German cable operator Kabel Deutschland has started testing its super-fast broadband delivering 1.17Gbps downstream. The field trial in Hamburg is being conducted in partnership with Cisco. According to the company it has proved that it is possible to deliver speeds in excess of 1Gbps over an 862MHz HFC network. KDG CTO Lorenz Glatz said that […]
Almost one in five Americans cancelled or scaled back their cable TV service in the last six months to save money, according to a poll from research firm Harris Interactive. About 22 per cent of respondents said they downgraded or eliminated their cable TV service, and another 21 per cent considered it over that time, […]
BT profits have beaten expectations thanks to strong growth in both broadband and its BT Vision television service. Pre-tax profits at the telecoms giant rose 13 per cent to £496 million in the three months to the end of September, compared with the same period last year. BT said its full-year earnings were likely to […]
The BBC and BT have revealed plans to bring BBC iPlayer, the public service broadcaster’s video-on-demand service, to the telco’s IPTV platform, BT Vision. BT Vision will introduce BBC iPlayer over the next five months, in a phased release starting in early December. All BT Vision customers will be able to access the service by […]
Telestream, a provider of digital media tools and workflow solutions, announced immediate availability of Wirecast 4 live webcasting production software. Wirecast offers an affordable software alternative to costly hardware broadcasting solutions for producing compelling video broadcasts for the web. Wirecast 4 features a new Pro version along with a new intuitive user interface and integrated […]
NYCE Networks, a leading provider of innovative Plastic Optical Fiber to Ethernet products, has announced that NYCE will be exhibiting at TelcoTV 2010 Conference & Expo, from November 9-11, 2010 at the Venetian Resort, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The TelcoTV 2010 Conference & Expo is a major North American tradeshow for the telecommunications industry which […]
BT and TalkTalk have won a judicial review of the Digital Economy Act that paved the way for content owners to police online piracy via ISPs – the so-called ‘3 strikes’ solution. BT and TalkTalk, two of the UK’s biggest ISPs, mounted their legal challenge to the Digital Economy Act in July, warning that it […]
UK supermarket Sainsbury’s is to launch an online digital music and film download service in time for Christmas. Sainsbury’s Entertainment already provides customers access to books, DVDs, Blu-rays, CDs and games to pre-order and purchase online through the Sainsbury’s website. Now users will have the option to download music tracks and albums as well as […]
The EU consultation process ahead of its on 11th November “Net neutrality summit” produced a near consensus on the importance of preserving the openness of the internet. A total of 318 stakeholders at every level of the value chain provided input to the consultation. These included BEREC, the body of European Regulators of Electronic Communications, […]
Michael D. Eisner‘s Web studio, Vuguru, will produce half a dozen scripted Web video series for AOL. “We feel like we are building the future of great high-quality video content,” said Tim Armstrong, the chief executive of AOL. Eisner said the partnership was proof that “story-telling series, emotional series” were coming to the fore on […]