Speaking at the Connectivity Conference at MIPTV in Cannes, Vivendi Mobile Entertainment CEO Cèdric Ponsot said “there’s a lot of fear around how connected TVs will affect existing businesses and broadcasters,” but he urged people to meet it head on. He said content creators must not hold back from increasing syndication and distribution of content […]
All BT Vision subscribers will be able to access the BBC iPlayer service via their TVs by June says iPlayer product manager Gideon Summerfield. Recently the BBC has released a version of the player for Freeview HD boxes that conform to the D-Book 6.2.1 specification powered by MHEG-5 middleware. The BBC has also certified the […]
Azuki Systems, a specialist in the delivery of video to any device over any network at Internet scale, has announced the availability of Azuki Media Everywhere, a solution that enables service providers to deliver on the promise of TV Everywhere. Azuki Media Everywhere allows cable operators to expand their reach and stream premium video across […]
Hulu’s chief executive Jason Kilar has confirmed figures first released at IP&TV World Forum stating Hulu+ will have over a million subs by year end. Kilar also reiterated that the company is on track to approach $500 million in revenue in 2011, up from $263 million in 2010. Its first-quarter revenue grew 90 per cent […]
Music Choice Europe (MCE) is being bought by Montreal-based Stingray Digital. MCE currently has some 10 million subscribers listening to more than 70 commercial free audio services. Stingray Digital is a privately-held business, established in 2007 by Eric Bioyko and Alexandre Taillefer. In August last year it bought Concert TV, an interactive VOD service. Terms […]
Six Hollywood studios are suing an Internet movie-rental site, Zediva, claiming the Silicon Valley start-up infringes their copyright by streaming films over the web directly from DVD players. Zediva streams movies shortly after they are available on DVD – but weeks before legitimate sites such as Netflix have them available. Its members pay as little […]
News and information channel NHK World, which has won universal praise for its recent earthquake and tsunami coverage, is to go fully HD on the UK’s BSkyB and Freesat services in May. EPG number will be 507 for Sky’s HD subscribers. NHK World is broadcast in English to around 137 million households in more than […]
UK lower tier clubs are to suffer a reduction in television income after the League signed a TV deal for £23 million(€26.3m) a season less than the previous contract. The new agreement, for the three years from 2012-13, will lead to 75 live Football League matches and the Carling Cup returning exclusively to pay TV […]
Motorola Mobility has unveiled the Motorola VAP2400 video bridge solution, a wireless access device capable of transmitting reliable and high-quality video content over WiFi spectrum throughout the home. The VAP2400’s design enables wireless home networks to deliver a full range of video services and applications without having to run wires through the home. As compared […]
International Launch Services has won the contract to launch two new Turkish satellites. Turksat 4A will launch in late 2013 and Turksat 4B a few months later in early 2014. The design life of 15-year on orbit service of each satellite will provide telecommunication and direct TV broadcasting services throughout Turkey, as well as in […]