Dominant Belgian telco Belgacom is launching a new service that allows customers to watch TV everywhere and on any device, in a transparent way, without having to bother about the technical aspects. The initiative follows the launch in 2010 of a series of new offers on the telco’s IPTV service, Belgacom TV, together with video […]

Asia-Pacific telcos are forecast to see service revenues from DSL, fibre broadband and IPTV rise from $52.5 billion in 2010 to $79.5 billion in 2016 according to ABI Research. Significant revenue growth will come from fibre broadband and IPTV services, offset slightly by some declines in broadband DSL. China’s Triple-Play Net Convergence initiative has already […]

Communications technology specialist Neustar Media has confirmed the availability of its Neustar Media Cloud Service, a digital media platform that facilitates compatibility across digital media platforms and devices, giving consumers the ability to enjoy their digital media and content in innovative, easy-to-use and rewarding ways. Neustar June 27th submitted to the DECE (Digital Entertainment Content […]

UK rating agency BARB is rolling out a new measure of TV viewing on PCs and tablets to provide more accurate information about the increasingly digital TV audience. It will launch the web TV viewing meter in 100 of its panel homes over the coming months. The agency aims to have about half of its […]

Dolby Laboratories has revealed that Dolby Digital Plus and Dolby Digital have been selected as optional technologies for China’s recently released national Digital Terrestrial Multimedia Broadcasting (DTMB) Receiver Specification for set-top boxes and TVs, which will go into effect on November 1s, 2011. The release of China’s national DTMB Receiver Specification adds to the growing […]

Com Hem, the Swedish cable operator, is to launch a video version of Universal’s Digster on its on-demand platform. The music service offers music playlists created by music editors and artists and has only been available online up to now. In addition to video playlists, Digster Play will also offer interviews, backstage material and live […]

BT has welcomed the ASA’s ruling on Virgin Media’s “Stop the Broadband Con” campaign. Virgin’s campaign was judged to have misled consumers on eight counts, contained six examples of exaggeration, failed to substantiate its claims on five counts and denigrated the industry.

A group led by Microsoft is to carry out tests in Britain this week to investigate how unused TV spectrum could be used for new wireless broadband networks. The group, which includes the BBC, Sky, and BT, hopes to exploit  “white spaces” to create “super Wi-Fi” networks to cope with mobile TV and other smart […]

By 2015, nomadic (fixed locations outside the home, such as coffee shops) broadband video users will reach 154 million nearing in-home users according to a new report, Broadband Video: On Demand, On the Go, and On the Rise. The report, from market research company The NPD Group analyses the confluence of connected devices, access, and […]

Tilgin, a provider of solutions for multiplay and next-generation broadband access, has announced a full Gigabit platform for Home Gateways. The new platform, named Simba, is designed for 10 times today’s Internet use, the possibility to run all services over WiFi, downloadable applications and secure access at high speeds.