Rovi and LG Electronics have signed multi-year licencing agreements that expand their relationship and provide further integration of DivX technology into a wider range of consumer electronics devices. LG’s latest agreements support its plans to continue to promote the technology on devices beyond Blu-ray Disc players, to ultimately include HDTVs, in-car players, set-top boxes, tablets […]
As Britain steels itself for a potential fortnight of ‘Murray-mania’, which will see the British Number 1 tennis player once again attempt to become the first ‘Grand Slam’ winner of the modern era, research suggests that millions of employees could tune in at work, with employers decreeing ‘business as usual’ during the Wimbledon tournament. However, […]
Media Broadcast, a company of the TDF Group and a European service provider to the broadcast and media industry, has been selected by the Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) to conduct a DVB-T2 technical trial in the city state. This technical trial sets the groundwork to enable free-to-air digital terrestrial TV reception using the […]
The US Senate Judiciary Committee has approved a measure that would make illegal streaming of video over the Internet a felony offence in some cases, and has sent the proposed legislation to the full Senate. The Bill, S. 978, would make illegal video streaming for commercial purposes a felony punishable by as much as five […]
Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev has signed into federal law new rules covering all aspects of “the mass media,” says the Kremlin press service. Russia’s State Duma (parliament) passed the law on 3 June 2011. The Federation Council approved it on 8 June 2011. Medvedev signed the new bill on June 14. In essence, the new […]
State Micro Technology Corporation (SMiT), a global CAM manufacturer, has joined the CI Plus LLP as its seventh partner. In August 2009, SMiT became the first CAM manufacturer to commercially launch CI PLUS CAMs for Ziggo, the largest cable operator in the Netherlands. Since then, SMiT has successfully completed integration of CI Plus standard into […]
State Micro Technology Corporation (SMiT), a leading global CAM manufacturer, has announced that it has joined the CI Plus LLP as its seventh partner. In August 2009, SMiT became the first CAM manufacturer to commercially launch CI PLUS CAMs for Ziggo, the largest cable operator in the Netherlands. Since then, SMiT has successfully completed integration […]
Italy’s plans to raise $3.5 billion by selling off its analogue TV spectrum are in chaos. There are more than one hundred local TV channels involved who say they will not release their spectrum unless they receive better compensation terms. Worse, Italy’s cellular phone operators, the likely buyers of the spectrum, say they will not […]
A study published in the wake of the European Parliament Resolution shows significant benefits could flow from use of 1.4 GHz band for a supplemental mobile downlink for enhanced multi-media and broadband services There could be up to eight times as much data being downloaded than is being uploaded in mobile networks. And this imbalance […]
The Chairman of the Canada’s broadcasting regulator has called for a rethink of the entire regulatory system, including the status of his own organisation. Delivering a welcome address at the Banff World TV Festival, Konrad von Finckenstein, Chairman of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), outlined a number of media industry activities that are […]