Ignoring Bob Iger's dismissal of the online subscription model, Time Warner chairman and CEO Jeff Bewkes unveiled HBO Go, a broadband complement to the premium network only for subscribers to the linear service. “We’re all being too slow,” Bewkes said. “We should put up all our networks on the Internet, out on broadband right now. […]
CoreTrust content protection solution CoreCrypt for IPTV will secure major contents for the Satellite Hybrid IP-VOD service that will be launched later this year. ART (Arab Radio and Television Network) the leading broadcaster of premium Arabic family programming and entertainment worldwide, will deploy CoreTrust DRM solution to secure its Satellite Hybrid IP-VOD platform in the […]
Phorm, the ad targeting company, is facing a major setback, with several of the world’s largest dotcom companies considering boycotting its controversial online advertising technology. Last month Open Rights Group, the privacy campaign group, sent a letter to nine of the internet’s biggest names – including Google, Bebo, Facebook and Yahoo – asking them to […]
French pay TV group Canal Plus has announced a switchover from analogue to digital via an offer available to subscribers immediately. All new subscribers to the group’s analogue service will now have access to Canal Plus Cinema and Canal Plus Sport, plus HD viewing and all 18 channels on the country’s DTT platform via a […]
Sky has successfully broadcast the UK's first live event in 3D TV to a domestic 3D TV set, via its satellite network and existing Sky+HD set-top boxes. The broadcast was part of a 3D music event co-produced by Sky, specialist 3D production company Nineteen Fifteen Productions and Island Records to coincide with Keane's live performance […]
The Chinese government has ordered a crackdown on online video and audio content which could result in a tightening of internet censorship and limit the broadcasting of western films and entertainment programmes on the web. In a notice published on its website earlier this week, the State Administration for Radio, Film and Television (Sarft) published […]
Macrovision Solutions Corporation says UPC Broadband has entered into a multi-year license for IPGs in several European countries. Meanwhile Macrovision has signed an agreement with UPC to distribute certain IPG and interactive television technologies developed by UPC to other service providers.
Mobile network Vodafone has selected Eschborn in Germany as the location for a new global research and development centre for IPTV, video and home entertainment products and services. All of Vodafone’s development and marketing activities for IPTV and connected home products will now be based in Germany. The group said it chose Eschborn near Frankfurt […]
German broadband operator HanseNet, owned by Telecom Italia, has selected a HD PVR from Sagem Communications for its IPTV service ‘Alice homeTV’. The Sagem HD PVR features a 160 GB hard drive, capable of recording up to 80 hours of content, as well as time-shift functions and the ability to pause live TV.
Korean broadband operator SK broadband has selected Alcatel-Lucent to supply and maintain its IP service routing solution in order to support the company’s IPTV service. Alcatel-Lucent’s IP/MPLS solution will enable SK broadband to deliver advanced broadband services – including linear and high-definition content on its IPTV service, VOD, voice over IP and high-speed Internet access […]