From David Del Valle in Paris Mobile operator Movistar is launching HD TV services through Apple’s iPhone at a fee of E4 to E5 a month. There will be four HD TV packages available: the first, called Futbol will include Gol TV and Tribuna’s six channels and Multigol; other thematic packages will be Musica, composed […]
Rovi is in negotiations with Google to bring its navigation solutions and technology to the recently announced Google Smart TV platform. Rovi has confirmed it is in talks with Google. “Google have wielded their considerable influence and vision to get multiple market forces together to take connected-TV to a place that needed a collaborative approach,” […]
French broadcaster TF1 is to broadcast five FIFA World Cup games in 3D joining Orange TV's previously announced test broadcasts from Roland Garros tennis tournament next week. The channels are available free-to-air in the Hot Bird footprint. The signals – as well as an encrypted Eurosport channel – will be used for testing and in-store […]
Viewers who logged on at 5am to see the last ever episode of Lost on the Sky Player were left empty handed when a technical fault meant the show dropped out 55 minutes in an error message appeared, informing them: ‘This programme is unavailable to view via Sky Player. Ads from up to 25 brands, […]
PureScreens, the first operator of 'aesthetic television channels', will be launching its first Subscription-VOD offering on cable platform Numericable in France, Belgium and Luxemburg. All contents will be offered exclusively in HD. The offering will launch on June 21st, with a monthly subscription of E1.99.
Zoran, a global specialist in semiconductors for consumer electronics, and RealD, a leading 3D technology provider, have announced that Zoran has licensed the stereoscopic RealD Format and will incorporate support for 3D content delivery and display technology into its TV, STB and Blu-ray products. Zoran’s TV reference design with integrated RealD 3D support is available […]
Zixi and PeerTV have formed a strategic alliance to provide a turnkey end-to-end solution for narrowcasters seeking to deliver live TV channels and VOD services to target consumers over the open Internet. By combining Zixi and PeerTV's platforms, content distributors now have the ability to deliver HD quality live video over the Internet that starts […]
Harmonic has announced that Shenzhen Topway Video Communication, one of China’s leading cable operators offering advanced digital video services, has expanded its HDTV and VOD services with Harmonic headend and edgeQAM solutions. With this new deployment, Shenzhen Topway Video Communication will deliver 13 channels of HDTV programming, and offering new HD VOD services and enhanced […]
Sony’s chief executive is set to meet rival Samsung Electronics, for possible alliances, as the Japanese consumer electronics maker aims to turn its TV business profitable with aggressive sales targets. The meeting between Sony CEO Howard Stringer and Samsung’s Lee Kun-hee, is the first since Lee returned as chairman of the South Korean technology company […]
Sony is launching a marketing campaign using a “fake” 3D TV ad in which all the images are blurred as part of a push to convince consumers to trade up to 3D sets. The campaign, which will run across Europe features a bizarre montage that includes the footballer Kaka, a sports car doing a burnout, […]