SK Telecom, South Korea’s top mobile carrier, is planning to launch a video-on-demand TV service that can be used through any Internet operator. SK Telecom will intends to launch the service with Samsung Electronics providing set-top boxes. Detailed schedules for its launch are not yet known.
Ericsson has successfully performed interoperability tests for its Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS) solution with the leading chipset vendors. The move sets the stage for the widespread adoption of MBMS and the availability of MBMS terminals. MBMS is a flexible solution that allows operators to broadcast different forms of content in different parts of the […]
Channel 4 is previewing the first episode of the new series of its flagship drama Shameless exclusively on MySpace. Shameless already has a profile on the social networking site with 16,800 fans so far. The first episode of the fifth series will be split into four eight-minute segments and premiered on MySpace from 26th December.
The International Olympic Committee has revealed an agreement with CCTV.com for the Internet and mobile platform exhibition rights within China for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. IOC Executive Board member and member of the IOC's TV Rights and New Media Commission Richard Carrión said it was important for the IOC to make sure that all […]
Envivio, technology provider of IP video convergence encoding solutions, is providing a Convergence Generation video headend for TUS Telekom's live standard definition and high definition IPTV services in Slovenia. TUS Telekom will expand its existing SD IPTV service to 108 channels, add 6 channels of HD content, and migrate from MPEG-2 to a more efficient […]
Spacecom, the AMOS satellites operator, has claimed that during the last months of 2007 it improved its position as the satellite of choice for broadcasters all over Central and Eastern Europe. In Slovenia, Spacecom signed up privately owned music channel ?arli TV, while in Romania, Trinitas TV, owned by the Bucovina and Moldavia Church, joined […]
From David Del Valle in Madrid Following the recent agreement with Telefónica to launch the triple play service Trio Plus, operational since the beginning of December, Sogecable is now negotiating with France Telecom-controlled IPTV service Orange TV to launch a similar offer in those areas where the telco company is not present. Both companies had […]
ITV2 is the most popular multichannel for the second year running, according to Media Guardian analysis, with Sky One slipping from second place to fifth after being pulled off the Virgin Media cable platform. In the year to December 12, the ITV digital channel posted a multichannel share of 2 per cent – which rises […]
An advertiser-funded broadband service allowing users to record TV shows from 12 of the UK’s biggest free-to-air channels could be heading for a legal battle with broadcasters. The BBC has already said it will investigate the legality of TVCatchup, which is aiming to act as a 'personal online VCR' allowing users to record, and then […]
International lobbying association the Broadcast Mobile Convergence Forum (bmcoforum) has finalised an implementation profile based on the Open Mobile Alliance Mobile Broadcast 1.0 Enabler, with the aim of to accelerating the launch of DVB-H based mobile TV. This profile can be used in interoperability tests, pilots and timely deployments as early as 2008 of DVB-H […]