Audience research specialist Nielsen and Beijing China Cable Union Data Services have formed a joint venture to research the growth of digital television in China. The new firm, Nielsen-CCData, will work with cable digital TV operators, media owners, content providers, advertisers and ad agencies to provide better understanding of the changing viewing habits of Chinese […]
Findings from market research firm Infonetics Research’s latest report on North America Residential Voice, Data, and Video Service market share and forecast has highlighted the increasing importance of video services. “Considering that revenue from video services will rival that of voice services by 2014, one of the more interesting trends going on in the residential […]
RRsat Global Communications Network, a provider of content management and global distribution services, has confirmed the opening of its 111 8th Ave POP (Point of Presence) in New York City. It is RRsat’s second POP in the New York metropolitan area with a third POP at 60 Hudson St. scheduled to launch in the near […]
Kabel BW, Germany’s third-largest cable television operator, has rolled out its ‘Kabel BW Videothek’ on-demand television service with film studio and content services provided through On Demand Deutschland – the joint venture of Tele München Gruppe and On Demand Group, a subsidiary of SeaChange International. ‘Kabel BW Videothek’ is now live to cable subscribers offering […]
Comcast is testing a new service that knits together television and the Internet, in an effort to compete against other integrated service providers. Under the new system, which is being tested in Augusta, content flows through a set-top box that combines features of the Internet with those of a DVR. Users can watch and search […]
French broadband and IPTV supplier Free (part of the Iliad group) has unveiled its new box and package with Iliad’s chairman Xavier Niel describing the new box as a “revolution”. It consists, in fact, of a pair of boxes, designed by the leading stylist Philippe Starck. The modem box has a fibre and ADSL modem, […]
Verizon Wireless and DirecTV are testing an in-home broadband and video service in Erie, Pennsylvania. The companies are looking to pair Verizon’s new 4G LTE broadband with DirecTV broadcast satellite content. By bundling the two services, Verizon and DirecTV could effectively compete with cable companies outside Verizon’s traditional FiOS service footprint. According to reports, the […]
A wide selection of public interest groups is arguing that the open Internet principles suggested by the FCC last week fall short of “real” net neutrality More than 80 public interest groups, businesses and civil rights groups signed the letter to the Federal Communications Commission, saying net neutrality rules should ban paid prioritisation of online […]
French telcos, SFR and Bouygues Telecom, have confirmed a joint initiative to cut costs by sharing the roll-out of high speed fibre-optic networks in some cities. The joint agreement will allow Bouygues, which is a newer and smaller player in the country’s fixed line services segment, to avoid having to construct a costly fibre network […]
Hitron Technologies, a global provider of branded networking solutions, has announced that cable MSO ZON Multimedia is the latest service provider to deploy its new DOCSIS 3.0 8×4 Wireless-N Cable IAD for cable operators. ZON provides comprehensive service, including HD cable television, high-speed Internet access, fixed and mobile telephony. Hitron’s CVE-30360, enables ZON to offer […]