TeliaSonera International Carrier has revealed that its Media Distribution Service (MDS) has been chosen by Finnish broadcaster YLE to power its new live streaming and catch up services, YLE Areena. Finnish public broadcaster, YLE broadcasts an array of content across its four channels, including international sports events. Through TeliaSonera International Carrier’s Award Winning MDS, viewers […]
A consortium of five technology partners – BeeSmart, Edgeware, NetView, Zenterio and Verimatrix has announced the immediate availability of an advanced WebTV solution; an over the top content delivery mechanism, ideal for TV service providers with an ambition to offer rich TV and on-demand services over unmanaged broadband networks.
YouView, the VOD service born from a partnership between the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, TalkTalk, BT, Channel 5 and Arqiva, is strangling investment in rival Internet TV services, according to a report by the corporate finance firm Avista Partners. And Electra Entertainment, a company that provides online TV services to clients including Tesco, has told […]
Sony has unveiled a set-top box that will bring Bravia Internet TV and DLNA media sharing features built into its TVs and Blu-ray players on other makers TVs. The SMP-N100’s content feeds are accessed through Sony’s XMB user interface, which allows users to access the likes of Lovefilm, BBC iPlayer, Demand Five, YouTube, FIFA football […]
Rovi, has announced a multiyear patent-licensing agreement with Apple. Apple is gearing up to ship Apple TV, a device that will let users rent TV shows and movies and play back content purchased through iTunes, starting later this month for a list price of $99. Rovi claims to have an intellectual-property portfolio comprising more than […]
Following its incorporation as YouView TV Ltd at the end of last week, Project Canvas, the proposed joint venture between the BBC, ITV, BT, Channel 4, Channel 5, Talk Talk and Arqiva to build a standards based, open Internet-connected TV environment, is being rebranded as YouView, and has launched a new website – www.youview.com – […]
Boxee will begin shipping its Internet TV STBs across Europe in November, it says. The box, manufactured by D-Link says the cost will be £199 (E240). The Boxee Box will also be available in Canada and Australia. In the US the device will be available exclusively from Amazon for pre-launch orders. The Boxee Box will […]
Intel has unveiled SoCs for smart TVs. At its annual launch event Intel debuted two new Atom chips with the CE4200 series designed for ‘blending’ TV and web browsing. “We’ve got to cover a lot of territory and as Atom is coming into these market segments where Intel architecture hasn’t been before we’re really trying […]
Thirteen per cent of current pay TV subscribers in the US say they are “somewhat” or “very” likely to cancel their current subscription in the next twelve months—and not sign up with another provider—according to a survey of 2,000 US households conducted by Strategy Analytics. The firm says that “cord cutting” in favour of […]
YouTube has been testing as a prelude to widespread live video-streaming, testing it with four Web video companies. Howcast, Next New Networks, Rocketboom and Young Hollywood, will be streaming during this week. “Based on the results of this initial test, we’ll evaluate rolling out the platform more broadly to our partners worldwide,” the company said. […]