Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) UK has confirmed that three of the studio’s summer releases – Jack & Jill, The Vow and 21 Jump Street – will arrive in stores during June and July 2012 with UltraViolet digital versions of the movies included with their respective Blu-ray Discs and DVDs. Purchasers of the titles will […]
Cisco, which was recently rumoured to be considering disposal of its Scientific Atlanta set-top box business, has confirmed its commitment to the operation as part of its strategy to benefit from the rising tide of video consumption. Cisco has “a huge commitment to video,” John Chambers, Cisco’s CEO and chairman, told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, noting […]
ContentGuard, a subsidiary of Pendrell, has announced a licensing agreement with Fujitsu, a specialist in communications technology. ContentGuard is a developer of digital rights management (DRM) technologies, and the agreement licenses the company’s DRM patents for Fujitsu’s mobile handsets and tablet devices. ContentGuard’s DRM solutions enable the consumer-friendly implementation of digital content distribution models such […]
At the IP&TV World Forum, AirTies Wireless Networks announced today that it has licensed Conax conditional access technology. The first product to launch is the Air 7210 Hybrid Cable Set-top box, a performance optimised, High-definition, dual-tuner. The Air 7210C is suited particularly well to markets where operators want to combine cable television delivery with added-value […]
MobiTV has collaborated with Amino to develop a next generation TV Everywhere offering, consisting of an Amino set-top box fully integrated with MobiTV’s technology platform. The MobiTV TV Everywhere Media Player and DRM solution have been embedded within an Amino set-top box; creating a secure, high-quality adaptive streaming experience while eliminating the need for managed […]
Google has launched a new online store branded Google Play, – offering consumers a one- stop marketplace for music, movies, books, apps and other digital media content. The Google Play store will create a unified digital entertainment destination that combines the company’s Android Market app store, as well as other stores including Google Music and […]
As reported by advanced-television.com on February 28th, further reports have emerged that US retail giant Wal-Mart is set announce its support for the UltraViolet digital movie technology at a media event to be held in Los Angeles next Tuesday. As the nation’s biggest seller of DVDs – responsible for up to 40 per cent of […]
Conax has announced it has furthered its partnership with pay-TV provider, Malivision. The Malivision DTT platform has chosen an upgraded Conax CAS7 to Conax Contego to secure its MMDS operations. Conax says the solution includes functionality for centralised security operations and comprehensive system management easily managed through a highly user-friendly interface. The company says Conax […]
US retail giant Wal-Mart Stores is in discussions with companies behind the UltraViolet (UV) common file format and digital rights authentication ecosystem to provide an in-store service that will assist customers in registering DVDs they already own, reports The Wall Street Journal. UV has some 800,000 household accounts in the US since the first UV-enabled […]
Switzerland’s Kudelski Group, owner of Nagravision, has revealed its 2011 annual results. Group revenues in constant currency declined by 3.8 per cent from CHF 1.069 billion (€887m) in 2010 to CHF 896.6 million in 2011, with the Digital TV segment driving most of the decline The continued fall of USD and Euro rates affected the […]