Freesat, the free-to-air satellite TV service, launches its latest integrated marketing campaign on 1st April. The campaign incorporates TV, press, digital, social media and PR and focuses on Freesat's HD offering ahead of the World Cup that Freesat will show in HD nationwide and subscription-free on BBC HD and ITV1 HD channels. Freesat has also […]
Net firms must do a better job of telling customers about broadband speeds or face stiffer regulation. Ofcom has warned following research the telecoms watchdog carried out on how ISPs sell broadband. It revealed that 74 per cent of customers were not told that the maximum speed on their line was likely to be higher […]
Ooyala, a provider of end-to-end video platform applications and services, has announced the integration of token-based authentication for the delivery of premium video content online. Unlike other well-known video platforms, Ooyala allows publishers to restrict the delivery of a video based on pre-defined user and server-side rules. Ooyala offers several ways to protect content including […]
Electra Entertainment has partnered with the UK's largest retailer Tesco to distribute its interactive technology via standard and HD Freeview-ready TVs, set top boxes and PVRs, available in stores from June 2010 onwards. Electra's Trove software platform is a media player that seamlessly links broadcast and IP interactive services, unleashing a new interactive TV experience. […]
The UK government could face a public backlash over its plans to switch national radio stations over to digital transmission, peers have warned. The Communications Committee of the House of Lords says there is “public confusion and industry uncertainty”. It said people were still buying analogue radios which will be out of date in a […]
OpenTV has completed the previously announced acquisition and OpenTV is now fully owned by the Kudelski Group. In a statement, The Kudelski Group said that it “sees a significant potential in the integration of the teams and product roadmaps of both OpenTV and the Kudelski Group's digital television division. A unified market vision will allow […]
DirecTV will add ESPN 3D, the industry’s first 3D sports television network, to its upcoming 3D line-up that will offer three dedicated 3D channels, including DirecTV’s newly named linear 3D channel, N3D(TM) powered by Panasonic. Launching in June, millions of DirecTV HD customers in the US will have access to ESPN’s entire 3D programming line-up, […]
Access Systems, provider of advanced software technologies to the mobile and digital television – and Pirelli Broadband Solutions, a leading supplier of broadband customer premises equipment announced that Pirelli’s Residential Gateway DRG A226M, operating with Access NetFront Living Connect, has successfully completed the DLNA Certification program and is granted use of the “DLNA Certified” logo. […]
Project Canvas has set a deadline of April 23rd for taking on any further partners in the venture. Meanwhile the project has hired Anthony Rose as Chief Technology Officer. Rose is sometimes called the iPlayer guru following his key role in its development as Head of Digital Media Technology at the BBC. Canvas has also […]
The launch of BBC News and BBC Sport smartphone applications is to be delayed, after the BBC Trust heeded industry calls for it to review the proposals. The BBC Trust has informed management that it plans to assess the plans for a series of apps for smartphones including the iPhone and BlackBerry and said it […]