After a 32 per cent jump in sales in the second quarter, worldwide IPTV equipment sales hit $682.5 million (E473.7m) in the third quarter of 2007, up 23 per cent sequentially, according to Infonetics Research's quarterly IPTV report. Likewise, manufacturers of IP set-top boxes (STBs) saw revenue jump 35 per cent worldwide in Q3 from […]
The electronics industry faces a bright future, according to Gary Shapiro, president of the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) and secretary of the World Electronics Forum. “The main trends in the industry include big developments in the areas digitalisation, convergence, broadband, biometrics and nanotechnology,” Shapiro said. “We are only in the infancy of the digital age.” […]
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has confirmed the first set of global standards for IPTV. The standards were built with technical contributions from service providers and manufacturers from the information and communication technology sector. The new standards were developed by the Focus Group on IPTV in ITU’s telecommunication standardisation sector. Contained within the documents produced […]
Mobile phone company O2 is seeking to extend deals with media companies such as Warner Bros and Paramount as it aims to bring its TV service to the UK. The company, owned by Spain’s Telefónica, already has a residential broadband offering in the UK after acquiring Be Broadband a year ago. It now wants to […]
From Branislav Pekic in Rome The 2012 deadline for the definite switchover from analogue to digital terrestrial TV is too far away, according to the president of Mediaset, Fedele Confalonieri. Speaking at a DTT convention in Turin, the head of Italy's largest private broadcaster admitted that the initial deadline of 2006 was “too optimistic”, but […]
From David Del Valle in Madrid Following the recent agreement with Telefónica to launch the triple play service Trio Plus, operational since the beginning of December, Sogecable is now negotiating with France Telecom-controlled IPTV service Orange TV to launch a similar offer in those areas where the telco company is not present. Both companies had […]
ITV2 is the most popular multichannel for the second year running, according to Media Guardian analysis, with Sky One slipping from second place to fifth after being pulled off the Virgin Media cable platform. In the year to December 12, the ITV digital channel posted a multichannel share of 2 per cent – which rises […]
An advertiser-funded broadband service allowing users to record TV shows from 12 of the UK’s biggest free-to-air channels could be heading for a legal battle with broadcasters. The BBC has already said it will investigate the legality of TVCatchup, which is aiming to act as a 'personal online VCR' allowing users to record, and then […]
International lobbying association the Broadcast Mobile Convergence Forum (bmcoforum) has finalised an implementation profile based on the Open Mobile Alliance Mobile Broadcast 1.0 Enabler, with the aim of to accelerating the launch of DVB-H based mobile TV. This profile can be used in interoperability tests, pilots and timely deployments as early as 2008 of DVB-H […]
Alcatel-Lucent, the mobile operator 3 Italia and Italian public broadcaster RAI are launching the first trial of Mobile TV based on the DVB-SH standard in Italy. The trial will take place in Torino and it will be overseen by RAI Technological Strategies Dept., Raiway SpA and RAI Research and Technology Innovation Centre, providing their three-year-old […]