Google is testing a new TV programme search service on Dish Network reports the WSJ. The service allows users to search content from Dish, as well as other Web video sites, and runs on TV set-top boxes that include elements of Google’s Android operating system. Google hopes to link the TV search service with its […]
German cable operator Kabel Deutschland has set March 19th to close an Initial Public Offering looking to raise over E700 million in return for floating 25-30 per cent. The price range for the IPO is expected to be announced today with the offer open from the end of this week. KDG has held talks with […]
Sony has set the target of selling 2.5 million 3D televisions in nine months. Yoshihisa Ishida, the head of Sony's televisions business, said the Japanese company hoped to sell 25 million TVs in the year to March 2011 with 3D sets accounting for at least one tenth of that. That is a 67% increase on […]
Spanish cable operator ONO is to receive a E200 million shareholder loan as part of its refinancing. ONO will have immediate access to E125 million immediately with E75 million in liquidity reserve. The shareholder contribution is a boost to ONO's restructuring efforts though it needs more cash to meet debt covenants and a bond issue […]
Dailymotion and Warner Music Group have announced a new partnership to offer music videos via Dailymotion’s website in the US, Europe and North Africa. Visitors will be given unlimited, on-demand, ad-supported access to thousands of music videos, concerts and interviews from Warner Music’s roster of local and international acts. Under the terms of the agreement, […]
BT is demanding that Virgin Media opens its network of underground ducts to rivals. The telco wants to use Virgin's network as part of its plans to upgrade its infrastructure and will put pressure on Ofcom to allow it access. BT intends to connect five million people to its superfast broadband network by spring next […]
Cisco, Humax and Technicolor have been named as manufacturers intending to integrate Canvas. Nine more makers: ADB, Amino, Broadcom, Echostar, Intel, Sagem, ST, LG and TVonics were listed as developing STBs or components for Canvas-enabled services. The announcement by the DTG signals a mending of some fences between Canvas and the CE makers who had […]
From David Del Valle in Madrid Two million DTT devices will be sold over the next weeks in the final run to DTT migration to be completed on March 30th, according to a report by the research firm Gigaset. The DTT sales will surpass 1.3 million DTT devices sold in the last Christmas campaign as […]
Sky is showing 3D TV content at shopping centres to promote the launch of its new channel Sky 3D next month. Sky plans over one hundred 3D shopping centre demonstrations over the next 12 months. Shoppers can also enter a competition to win3D TV, Sky+HD box and subscription to Sky.
The Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA) has published the results of a study into coaxial infrastructure in homes in the UK, France, Netherlands and Poland. The study shows that there is a significant addressable market for coaxial cable-based home networking in these countries. Results from the UK and France were very similar, with 56 per […]