From IPTV World Forum in London Digital TV technologist Pace has unveiled a new HD (high definition) set-top box designed to make games developed for the PC accessible in the living room. Developed as part of the European Union-funded Games@Large project, the Pace device demonstrates how consumers can play quality PC games through the set-top […]
From the IPTV World Forum in London Digital media company DivX has announced that the native ST Media Player on STMicroelectronics’ STi7105 will be DivX Certified. The STi7105 from STMicroelectronics, a global supplier of silicon solutions for set-top boxes, will offer a turnkey solution for set-top box suppliers and operators to support playback of digital […]
From IPTV World Forum in London Orange TV has selected Orca Interactive to provide the COMPASS Content Discovery and Recommendations platform for the implementation of a multi-screen content discovery and recommendation solution across all the Orange TV related services. Orca’s COMPASS includes a variety of recommendations engines to provide a blend of personal, optimised recommendations […]
Sky Sports has chosen Vizrt as the core graphics platform for its 3DTV channel, due to launch in April.The stereoscopic Vizrt system uses a Viz Trio CG operator interface, controlling a Viz render engine PC. This powerful graphics engine uses two graphics cards and the separately rendered HD channels for each eye are synchronised by […]
The day after the UK Office of Fair Trading announced a consultation process that may lead to a referral of the project to the Competition Commission – a move that would delay the Canvas launch by up to a year even if it got a clean bill of health – members of the consortium have […]
From Colin Mann at IPTV World Forum in London IPTV subscriptions are poised to grow from over 30 million in 2010 to 68 million by the end of 2014, according to analyst firm Strategy Analytics, with Asia Pacific and Western Europe leading in deployments. Although IPTV's future seems promising, Strategy Analytics experts suggest that providers […]
From David Del Valle in Madrid Telefonica's IPTV platform Imagenio and Mediapro-owned pay DTT channel Gol TV are now leading the growth of the pay-TV in Spain capturing most subscriptions. By contrast, the largest pay-TV operators, the digital satellite platform Digital Plus and the cable company ONO are increasingly losing subs Imagenio added 90,000 subscribers […]
Ofcom has published a series of proposals designed to promote competition and investment in current and super-fast broadband services. The proposed regulatory framework is designed to help encourage competition, whilst at the same time supporting investment and innovation. Ocom proposes to allow competitors to have access to a dedicated virtual link over new fibre lines […]
From IPTV World Forum in London ruwido of Austria has been selected as a technology partner to supply remote controls for UK cable operator Virgin Media's new HD STB the V HD Box. The deal extends the 10 year relationship between Virgin Media and the Austrian remote control specialist. Julia Smith, head of TV product, […]
The UK Office of Fair Trading is to consider a Competition Commission referral for Project Canvas, the video-on-demand service lead by the BBC. Critics including BSkyB and Virgin Media will now be able to formalise their concerns in submissions to the OFT. The outcome of a further review of the project by the BBC Trust […]