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.
Consumer research from Leichtman Research Group has found that 24 per cent of all US households have a television connected to the Internet. These connections vary from connecting through a video game system, a Blu-Ray player, or the TV set itself. While Internet connectivity has become a common built-in feature in many products, consumers are […]
Cricket is to return to ITV for the first time in more than 30 years after the broadcaster acquired rights to this year’s Indian Premier League competition. The deal will see the broadcaster air 59 of 60 live matches on ITV4. The IPL starts on March 12th and runs for 45 days. The IPL will […]
Australia's commercial free-to-air TV networks are putting their weight behind the launch of an electronic programming guide and an aggregated online catch-up TV service as part of their fight with pay-TV platforms. Robin Parkes, the chief executive of the free-to-air marketing body Freeview, has confirmed the launch of a Freeview-branded electronic programming guide in June […]
Sony Pictures Television and BT Vision have signed an agreement that sees the addition of Sony Entertainment Television to BT's digital on-demand television service, BT Vision. Launching for the first time in the UK, Sony Entertainment Television offers viewing with top-rated US dramas such as Damages and The Shield. Also launching on BT Vision is […]
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 […]