Digital asset protection solutions Advestigo's RAFFUT project has been recognised by the French National Research Agency (ANR) as the most-promising platform to manage digital audio, video and textual content on UGC sites. INRIA Grenoble/Rhone-Alpes, part of the French national institute for research in computer science and control, joined Advestigo in developing the project. Advestigo and […]
News Corp plans to invest $100 million to launch six regional television channels in India, Chairman Rupert Murdoch has confirmed, underscoring his commitment to one s Corp plans to invest $100 million to launch six regional television channels in India, Chairman Rupert Murdoch has confirmed, underscoring his commitment to one of the world’s fastest-growing media […]
Weijie Yun, CEO of mobile TV semiconductor specialist Telegent, has suggested that mobile operators should back free mobile TV. His comments follow the failure of jie Yun, CEO of mobile TV semiconductor specialist Telegent, has suggested that mobile operators should back free mobile TV. His comments follow the failure of Germany's Mobile 3.0's subscription mobile […]
Spanish cable operator Ono saw strong growth in operational profits in the first half of 2008, despite a slowing economy. Ono had an EBITDA of Ono added 41,000 new net clients on to its TV service during Q2, with 31,000 for broadband and 14,500 for the telephony area. As of June 30th the operator had […]
The Croatian Government has set 2011 as the deadline for the complete switchover to digital terrestrial broadcasting, one year before the EU's 2012 deadline. The Government's Strategy for conversion from analogue to digital broadcasting, establishes that the transition will initiate on 1st September 2008 and be concluded by 1st January 2011. According to the State […]
Worldwide digital STB unit shipments reached 143 million in 2007, up sharply from 121 million in 2006. Worldwide digital STB product revenues hit $14 billion in 2007, an increase of $3 billion over 2006 revenues. The market for semiconductor components inside digital STBs also grew significantly last year. The total value of semiconductors embedded in […]
Telefónica estimates its Imagenio IPTV added 22,513 new subscribers, down on the 32,307 recorded in the same period in 2007, and 65,471 in the first six months of 2008. This brings the subscriber base to 575,558, a year-on-year increase of 27.9%
Didier Lombard, France Telecom's chief executive, said the company continued to eye acquisitions in emerging markets but they would be small. The company benefited from the roll-out of new “triple-play” high-speed internet, digital television and internet telephone services. It also saw improvements in its Spanish and UK mobile operations, as customers with contracts replace those […]
The three ISPs were part of a deal struck last week with the government and the BPI that aims to tackle illegal file sharing. The six ISPs that signed up agreed to issue customers caught downloading illegally with warning letters