CA technology company NDS has reported a drop in revenue and net profit for its fiscal first quarter. Revenue for the quarter fell 11 per cent to $182.2 million, from $204.8 million in the corresponding quarter. Revenue from conditional access fell 19 per cent, and revenue from integration, development and support services increased by 4 […]
From Sotires Eleftheriou in Paris French retail chain Darty (owned by the UK Kesa Electricals group) is to launch an ultra high speed (100 Mb/s) service on November 4th, using Completel-Numericable's optical fibre and cable network. Completel-Numericable had already announced in September that it was going to make its network available to other operators. Darty […]
Londoners could be able to see Freeview in HD from 2010 after Ofcom outlined a proposal for a pilot scheme that could speed up the roll-out of HD services by two years. Ofcom has launched a consultation, in response to a request from the BBC, to look at temporarily reassigning some spectrum frequencies to allow […]
AT&T has enjoyed strong growth in its U-verse TV subscribers, with a net subscriber gain of 232,000 to reach 781,000 in service; on track to exceed 1million subscribers in service by the end of 2008. The news came as part of AT&T results which showed that elsewhere showed heavy spending on their i-Phone launch. The […]
Over twenty-five leading Technology Solutions Providers, System Integrators and Content Management companies have joined forces to create the Marlin Partner Program (MPP). Members of the program can now deliver technology solutions to service providers and consumer device manufacturers who want to make digital content interoperable between consumer electronics devices that include mobile phones, set top […]
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced an agreement with SKY Italia for the broadcast rights within Italy for the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games and the Games of the XXXI Olympiad in 2016. SKY Italia will also be the broadcaster for the Vancouver 2010 and London 2012 Olympic Games. SKY Italia, Italy's leading digital satellite […]
A recent ABI Research consumer survey of US terrestrial television viewers revealed that after analogue broadcasting comes to an end, a majority (70 per cent) will attach a digital converter box to their antennas. 10 per cent will switch to cable or satellite services, while a surprising 20 per cent will let the TVs they […]
Viasat announced a new video on demand service where its satellite subscribers will be able to download movies and TV series and view them instantly, or save the content to view later, utilising the ViasatPlusHD box’s built-in hard drive. Viasat subscribers can therefore watch all the current movies on the six thematic TV1000 channels anytime […]
Central European Media Enterprises (CME) has confirmed that it has completed the purchase of the remaining 10 per cent of the Studio 1+1 group following the exercise of its call option. CME now owns 100 per cent of the Ukrainian television station.
Social networking website Bebo has launched an interactive show for teens, entilted 'Chelsey: OMG!'. Two three-minute episodes of the show will be screened on Bebo.com each week, along with additional footage featuring Chelsey and other characters. Characters will then use the social network to interact with Bebo users, filming personal responses to questions and posting […]