Adam Crozier, the ITV chief executive, revealed that ITV2 reality show The Only Way Is Essex gets as many viewers online as it does for its TV broadcast. He said almost half of those watching the show on TV are also using Facebook or Twitter at the same time. However, Crozier used the show as […]
Ahead of this year’s MIPTV in Cannes early April, online TV broadcast platform FilmOn.com is finalising several major deals aimed at consolidating the company’s position as a platform streaming both existing TV stations and brand new channels created specifically for the platform. The online entertainment portal, which offers a service dubbed ‘virtual live cable television’ […]
International Launch Services (ILS), the Washington-located company that is best known for its Proton rocket launches from Kazhakstan, is complaining to the European Union about what it claims is the unfair subsidisation of arch-rival Arianespace satellite launch activities. Ariane launches its rockets from Kourou in French Guiana, and on March 17th received a €250 million […]
EchoStar Europe have unveilled their SlingLoaded HDS-600RS, a HD digital video recorder (DVR) to combine Freesat+ features with Sling Media’s place-shifting ability, enabling TV anywhere, on all popular smartphones and tablets. The SlingLoaded feature enables users to watch and manage their live and recorded TV remotely anytime, anywhere, via 3G or Wi-Fi, with no additional […]
The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organisation dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, has revealed the formation of the MeeGo Smart TV Working Group. MeeGo is an open source Linux project targeting multiple segments including automotive systems, netbooks, tablets, TV’s, and set-top boxes, among others, and uses Qt to enable cross-device applications. The Working Group […]
Brightcove, the online video platform, has licensed Adobe Pass authentication and authorisation technology and has become a certified Adobe Pass Enablement Partner. Brightcove is using the technology to offer new TV Everywhere authorisation services to broadcasters, cable programming networks, and distributors to streamline their initiatives to provide on-demand access to TV content across both Adobe […]
Verimatrix has announced the successful deployment of the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS) for IPTV solution on Etisalat’s advanced IP-based pay-TV service in the United Arab Emirates. As Etisalat upgrades its infrastructure to an advanced FTTH network that will reach millions of homes and businesses in the UAE by 2011, VCAS for IPTV will […]
AirTies, the wireless networking vendor, has revealed the company’s new media player application which runs on AirTies’ set-top boxes as a retail user experience or provided as a valued added service to enrich third party User Interface offered by a service provider. The application is able to browse and play audio, video and photos from […]
Netgem has confirmed it will implement its software platform on the Intel Atom processor CE4100, leveraging the power of Intel’s Multi-Application Framework (MAF). Christophe Aulnette, CEO of Netgem said: “Our customers now expect their boxes to do much more than TV: multi-screen, open web browsing, gaming, videoconferencing, app stores… No single application framework can claim […]
Aaron Sorkin, the writer of The Social Network, The West Wing and Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, is again going behind the scenes for his next TV project. The new and highly-anticipated HBO-backed pilot has Sorkin’s cast behind the scenes in a nightly cable news show. Oscar-winning Sokin is executive producer of the show […]