Ensequence, the interactive TV company, has entered partnerships with interactive application streamer provider Softel, streamer provider S & T and broadcast automation vendor VDS to provide a single-source interactive TV platform for television service providers and programmers. “We have been working with leading programmers and distributors to make TV content interactive for ten years. The […]
Vindicia has announced that Boxee, which brings movies, TV shows and video from the Internet to the TV screen, has selected its CashBox billing solution to enable the new Boxee Payment Platform. Vindicia CashBox will enable Boxee content partners to offer premium content to Boxee users through a wide variety of payment methods and plans, […]
France's broadcasting regulator, the Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel (CSA), has issued a call for applications for three pay channels and two free channels in HD. It has also endorsed extending the coverage of the France O (overseas) service to any metropolitan area in the coming weeks. The CSA opened a public consultation in June 2009 […]
Telenor Broadcast has bought a 35 per cent stake of Scandinavian pay TV operator C More Entertainment which provides channels under the Canal + brand. Telenor will buy SEK787 million (E81m) of shares through a new issue. As part of the deal some sports rights owned by Telenor, such as the FIFA World Cup 2010 […]
Eutelsat Communications has reported a strong revenue growth in the third quarter and the nine months ending March 31st, 2010. Expansion HD services and increased satellite capacity helped nine-month revenues reach E776.3 million, while third quarter revenues touched E268.3 million after a 13.4 per cent rise. Commenting on the Group’s third quarter 2009-2010 revenue, Michel […]
Strategy Analytics predicts that over 2 billion DLNA-certified (Digital Living Network Alliance) products will be installed in consumers' homes or pockets by 2014. “Strategy Analytics forecasts 59 per cent growth in unit sales – to 200 million DLNA-certified devices in 2010 – rising to nearly 1 billion devices sold in 2014,” said Peter King, the […]
Japan’s NEC has developed a technology that can find illegal copies of videos uploaded to the Internet in seconds. This speed is attained by creating a comparison piece that is just 76 bytes from the original and compares it to the allegedly copied file. The technology is part of the MPEG-7 standard, and would help […]
New JV partners in the UK's biggest mobile network have announced the holding company will optimistically be called 'Everything Everywhere' and, as usual, the name is surrounded by TMs as though putting these words together was an original thought they can now protect. Thankfully, Orange and T-Mobile will continue as separate brands in the market […]
Orange has revived its long-held ambition to offer TV services over the broadband network. The mobile operator, which has access to almost 30 million customers after a merger with T-Mobile's UK arm in March, outsourced its fixed-line network to BT last month. It will now piggyback on BT's more advanced network that extends its coverage […]
ProSiebenSat.1, has announced a restructuring that sets up a New Media division under the leadership of Dan Marks, former head of BT Vision. The division includes Christoph Bellmer as head of new TV and CEO of SevenSenses and Silke Kuisle as managing director of MyVideo and Arnd Benninghoff as CEO of SevenOne Intermedia. “My goal […]