all LCD TV panels shipped. According to the NPD DisplaySearch, panel makers are targeting very strong growth of 138 […]
Google has launched a new online store branded Google Play, – offering consumers a one- stop marketplace for music, movies, books, apps and other digital media content. The Google Play store will create a unified digital entertainment destination that combines the company’s Android Market app store, as well as other stores including Google Music and […]
Italy’s Financial Police (Guardia di Finanza) has uncovered a network of illegal reception of pay-TV platform Sky Italia, with 26 people denounced for “alleged fraud” following an investigation. Police in Vallo della Lucania near Salerno were able to trace the scam, carried out throughout most of Italy, which allowed, via single pay-TV subscription and an […]
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 […]