Digital content technologist Adobe has unveiled what it is claiming as the industry’s first fully integrated video technology platform, codenamed Project Primetime, to enable smooth, TV-like experiences for ad-supported videos across Web-connected devices. This new platform delivers premium video and ad content consistently across all major platforms, including Apple iOS, Google Android, desktop operating systems […]
Six Viacom channels will launch on the Digiturk pay TV service in Turkey in a six-year carriage deal. The new agreement will see localised versions of the European feeds of six VIMN channels on Digiturk. MTV, MTV Live and Nickelodeon will roll out on March 1st whilst Nickelodeon HD and Nick Jr will also launch […]
Modern Times Group (MTG), the international entertainment broadcasting group, is increasing the number of regional broadcasts for its TV3 free-TV channel in Sweden from six to 19 effective immediately. The same programming content is broadcast across all of the regions but separate advertising has now been included in each regional broadcast. MTG has also combined […]
Dublin-based Solaris Mobile has signed up i-enquire, and along with Enterprise Ireland and the European Space Agency, to develop applications for the car and truck market in Europe to tap into S-band hybrid services. This initial deal covers traffic-based information. “The project partnership will look at the development of applications for route planning and real-time […]
The British pub landlady who won a partial victory at the ECJ over using a Greek services decoder to watch the English Premier League, has won the latest legal round at the UK High Court. Instead of using Sky, on which it costs £700 (€824) a month to see Premier League matches, she used the […]
Channel 4 has teamed up with Hat Trick Productions and Widebeam Digital to become the UK’s first terrestrial channel to launch a publicly available mobile app that uses hidden audio triggers to unlock exclusive additional content. Enabled by Intrasonics Technology, viewers can enable the app to ‘listen in’ on episodes of Facejacker to unlock bonus […]
BBC News have confirmed the launch the BBC News app for Android large tablet devices for audiences all around the world. The app is available to download from Android Market. This launch follows the success of the BBC News app for Android smartphones, which has been downloaded more than three million times globally since launching […]
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 […]
Following the stalling of the SOPA and PIPA anti-piracy measures in the US Congress, largely in response to activist claims of Internet censorship, Senator Chris Dodd, Chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), has continued to offer a more conciliatory approach to the technology community, while still stressing the importance of […]
UltraViolet (UV) – the studio-backed common file format and digital rights authentication system – has achieved a milestone of 800,000 household accounts in the US, according to the IHS Screen Digest US Video Market Intelligence Service from information and analysis provider IHS. The UV initiative has made rapid progress since the first UV-enabled DVD and […]