Thomson has revealed that leading Hong Kong-based broadcaster, Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB), has selected Thomson's Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) solutions for its deployment in Hong Kong for the MFN and SFN networks.
Sky is planning a reshuffle of its electronic programme guide (EPG) to create more spaces in 13 of its genres. The broadcaster is planning to fill gaps created by channel launches and departures, with existing channels moving up in the guide. They will, however, retain their positions relative to each other. Six genres – lifestyle […]
Later this month digital channel ITV2 is set to become a 24-hour operation, replacing its current 6am to 1.30am broadcasting hours. ITV channels’ director of operations Jonathan Rogers commented: “ITV2 is the number one digital channel in the UK and is more than ready to broadcast 24 hours a day, seven days a week. These […]
Edgeware announced that TeliaSonera has deployed the Orbit 2x server system to deliver on-demand TV and video services to its rapidly growing IPTV subscriber base in Sweden. Edgeware says its distributed server architecture enabled TeliaSonera to cost-effectively integrate on-demand capabilities into its existing network, and to deliver new services to its 300,000 subscribers in record […]
Google is considering bringing its TV advertising service, currently being tested in the US, to the UK market. It would be its first entry into offline advertising this side of the Atlantic. The company has been working with the US’ second-largest satellite operator, Dish Network on technology that allows advertisers to see how many people […]
Virgin Media has confirmed the appointment of Neil Berkett to the role of Chief Executive Officer with immediate effect. Berkett has been Acting Chief Executive Officer of the company since the resignation of Steve Burch in August 2007. Neil will also be joining the Board of Directors of Virgin Media. It also announced Jacques Kerrest, […]
Tiscali has launched a new PVR (personal video recorder) for its 'Tiscali TV' IPTV service in the UK. The Tiscali+ has a 160 GB hard drive and three TV tuners, allowing users to record two channels while watching a third. The PVR supports high-definition content and is compatible with the BBC's iPlayer, and Channel 4's […]
Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) announced new membership growth for Q1 2008 of one new Patron Member and seven new Corporate Members of the Association. The new Patron Member is Voom HD Networks Asia, a high-definition channel operator based in the US. The seven Corporate Members are multilingual, pan-European television news channel […]
BBC Resources is to be broken up, with the subsidiary’s outside broadcast unit set to be sold to racecourse TV company Satellite Information Service and the corporation keeping its studios business at Television Centre in west London.Staff in Resources’ third business, post production, are awaiting their fate as the BBC continues discussions with just one […]
BBC iPlayer has launched its seven-day catch up service on the iPhone and iPod Touch. Users can access the service, which launched in beta today, by connecting to the internet via a Wi-Fi connection. The iPlayer will not use the iPhone’s EDGE connectivity, which it deemed too slow to stream video.