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Apple iCloud TV

In an unusual preview of next week’s annual developer conference, Apple has revealed it will announce an new ‘iCloud’ service that will include Internet TV. The company gave few details but analysts said it is likely it would allow people access to music, photos and videos on multiple Apple devices, without needing to sync those […]

June 1, 2011

CEA: 10% will cord cut

New research from trade group the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) suggests consumers are relying less and less on over-the-air TV signals and few US households have interest in cancelling their pay-TV service, leading to a call for incentive auctions for broadcast spectrum. In a phone survey of 1,256 adults conducted in December 2010, CEA found […]

June 1, 2011By Colin Mann

Foxtel hits back over content access fears

Foxtel chief Kim Williams has hit back at claims made May 31 by telco Optus that the pay-TV group’s proposed A$1.9 billion merger with Austar could threaten competitive access to content. Optus CEO Paul O’Sullivan used a keynote speech at a the CeBIT conference to call on the competition regulator to consider creating “must-share provisions” […]

June 1, 2011By Colin Mann

ADB to supply Kft with set-top solution

Advanced Digital Broadcast (ADB) has confirmed it will deliver the ADB-2850ST hybrid digital set-top box, pre-integrated with its award-winning Carbo user interface to Business Telecom. Using the ADB-2850ST platform, Kft will create an enhanced consumer TV experience for its subscribers. Users will be able to quickly and easily access a broad range of high definition […]

June 1, 2011

New Sunrise DVB from Ocean Blue

Ocean Blue Software has released a new version of its Sunrise DVB software to support multi-core CPUs and multi-tasking. The move comes as processing power built into TVs and PVRs reaches new levels, and will allow manufacturers to take full advantage of the power; offering faster, richer user interfaces. The enhancement means Sunrise DVB is […]

June 1, 2011

Telekom Austria expands TV channels

Telekom Austria Group has confirmed that A1 Kabel TV, the IPTV offering of its Austrian subsidiary A1, will be expanding its service to include more regional and foreign-language channels. Effective immediately, A1 Kabel TV will provide additional Serbian and Turkish channels, as well as 10 new foreign-language stations. The number of channels in A1 Kabel […]

May 31, 2011

Foxtel drops Xbox data charges

Australian pay-TV provider Foxtel has confirmed that Telstra BigPond broadband customers will not be charged for any data when using Foxtel on Xbox 360, and six BigPond TV channels are to be added to the service. This means all video content will be unmetered for Telstra BigPond customers when viewing the Foxtel on Xbox 360 […]

May 31, 2011

Research: OTT revenues $20bn in 2016

The number of online video viewers worldwide is expected to eclipse 1.3 billion by 2016, growing from a current 2010 base of just over 780 million, according to ABI Research. As more consumers look to their broadband connections for content, the Over the Top (OTT) video industry will likewise grow with many companies such as […]

May 29, 2011

Arqiva abandons SeeSaw online TV

Arqiva is to close online TV venture SeeSaw after failing to find an investment partner or buyer. The company, which is a partner in the BBC-backed YouView video-on-demand venture, will pull the plug on SeeSaw next month. The shutdown comes five months after Arqiva appointed Ingenious Media to find an investment partner or buyer for […]

May 27, 2011

YouTube: TV content boosts views 50%

YouTube has reported a 50 per cent jump in video views, taking the total to 3 billion views a day and it has revealed more than 48 hours of video are uploaded to the site each minute, a 37 per cent rise over the last six months. YouTube attributes the increase in viewing to its […]

May 26, 2011