From David Del Valle in Madrid Spain has paved the way for the launch of HDTV on DTT with Government approval of a Royal Decree to govern the new services using the standard H.264/MPEG 4. To promote HDTV, the law obliges manufacturers to equip TV sets of more than 21 inches with an integrated HDTV […]
Charles Dunstone, the chairman of Project Canvas partner TalkTalk, has admitted that there had been arguments over the strategic direction of Project Canvas among the seven partners in the joint venture, but the eventual goal is clear. Project Canvas was cleared of breaching competition regulation last week. BSkyB argues that Project Canvas, particularly because of […]
Preliminary results from IMS Research's forthcoming 2010 study on The World Market for STBs and iDTVs has revealed that Pace has taken the number one ranking for worldwide digital STBs shipped to pay-TV customers for 2009, unseating Motorola from its lead position. For 2009, IMS Research's top five set-top box manufacturers include Pace, Motorola, Technicolor […]
Selling shows overseas including Doctor Who, as well as the sale of formats of The Office, Top Gear and Strictly Come Dancing etc, have helped BBC Worldwide to record profits this year of around £140 million (E162m). The figure, described by the corporation as an “indicative guidance”, is a significant improvement on last year’s £103 […]
BskyB, which delisted from the New York Stock Exchange last month, has said it will now list its shares on OTCQX, the over-the-counter marketplace. It joins 112 other companies in trading through the OTCQX, a market created in 2007 and owned by Pink OTC.
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, […]
General Satellite Corporation has presented a demonstration of their recent 3D projects and announced the launch of their own 3DV Channel. It will be available on Eurobird 9A to subscribers of certain packages. The channel will specialise in culture and travel content, produced and transmitted in stereoscopic 3D. Seventy hours of new content will be […]
Tvinci today confirmed the launch of a complete end-to-end Pay-OTT video platform. The company's Tvinci MediaHubTM and Tvinci MediaStore have been developed to meet the industry need for a new monetisation layer to OTT video content through direct payments (Pay Per View, subscriptions, coupons etc. Tvinci’s platform enables content owners and network operators to offer […]
“Google TV,” is here. The service, developed in partnership with Sony, Intel and Logitech has been publically demonstrated in the US for the first time and claims to “fuse the freedom of the Internet with television programming.” At the launch of 'Smart TV' Google executives claimed their TV platform will succeed where offerings such as […]