Vivendi has declared it now owns 80 per cent of Canal Plus France, after acquiring a 5.1 per cent stake in the television channel for E384.2 million from French broadcaster M6-Metropole Television. Vivendi confirmed it plans to buy out minority shareholders in Canal Plus France and that an expert evaluation is being carried out to […]
Sony said the company's line-up of 3D TVs would arrive in Australia in July. The company has one model planned, the LX900, which has 3D fully integrated, and two other models, the HX800 and 900, which can display 3D with an optional accessory. “This year represents the sunrise of 3D technology in Australia,” claimed Barbour. […]
French pay TV operator Canal Plus plans to launch a 3D channel by the end of the year. Canal Plus’s deputy general director for technology, Joseph Guegan, told “Ecran Total” magazine that the company expects to resolve the remaining technical problems during the first half of the year and intends to launch a dedicated 3D […]
Strategy & Technology (S&T), a specialist in MHEG middleware and interactive playout systems, has announced that its RedKey 2 MHEG engine is powering the text and interactive services in the new Humax Freeview HD set-top box. The Humax HD-FOX T2 is the first DVB-T2 capable Freeview HD receiver to go on sale in the UK. […]
UPC Broadband will consolidate its European DTH business in order to drive efficiencies and opportunities to expand the business and services provided to customers. As a result it has centralised its activities in a new company, UPC DTH S.a.r.l. based in Luxembourg. This consolidation coincides with a recent agreement for a long term satellite position […]
From David Del Valle in Madrid The Spanish Government is to approve a Royal Decree before the analogue switch-off, scheduled for March 30th, which will lay the groundwork for the launch of HD through DTT. To foster HD, the Administration will oblige all electronic manufacturers to include an integrated HD decoder in all TV sets […]
The BBC's online broadcast service saw requests doubled from last year to 120.3 million, 20 million of which were via Virgin. Just three percent of consumption is now via download.
TidalTV, a video advertising management solutions provider, has raised more than $16 million in recent second round funding led by Comcast Interactive Capital, as well as New Enterprise Associates (NEA) and Valhalla Partners. The new funding provides TidalTV with the ability to invest additional resources in online video advertising and monetisation solutions for advertisers and […]
After announcing that it will split into two separate entities, Motorola’s co-CEO, Sanjay Jha, has said Motorola is looking for ways to combine the features of TV set-top boxes and mobile phones. Consumers will be able to more efficiently share photos, video, and other multimedia with their STB. According to WSJ, Motorola is planning to […]
Luxembourg-based satellite TV operator M7 Group has chosen set-top box technology from Pace to bring HD TV content and personal video recording to its customers. Pace will develop M7's next generation of HD devices: an HD set-top box and an HD PVR. M7 Group provides DTH satellite TV services to residential and business customers in […]