Walt Disney Co. CEO Robert Iger has told NCTA that cable must find an online model that works for both programmers and distributors, appearing to dismiss a subscription model proposal, TV Everywhere, made earlier this year by Time Warner. "Cable television is vitally important to our company. It provides us with a crucial connection with […]
A satellite carrying Europe's first S-band payload – operated by Solaris Mobile – has successfully launched at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Dublin based Solaris Mobile, a joint venture between two of the world's leading satellite operators, Eutelsat Communications and SES Astra, aims to provide fully digital mobile video, navigation and emergency assistance services to Broadcasters, […]
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 […]
Comcast chairman and CEO Brian Roberts told NCTA in Washington that cable programming online could be a boon for distributors who are smart enough to figure out how to monetize it. “I think it’s a friend, not a foe. It is powering our broadband business, one of the fastest growing parts of Comcast. For programmers, […]
Internet traffic in Sweden fell by 33% as the country’s new anti-piracy law came into effect. Sweden’s new policy – the Local IPRED law – allows copyright holders to force internet service providers (ISP) to reveal details of users sharing files. The new law, which is based on the European Union’s Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement […]
As bell wheathers go it's big and not good. After many rumours, Sony has confirmed this week that it has pulled out of IBC2009. Sony Professional EMEA is to launch a new customer engagement strategy called the Star Programme, involving a series of over 250 events. This follows the success of last year’s EXperience campaign, […]
From David Del Valle in Madrid Telco company Jazztel has upgraded its IPTV service Jazztelia TV with the launch of a new TV offer with up to 40 TV channels at low package prices. Jazztelia TV is now offering two packages: a basic bouquet, called Acceso TV, with 13 TV channels at a monthly fee […]
From Branislav Pekic in Rome From April 3rd, only TV sets with integrated digital terrestrial television decoders will be on sale in Italy. The move is the result of the law passed in October 2007 which represents one of the key steps in the switchover from analogue to digital terrestrial. For its part, DGTVi, the […]