The head of New Mexico’s Spaceport Authority told a special US investigation committee that she was hoping Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic ‘SpaceShip Two’ sub-orbital space plane would start regular commercial flights next summer, but not before July. However, Christine Anderson added something of a sting in the tail of her answer by saying that […]
India’s giant Hinduja Group is to launch the nation’s second HITS (Headend-in-the-Sky) service. Subhash Chandra’s Zee operation already has a similar service running. Hinduja’s proposal is to launch NXT Digital in August. It received its formal licence to operate on July 14. Hinduja Ventures investment arm says it will be targeting India’s Phase III and […]
Telesystem has launched the first third-generation DTT box in Italy, based on the DVB-T2 standard and equipped with the latest video compression codec HEVC. The Telesystem TS6800T2 HEVC arrives on the Italian market one year before July 1st 2016 deadline, established by law, that sets the mandatory technical requirements for DTT boxes, in view of […]
Humax and Freesat have launched the most compact Freetime set-top box recorder to date, bringing the benefits of the subscription free satellite TV service to a wider group of space-conscious consumers. Integrated Wi-Fi has been built-in to the new PVR range for seamless access to Freesat’s Freetime on-demand and catch-up players including BBC iPlayer, ITV […]
Next-generation television services specialist TiVo has confirmed that for the first time, TiVo users can access their content on TV via a third party consumer electronics device. TiVo users can now stream their recorded shows to Apple TV via AirPlay. TiVo says its users have yet another way to watch their favourite shows, on another […]
Telco TV specialist Netgem has secured a major content upgrade to its Internet TV platform with the addition of online entertainment streaming service Netflix. The new service is already available in Finland with Elisa TV, and Totalplay in Mexico, for an initial reach of over 400,000 subscribers. The Netgem TV service integrates broadcast TV with […]
Humax has been awarded Bronze status by BT’s Supplier Forum, a sustainability programme designed for suppliers. The Forum, developed by BT to encourage suppliers to address sustainability challenges in 2012, assesses suppliers against the development and implementation of sustainability policies and practices in ten categories from environment to human rights, labour and ethics. Humax was […]
The burgeoning interest in on-demand streaming video, driven by new OTT service offerings such as Netflix and Amazon Prime Instant Video, together with the rapid proliferation of Internet-enabled devices, is one of the major market trends of the moment. This, however, puts an enormous strain on in-home networks which can struggle to cope with the […]
Leading technology organisations, consumer advocate organisations, and video device companies have formed an advocacy coalition to push for video device competition. Members of the Consumer Video Choice Coalition include CCIA, COMPTEL, Public Knowledge, Writers Guild of America, West, Ceton, Google,Hauppauge, SiliconDust, TiVo Inc., and VIZIO. “The market is driving video consumers to go over-the-top, break […]
Motive Television, the technology provider to broadcasters and pay television operators, has developed a Mobile Personal Video Recorder (PVR), which the company believes is the world’s first ATSC format PVR for mobile devices. Unlike other personal video recorders, Mobile PVR is entirely based on proprietary Motive software. This new product provides the ability to […]