In the wake of semiconductor giant STMicroelectronics announcing it was to discontinue the development of new platforms and standard products for set-top-box and home gateway, citing “significant” losses in an increasingly difficult market, UK-based Dialog Semiconductor, a provider of highly integrated power management, AC/DC power conversion, solid state lighting (SSL) and Bluetooth Smart technology, has […]
A cyber attack on TalkTalk in October cost the company as much as £80 million (€105m) but fewer customers than feared opted to end their subscriptions. The numbers affected turned out to be far fewer than originally anticipated, with limited data stolen from approxiamtely 157,000 people, but the bad publicity did cause a spike in […]
The Zappware platform comes with a uniquely designed, best-in-class and ever-evolving user interface. A content-driven navigational pattern ensures your subscribers can intuitively use your services. By creating an immersive experience that integrates many different types of content and services, we avoid that subscribers have to switch over to other entertainment platforms and thereby reduce churn. […]
Alongside unveiling a company reorganisation, BT’s results for the third quarter and nine months to December 31st 2015 show the telco added 97,000 TV subscribers during the quarter, reaching 1.4 million. The company said that in its BT Consumer division, it was seeing good demand from its broadband customers for BT Mobile and new BT […]
UK telco BT has revealed a new organisational structure that will take effect from April. This follows its acquisition of EE, the UK’s leading mobile network operator. Under this structure, there will be six lines of business. Two will serve consumers, two will focus on businesses and the public sector – one in the UK […]
Without making specific allegations, the Future of TV Coalition – a diverse group of US programmers, content creators, civic groups and television providers formed to celebrate and promote the thriving innovation that is revolutionising the video viewing experience – has intimated that Google may well have had advanced warning of the FCC’s plans to introduce […]
Barbara van Schewick, Professor of Law and Helen L. Crocker Faculty Scholar at Stanford Law School, Director of Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society, has suggested that US telco T-Mobile’s Binge On service introduced in November 2015 that offers ‘unlimited’ video streaming from selected providers violates key net neutrality principles as currently offered […]
Michael Powell, President and CEO of US trade body the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) and a former Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission himself, has hit out at plans by current incumbent Tom Wheeler to introduce regulation that he says would pave the way for software, devices and other innovative solutions to compete […]
Sky Q, which the broadcaster describes as the next generation of TV, will go on sale in February with Sky’s lowest ever set-up cost for a brand new premium product launch. Set-up costs for Sky Q will be from just £99 (€130). The typical monthly cost for existing Sky+ customers will be around £12 extra […]
More than three-quarters (88 per cent) of millennials engage in second screen behaviours when watching video content, the highest percentage of any demographic, according to a study from US trade body the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), formerly the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA). The report,