Discovery Communications and YouTube have debuted nine YouTube Channels, featuring a robust collection of clips from Discovery’s family of world-class network brands. Tailoring content to the global YouTube community, Discovery will also roll out a series of targeted international Channels showcasing localized and native language content for specific regions around the world. The partnership also […]
In a five-year deal with Showtime Arabia Globecast is to provide content management and delivery services for 13 of its global channels, with services provided ranging from multiplexing, uplink, and aggregation to playout from GlobeCast's central London Technical Operations Centre. Dubai-based Showtime Arabia, the leading Pay TV network in the Middle East and North Africa, […]
BSkyB is preparing to launch an ad campaign claiming it is the only company to offer truly unlimited broadband usage. The company is preparing the campaign after deciding to remove its fair usage policy, which caps heavy downloaders, from its top-tier Sky Broadband Max product.It also said that because it does not ';traffic shape' – […]
Orange is rumoured to be building its IPTV service around on-demand films when it eventually launches a home TV service to take on Sky, Virgin, Freeview and BT Vision. Its ';TV in the Home' service is due to launch before the end of he year – some two years behind schedule.Nationwide trials for the TV […]
Mobile phone manufacturer Nokia is launching a mobile TV channel, Capsule N96, offering exclusive programming to users of its N96 handset. Available from the start of October, Capsule N96 programmes all run to 96 seconds, offering content themed around motoring, fashion, gadgets, comedy, culture and homes.
Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) has launched its commercial IPTV broadcasting service following delays caused by a slow rollout of ADSL2+ technology. The IPTV deployment, originally scheduled to be completed in August, is based on UTStarcom's RollingStream platform. SLT's wholly owned subsidiary Visioncom has invested around $1 million in the initial launch of its TV-over-ADSL system, […]
The credit crisis has hit the online and media industries as research shows that Internet advertising is facing a slowdown after five years of steady growth. Budget cuts and excess inventory are expected to push the market for online display advertising into decline in the third quarter according to research by Enders Analysis. Growth rates […]
From David Del Valle in Madrid The Ministry of Industry is studying the use of satellites to extend DTT to all the Spanish population and complete the digital migration as planned in April 2010. Geographical problems and signal interference from illegal TV channels are the main reasons why the Government and the Regional Administrations are looking […]
Leading European telecoms companies should give rivals access to their superfast broadband networks, the European Commission has said. But in a draft recommendation for national telecoms regulators, the Commission also highlighted the importance of ensuring that Europe's former fixed-line phone monopolies are able to secure appropriate returns on their high-speed broadband investments.Viviane Reding, European telecoms […]
Comcast has provided U.S. regulators details of how it plans to change the way it manages Web traffic over its high speed Internet network without blocking any applications or content.Comcast said that under the plan designed to give all users their “fair share” of bandwidth it would focus on managing the traffic of customers who […]