Alcatel-Lucent and SpeedCast have announced plans to jointly market, deploy and operate a shared, hosted DVB-H platform for mobile TV operators in Asia. The objective of the collaboration is to enable the seamless delivery of digital video content to operators for transmission to devices supporting the DVB-H mobile TV standard. Alcatel-Lucent and SpeedCast will leverage […]
The mysterious 'Building B' start up that caused a stir at CES 2007 with its plans for an STB to seamlessly marry broadband video and broadcast TV, has emerged rebranded as Sezmi and announced that it will partner with broadcast stations to deliver part of its service using their digital spectrum. The company, which received […]
Mediaset-controlled Tele 5 has filed a lawsuit against YouTube accusing the video sharing service of violating intellectual property rights by posting video clips without permission. The TV network has urged YouTube to cease distributing its content on several occasions, according to the channel, but the company has ignored its claims arguing that it is only […]
AT&T plans to launch a television service for mobile phones next week, following in the footsteps of rival Verizon. The service, which will be available in 58 markets, will offer programmes from several major TV networks, including CBS, Comedy Central, NBC and Fox. While some of the network programming will air simultaneously with what is […]
From Colin Mann in Cologne Operators need to go beyond the triple play of voice, video and data, according to Bob McIntyre, CTO of Cisco's Service Provider Group. “Triple play is not enough,” he warned delegates attending the Broadband Summit at the ANGA Cable Congress. “The competitive edge will come with an integrated solution,” he […]
An official from China’s State-Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) has indicated that the overall direction for issuing 3G licences once the telecom industry restructuring is complete has been settled. China Mobile is operating a TD-SCDMA network, the new China Telecom is building a CDMA2000 network on the basis of its acquired CDMA business, […]
From David Del Valle in Madrid The sale of Sogecable pay-TV division, Digital Plus, is also attracting interest from several private equity firms, such as Permira and Apax, with suggestions that Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, Mexican media mogul Carlos Slim and even Telefónica are potential bidders. Prisa has hired HSBC to handle the sale process. […]
As at the end of March, the services of subscription television which use cable and satellite technologies registered around 2 million users in Portugal, representing around 18.8 subscribers per 100 inhabitants. Of these two million users, 75 per cent were customers of the cable distribution service – almost 1.5 million customers – while Direct To […]
Internet retail giant Amazon is preparing to launch a streaming video service in the next few weeks to extend its digital offerings. The Seattle-based company has been beefing up its digital media offerings in order to better compete with rivals such as Apple Inc, which currently dominates the category with the iTunes music download service.
Worldwide broadband subscriptions will reach 415 million in 2008, representing one billion discrete broadband users, according to Strategy Analytics. The number of broadband subscriptions will continue to grow to 621 million by 2012. While DSL remains the dominant access technology, accounting for two-thirds of worldwide subscriptions, newer access technologies are taking hold. “Fibre and WiMAX […]