DivX, a digital media company, has confirmed the DivX Certification of the ADB-3810TW IPTV set-top box from Advanced Digital Broadcast (ADB). The newly enhanced STB will be available throughout Europe.
Internap Network Services, a global provider of end-to-end Internet business solutions, has announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Eric Cooney president and chief executive officer, effective March 16th, 2009. Cooney was most recently president and chief executive officer of Tandberg Television, part of the Ericsson Group.
From Colin Mann in London UK comms regulator Ofcom has revealed proposals to align more of the spectrum released as part of the UK’s digital dividend with other European countries. This will allow new wireless services, particularly mobile broadband, to be launched in the UK and across Europe Ofcom says that following the UK's lead, […]
Gateway Broadcast Services (GTV), which broadcasts English Premier League football to tens of thousands of subscribers across Africa, has gone into liquidation. The company blamed “the current financial and global crisis” for the move. This had “severely interrupted the company’s abilities to secure further funding.” Television services have been stopped – with subscribers receiving a […]
Aprico, a venture of Philips, and StreamUnlimited, an independent technology provider, have announced a partnership for the technical development of a reference implementation of the personal Aprico channel concept into video entertainment devices. The implementation package combines the Aprico personalisation software development kit (SDK) and the Axel Springer EPG and advertising services with the latest […]
Digital media company etv media group has been appointed by Gala Coral Group to produce Gala TV – broadcast on the Sky and Freesat platforms as well as online etv will produce eight hours of live programming for Gala TV seven days a week, as well as elements of the auto-game which will broadcast at […]
A large percentage of the BBC’s £130 million-a-year (E141m) digital switchover surplus licence fee money is expected to be taken by comms minister Lord Carter to help achieve his goal of getting broadband in every UK home by 2012. It has been reported that the outline of a deal has been reached, although the full […]
From David Del Valle in Madrid A Spanish consortium formed by Net2, ITA, SABIA, Inves and Mapfre have launched the first Tele domestic help service through DTT across the country. Called T-Asisto and using MHP technology, the service provides remote help to all those users who need any assistance at home. The application allows the […]
Thomson group has warned it is likely to breach certain debt covenants and needed to bolster its balance sheet, notably by selling more non-core activities. The loss-making company said it would sell businesses which contributed around E1 billion to 2008 sales, including Grass Valley and PRN, for which it has already received expressions of interest, […]
From Colin Mann in London The UK Government departments responsible for business and media have published a plan aimed at securing Britain's place at the forefront of the global digital economy. The interim report – produced by voluntary Steering Board of industry experts led by Stephen Carter, the Minister for Communications, Technology and Broadcasting – […]