National Cable & Telecommunications Association President Kyle McSlarrow will join Comcast as president, Comcast/NBCU, Washington, the company announced. “Mr McSlarrow will have dual responsibilities in business operations and public policy in Washington, D.C. On the operations side, Mr McSlarrow will help lead the company’s efforts in the Washington metropolitan area around the customer experience and […]
ATIS has released two important new standards created by the ATIS IPTV Interoperability Forum (IIF), a global expert in IPTV standards development. The IPTV Content on Demand Service (ATIS-0800042) specifies functions and interfaces for the delivery of an IPTV Content on Demand (CoD) Service in a managed IP network. The other standard is Managing the […]
The Open Mobile Video Coalition (OMVC) has selected Neustar to provide the Mobile DTV Trust Authority with the infrastructure necessary to deliver live, digital broadcast TV content to various mobile video-enabled devices such as mobile phones and portable media players. Neustar’s technology enables seamless connectivity across different networks, technologies and applications, and it possesses unique […]
smartclip, the European digital video ad network, has appointed Yahoo’s Shirlene Chandrapal as VP Connected TV. Chandrapal joins smartclip from Yahoo Europe where she was Director of Yahoo Connected TV, a platform that delivers Internet content to TV sets. In her role, she covered all major European markets and was responsible for strategy implementation, partnership […]
TiVo shares fell back 3.4 per cent (to $8.75) after telling shareholders that it was offering $120 million in convertible senior notes to investment institutions. The notes are due 2016. Worryingly for shareholders, TiVo said it would use the fresh cash for R&D but also to fund its ongoing litigation and challenges to its intellectual […]
Warner Bros has confirmed it will begin testing an offer of selected movies for purchase or rental through Warner Bros Entertainment’s Facebook movie Pages. Consumers will be able to use Facebook Credits to buy or rent a title, all while staying connected to Facebook. Starting immediately, millions of fans who “Liked” Christopher Nolan’s film “The […]
Sony Pictures Television has revealed that its first Sony-branded channel for the UK, Sony Entertainment Television, will debut April 7th on the Sky platform. The English language general entertainment network will be available on Sky channel 157. Sony Entertainment Television will be a contemporary female orientated channel targeting women 25-54 and filled with dramas, comedies […]
Overall shipments of consumer connected devices will increase from 262.1 million units in 2010 to 712.1 million units in 2015 according to Infinite Research. Shipment growth is being driven by product manufacturers who are increasingly incorporating cellular and/or Wi-Fi connectivity into their devices. This trend will cause the global installed base of Consumer Connected Devices […]
Set-top box giant Pace might have to face an official City enquiry into its results statement. Pace’s shares fell back almost 20 per cent yesterday. The problem is CEO Neil Gaydon told analysts and press that one significant US order would be delayed by a year because the customer had decided to adopt new technology. […]
ITV is to launch a series of exclusive online episodes to supplement its second series of The Only Way Is Essex. People must register on itv.com to view the episodes, or can buy them on iTunes. ITV is also to launch two short-form episodes, one aimed at women, the other at men, exclusively on Facebook. […]