SES World Skies has unveiled plans for an intricate set of orbital manoeuvres later this month aimed at steering its AMC-11 satellite clear of interference from Intelsat’s 'free falling' Galaxy 15 spacecraft, now known as Zombie, or living dead, satellite. As the stricken satellite nears AMC-11’s orbital location at 131 degrees west, SES plans to […]
NDS plans to triple its investment in local people and infrastructure in 2010 as it increases development of solutions, partnerships and services for customers in China and the rest of the world. Earlier this year NDS announced it had increased its headcount by 73 per cent in China in 12 months, reflecting strong demand for […]
Tektronix, supplier of test, measurement, and monitoring products and solutions, have acquired Mixed Signals. The details of the transaction have not yet been disclosed. “The acquisition of Mixed Signals brings to Tektronix a strong team that has delivered leading innovation to the video monitoring market,” said Eben Jenkins, General Manager of the Tektronix Video Business. […]
Best Buy said it will sell on-demand access to movies and TV shows through some Blu-ray players, high-definition TVs and personal computers. The biggest U.S. consumer-electronic seller said its new CinemaNow service will offer same-day instant access to new-release movies and TV shows beginning this month through all new connected Blu-ray Disc players and home-theatre […]
YouTube has revealed that it streams over two billion videos a day as it pitches content providers that it can offer “TV-size audiences.” You Tube owner Google has struggled with monetising the site but said last year that it would be “very profitable … in the not too distant future.” No financial details are provided […]
Plans to launch the DTT platform in Ireland are in disarray after the final bidder for the multi-million Euro contract bowed out. Easy TV, the joint venture between RTE and Liberty Global, was offered the contract for commercial DTT two weeks ago when negotiations with an Eircom-led consortium collapsed. An RTE spokesman confirmed that Easy […]
From David Del Valle in Madrid Telefonica’s IPTV service, now under the brand of Movistar Imagenio, is gaining momentum with the addition of 30,000 new subs in the first quarter of the year. With a market share of 18 per cent in the pay-TV business, Movistar Imagenio now has 733,000 subscribers in Spain, up 21.2 […]
A federal appeals court has granted Dish Network a rare, full-court (so-called 'en banc'”) review of a ruling it had earlier lost to TiVo, that could have resulted in the satellite TV company disabling millions of digital video recorders. However, the US Court of Appeals review is a last straw effort as damages mounted. TiVo […]
Online TV service SeeSaw is ramping up content and adding features in response to feedback from users on Twitter. TV series such as Doctor Who, Life On Mars, The Mighty Boosh and Spooks will be added to the line-up, as well as dramas from the US. The platform has been monitoring feedback since its launch […]
Sky has become the latest big telephone operator to start charging for making early evening weekday calls. Customers on Sky Talk Freetime package will now pay for calls between 0700 and 1900, rather than between 0600 and 1800. It is following the recent example of BT and TalkTalk, who have both announced similar tariff changes. […]