BBC revives show online
Nineties BBC comedy show Stella Street is to return in an online format. The cult favourite will be distributed at the IPTV website Log.tv. The new material is expected to appear early in 2008.
December 10, 2007
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Network Electronics acquires Video Products Group
Network Electronics has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Video Products Group, a provider of professional video/audio transport systems for local and wide area networks. Major carriers around the world rely on VPG for video transport and broadcast services. The new combined product offering will be unique in its functionality, features and breadth, enabling telcos […]
December 10, 2007
Fastweb MVNO
FASTWEB has signed a mobile virtual network operator agreement with 3 Italia, the mobile media company 7.7 million subscribers. The agreement will enable FASTWEB to offer mobile telephone services to its residential and business clients. The partnership agreement will give FASTWEB complete freedom in defining and developing its services and, thanks to the integration of […]
December 7, 2007
Ofcom takes over premium rate ruling
UK regulator Ofcom is taking over premium-rate phone regulator PhonepayPlus (formerly Icstis) to take a tighter rein on the call-TV industry after a year of scandals. It's one measure to emerge following Ofcom's review of the premium-rate sector after all the main broadcasters were embroiled in instances of charging callers to competition lines despite not […]
December 7, 2007
France 24 mobile
On its first anniversary, France 24, announces new mobile services and an agreement with Nokia. There will be – on demand access to its channel content, in three languages – French, English and Arabic – directly on mobile phones. The channel has also created The Observers to present user generated news content from around the […]
December 7, 2007
TI HD chip
Texas Instruments is offering a new DaVinciT technology digital media processor for video transcoding in media gateways, multi-point control units, digital media adaptors, video security DVRsv and IP set-top boxes. Wrapped with a complete offering of development tools and digital media software, the new TMS320DM6467 DaVinci processor is a DSP-based system-on-chip (SoC) specifically tuned for […]
December 7, 2007
NDS extends DirecTV deal
NDS has signed an agreement with DIRECTV, the largest satellite Pay TV operator in the world, to extend the term of their relationship. NDS has been contracted to continue to provide conditional access technology and services to DIRECTV U.S. and DIRECTV Latin America until June 2013. Raffi Kesten, NDS Chief Operating Officer, said: "DIRECTV has […]
December 7, 2007
Motorola in Denmark
Telia Stofa has selected the Motorola hybrid cable/IP set-top box for the launch of its Danish cable/IP video service – a first for the cable industry. With Motorola's hybrid STB, Telia Stofa can deliver new services in Denmark that enhance the capabilities of its existing cable network with the additional flexibility and interactivity of IPTV. […]
December 7, 2007
Amino for Panama
Amino announced that Panama’s CTV Telecom has selected the AmiNET125 multi-codec Set-Top-Box for Central America’s first IPTV service. The AmiNET125 platform is specifically designed to help operators in emerging markets to introduce IPTV services with a flexible and cost effective approach. The AmiNET125 can also be used in European and North American markets for standard […]
December 7, 2007
Comcast: we'll loose TV subs
Comcast, the largest US cable television operator, said it expects to lose video customers in 2008 as competitive and economic pressure mounts; its shares fell more than 10 per cent on the news. The comments from CFO Michael Angelakis came after the company lowered its forecast for 2007 cable revenue growth to about 11 per […]
December 7, 2007