Ofcom has agreed to allow the BBC to restrict access to the EPG for Freeview HD programming. The BBC plans to restrict access to manufacturers of STBs and integrated Freeview HD TV’s that include copy protection technology. This technology will allow broadcasters to control the multiple copying of HD content and its retransmission over the […]
Inverto Digital Labs, the pioneering designer and vendor of broadcast technologies and equipment, has unveiled the Volksbox, a set top box platform for the reception of HD+ satellite services. This product, now available in Germany, Austria and Luxembourg, is an advanced hybrid satellite receiver compliant with the HD+ specifications, and incorporates Nagravision's Conditional Access System […]
Neil Berkett CEO has issued a warning on the openness of the BBC lead Canvas project. He said it wasn't clear the Canvas partners rhetoric – in terms of a common standard and open access for an Internet-to-TV platform – was being delivered in practice. The comments come as the BBC Trust considers its conclusions […]
TVCatchup, a website for watching live TV online, is facing a legal challenge from broadcasters as it prepares for the World Cup. Record numbers of people are expected to turn to the web to watch the football tournament, particularly those at work when matches are broadcast. But ITV, Channel 4 and Five have issued legal […]
Tessa Jowell, the long-serving culture secretary in the Labour Government and main architect of the BBC's 10-year licence fee settlement in 2007, has said the BBC is on borrowed time and its behaviour, and that of its regulator the BBC Trust, is endangering its existence. Jowell, who claims she had fight deep scepticism in government […]
Following UK comms regulator Ofcom's March ruling on the wholesale price that BSkyB could charge rival operators, and the recent deal between carriage and channel sale agreement between Sky and Virgin Media, the cable operator is to pass on savings to customers this summer, by offering Sky's premium channels at simple, newly reduced prices. From […]
Steven Hirsch, founder and co-chairman of adult content firm Vivid Entertainment, has told film and digital media industry executives that adult entertainment can lead to consumer acceptance of the new “Smart TV” era—just as it did with VHS, DVD and VOD. Hirsch revealed that Vivid is developing new tools to distribute its adult films, celebrity […]
Motorola may well target more acquisitions in the broadcast technology sector. The company's Motorola Home division –due to be split from the mobile business later this year – has already purchased a digital rights management developer and a content management systems firm. BitBand was bought in November 2009 with DRM specialist SecureMedia following soon after […]
UK cable operator has appointed former Verizon chief financial officer Doreen Toben as an independent non-executive director. She will join Virgin Media’s board this month and will become a member of the company’s audit committee. Toben currently serves as a director on the boards of The New York Times Co and fashion company Liz Claiborne.
Ericsson has supplied CJ Golden Village (CGV), South Korea's largest multiplex cinema chain, with high quality compression solutions that will enable CGV to show World Cup action in 3D – the first live event ever to be shown in 3D in digital cinemas in the country. South Korean football fans will be able to watch […]