Vestel has selected Access NetFront Browser, NetFront Living Connect and the recently unveiled HbbTV Plug-in package for its entire range of connected digital TVs and STBs. Vestel will use Access technologies to add cutting-edge capabilities to its rich family of DTV products, including TV-optimised full Internet browsing with NetFront Browser, new digital home networking capabilities […]
Humax has confirmed the dates for over-the-air (OTA) software downloads to upgrade its range of PVRs and fix recent usability issues and slowdown in operation for the PVR-9200Tand PVR-9300T digital TV recorders. The OTA software upgrades will resolve issues that have occurred due to the increasing complexity of the UK's broadcast infrastructure, particularly the digital […]
Hulu plans to begin charging customers 'within weeks' say American reports. It is also looking to expand the service to portable devices including iPad and Xbox. Hulu, which is thought to have generated $100 million in advertising in 2009, will continue to offer newer episodes free of charge, but it will charge viewers a monthly […]
In a rare win for Echostar in its long running patent row with TiVo, the US Patent & Trademark Office (PTO) has ruled TiVo's 'Time Warp' patent invalid. This has been at the heart of the dispute. “We are pleased the Patent and Trademark Office issued a Final Office Action maintaining its rejection of the […]
Telefonica's IPTV operator Movistar Imagenio has incorporated four new HDTV channels on its offering. The new HD channels are: MGM HD, Unitel Classica HD, Eurosport HD and National Geographic Wild HD. The platform already offers GolTV HD and AXN HD. Eurosport HD and AXN HD are already included within Sogecable’s satellite pay-TV operator Digital+. Sogecable's […]
Canal Plus is once again ready to hit the international expansion trail, according to Chief executive Bertrand Meheut. He told Dow Jones the company was targeting a number of overseas pay-TV providers. Last year it failed, in a joint bid with Telefonica, to take over the Spanish platform Digital Plus.
A new gaming service will be available through BT’s TV packages in 2011. The OnLive platform has just made its debut in the US and will be launched in the UK towards the end of next year. BT said games usually available on consoles will be offered through the platform. “Over time, as consumer broadband […]
French telco Neuf Cegetel has enhanced its IPTV service with several new additions, including a new VOD service and linear channels. The VOD service, called Pass Cinéma, provides customers with a choice of up to 50 films each month for an initial subscription of E4.99 and E9.99 per month thereafter. Titles available include content from […]
From Branislav Pekic in Rome Portuguese pay-TV operator Meo has announced it will broadcast the World Cup in 3D. For E1, users will be able to follow live broadcasts in True 3D from the Campo Pequeno in Lisbon and in the UCI cinema multiplex in Porto. The games that will be aired will be Portugal […]
BskyB will be paid a total of £318m (E386m) as settlement in its long-running compensation case against the Electronic Data Systems, now a subsidiary of Hewlett-Packard. The final settlement is over a contract issued 10 years ago to build a new customer relationship management system. The broadcaster hired EDS, taken over by Hewlett-Packard in 2008, […]