Tata Sky has said it will roll out HD services and launching more interactive channels in India. The company will launch its HD service this year, ahead of Commonwealth Games to be held in October 2010. It will also introduce interactive channels in the gaming and education space. The company also plans to push personal […]
Virgin Media has confirmed the upcoming launch of Film4 HD and E4 HD on its digital TV platform. Virgin Media's digital TV customers will be the first to watch Film4 in high Definition as the channel launches exclusively on Virgin Media this summer. E4 HD is expected to launch on Virgin Media in April.
Grupo Prisa and Liberty Acquisition Holdings have announced a combination of the two companies and a rights issue reserved for current Prisa shareholders by Grupo Prisa, resulting in a cash infusion of up to $900 million in Prisa. Grupo Prisa is the leading Spanish and Portuguese-language media group whose interests include news, entertainment, education and […]
TiVo and Conax, a global provider of security solutions for digital TV and content distribution, have partnered to offer a next generation DVB set-top box platform for deployment by television operators around the world. Through this partnership, the companies will put the TiVo experience, including its revolutionary integration of IP-delivered video into an off-the-shelf package […]
Irdeto has confirmed that middleware and interactive TV technology provider Selevision has selected Irdeto's middleware solution and conditional access system (CAS) for its new HD Personal Video Recorders (PVRs). The HD PVRs, currently in field testing in Saudi Arabia, will enable content providers to run highly tailored advertisements – a market first in the Middle […]
GlobeCast's newly launched Content Acquisition and Distribution division has signed a VOD distribution deal with ZN Animation, one of China's biggest animation producers, as well as general and popular entertainment content from Shanghai Media Group's subsidiary, WingsMedia. Under the deal, GlobeCast – the content management and delivery company and division of France Telecom, will enable […]
Mobile operator 3 UK and On Demand Group have debuted Warner Bros. International Branded Services' WarnerTV branded service, which gives subscribers on-demand access to entire episodes of hit television shows from Warner Bros. Entertainment. The content deal with Mobix Interactive, now part of On Demand Group marks Warner Bros International Branded Services' first launch of […]
Ooyala, provider of end-to-end video platform applications and services , has announced the development of a new 'TV Everywhere' video platform. The platform makes it easy for content rights holders to manage and monetise ‘paywall windows’ for the syndication of their content to connected devices. Mexican Broadcaster, TV Azteca and US-based broadcasters have signed up […]
French telco Viaccess and semiconductor manufacture NEC Electronics have announced their collaboration to offer Viaccess' conditional access incorporated in NEC Electronics' new EMMA 3SL/P system-on-chip (SoC), targeted at MPEG-4 HD hybrid set-top boxes (STBs). The combination of Viaccess conditional access and NEC Electronics' EMMA3SL/P will offer STB vendors a secure, easy-to-integrate and cost-effective solution with […]
Harmonic has confirmed that OSN (Orbit Showtime Network), the leading DTH satellite provider serving the Middle East, has deployed Harmonic’s digital headend solutions to power its recently launched HD video service, the first MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) HD service being delivered to multiple countries in the region. OSN selected Harmonic’s Electra 8000 multi-channel universal encoder to […]