Virgin Media confirmed plans mentioned last week by CEO Neil Berkett, a partnership with the BBC to launch BBC iPlayer onto its platform, making its 3.5 million TV customers the first in the UK to get the popular service on TV. Viewers using BBC iPlayer on Virgin Media will be able to watch full screen […]
Miniweb, interactive TV vendors, have confirmed the launch of its new 'TV Key' service on the Sky Digital TV platform, making TV Key enhanced programming available to Sky users and all TV channels. At the same time, Miniweb has also announced a content acquisition programme, aimed at providing the services required to enable advertisers, brands, […]
The China Academy of Broadcasting Science has held a meeting to promote overseas partnerships on the CMMB standard, with senior officials from SARFT’s Science and Technology Department, the Academy itself, the S2M Group and Loral Space and Communications. Deputy director of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) Zhang Haitao said he hopes […]
Australian Pay-TV operator Foxtel’s next generation, high-definition set-top box is close to launching. Foxtel boss Kim Williams said he is “very confident” the launch of the new Foxtel HD+ service – which will be accessible through a new iQ2 HD set-top box that will have 320GB of storage – would be available to consumers “well […]
Widevine Technologies has signed a global reseller agreement with the home and networks mobility division of Motorola. The agreement enables Motorola to sell, service and support Widevine's downloadable conditional access and digital rights management products globally. Motorola offers best-of-breed head-end and consumer device solutions while Widevine Cypher, a downloadable conditional access, digital rights management and […]
Nickelodeon is building a virtual world in a bid to increase revenue in the real world. The company announced it is developing an entire virtual world, involving games, avatars and a strong social-networking component, based on network hit “SpongeBob SquarePants.” Nick also is expected to announce that it is developing Monkey World, a social-networking and […]
Freeview viewers in some parts of the UK, who choose to upgrade their reception equipment, will be able to watch high definition TV channels as early as next year, according to media regulator Ofcom. The launch of the HD channels is being made possible by moving channels from Multiplex B into Multiplexes 1, 2 and […]
ISPs who agree to filter illegal music and video out of P2P or other networks would have to tell subscribers about the practice – and let them turn the feature off, under a recommendation from the body that drew up the European Convention on Human Rights, rpeorts paidcontent. Deploying deep-packet inspection technology is one suggestion […]
Sony unveiled a video camera as small as a drinks carton, claiming it was the world’s smallest and lightest high-definition camcorder. The camera, to go on sale in Japan this month, weighs just 300 grams and measures 32 mm x 119 mm x 63 mm but comes with a big price tag of $1,271. It […]
Comcast the largest US cable operator has started offering a super-fast premium service launched in Minneapolis-St. Paul. The new service offers speeds starting at 50 megabits per second, compared with the previous fastest connection speeds of 16 mb per second. Comcast said the new service is aimed at residential and business customers. But at $149.95 […]