Current, the P2P news and information network, has launched Current.com, a site harnessing the interactivity of web 2.0 to Current's existing TV concept. The site offers an array of new features for consumers to interact with the channel or with other members of the Current community. Heralding the first real two-screen experience where TV and […]
Channel 4 has confirmed former Yahoo! executive John Gisby as its first dedicated director of new media and technology. Gisby will be responsible for expanding Channel 4’s presence in online digital media and growing revenue. In the new role, which now incorporates technology, Gisby will report direct to Channel 4 chief executive Andy Duncan and […]
UDcast, provider of IP over broadcast and satellite, has announced that David Richardson has joined the company as vice president of corporate and business development. Richardson was previously the Director of Business Development for NDS in North America.
SES Sirius has confirmed that its Sirius 4 satellite has been successfully launched into orbit. The satellite will now be brought into its final orbital position within the next few weeks, and will be made commercially available beginning in January 2008, after extensive in-orbit testing. Sirius 4 will be located at 5° East orbital position […]
As a key part of its transition from analogue to digital terrestrial broadcasting, Saarländischer Rundfunk (SR), part of the German federal broadcaster ARD, has ordered a DVB-T multiplex centre from Thomson. The installation will allow SR's digital services to officially go on air by the end of 2007. German broadcasters are migrating rapidly to digital […]
UPC Czech has revealed it now has one million subscribers to its triple play services. UPC's analogue service currently offers 45 channels, and its DTH platform UPC Direct up to 150.
NDS is increasing its presence in Korea with the opening of a new, expanded sales, support and R&D operation in Seoul. Korea is moving rapidly towards full digitization, with government initiatives promoting 100 per cent digital conversion by 2012. NDS end-to-end systems are working across cable, satellite DTH and IPTV platforms. NDS solutions protect and […]
A distributor of online video content has filed a complaint with the US Federal Communications Commission, asking the agency to stop broadband providers from blocking or slowing P2P traffic. The petition filed by Vuze, which uses the BitTorrent to distribute Web content, asks the FCC to set rules for network management by ISPs. Vuze’s filing […]
From David Del Valle in Madrid The Spanish Competition Body, CNC, has found evidence against the infrastructure company Abertis of abuse of dominant position in the TV signals carriage market and has decided to continue its legal proceedings against the operator. The Anti-trust Body has accepted the appeal lodged by Axión, Sogecable and Telecinco against […]
The global satellite industry has emerged from successful negotiations to protect the users of its C-band spectrum from terrestrial interference. With its 'no change' campaign, the satellite industry at WRC-07 says it has ensured its uninterrupted, interference-free use of C-band for the future. “This outcome represents a strong endorsement by a large number of administrations […]