Digialist, a digital television technology platform developer, system integrator and set-top-box turnkey reference design house, has licensed its HD Hybrid technology platform to Anvia TV in Finland. Digialist HD Hybrid technology platform supports Terrestrial, Cable and Satellite DVB transmissions and integration of different IPTV middleware and services. The HD hybrid technology platform is powered by […]
From Branislav Pekic in Rome For the first time, digital has overtaken analogue as the main television distribution platform in Italy. In February, the digital TV platforms (DTT, satellite, IPTV) were responsible for 51.2 per cent of the total TV consumption in Italy. The most popular of the three is DTT, which has 35 per […]
The DVB Project has responded to the strong rise in 3D with a programme of work which should lead to standards for 3DTV. The current plan is that the first phase of the 3DTV system will be agreed this year. The DVB Project has established two groups of specialists. The first is currently preparing the […]
Orange and OpenX Technologies have announced a partnership to launch Orange Ad Market, a new online advertising exchange model designed to lead the evolution of online exchanges in Europe. Orange Ad Market aims to increase the value of display advertising by helping publishers maximise revenue and helping advertisers much more easily reach their target audiences […]
Cox Communications has revealed that customers across the US will have exclusive access to 3D coverage of the Masters Tournament next week from Augusta National Golf Club. Beginning on April 7th, Masters 3D programming can be viewed on 3D-capable television sets and will be available at no additional cost to Cox Advanced TV customers with […]
UK pay TV channel Zone Horror is rebranding as the Horror Channel next month. Meanwhile, the channel, which is a joint venture between Chello Zone and CBS Studios International and is available through Sky and Virgin Media, has hired Paul McEvoy to join its programming team.
As expected UK regulator Ofcom's review of pay-TV has concluded that it should regulate BSkyB's wholesale pricing of its sports channels in a bid, it says, to increase competition and thereby lower prices and increase innovation. Six weeks from now Ofcom expects Sky to cut its ratecard for each of Sky Sports 1 and 2 […]
From Colin Mann in London UK DTT platform Freeview has launched an HD service available from today to around 4.5 million new homes, including in the cities of Birmingham, Leeds and Cardiff, which puts Freeview HD coverage on track to reach up to 50 per cent of the UK by the 2010 World Cup in […]
ISPs will have to do more to help content owners protect their content online following a High Court ruling. In a case brought by a group of film studios including Disney, Twentieth Century Fox, Universal and Warner Bros, the judge found that Newzbin, a private online forum, was liable for its members' copyright infringement when […]
Coinciding with the launch of their 3D enabled Bravia LCD TV’s this Summer, Sony will also release a firmware update for their PS3 games console, giving it 3D capability. There are two firmware updates that will convert the PS3 into a stereoscopic 3D capable games platform and also add support for 3D Blu-ray. The two […]