Over two-thirds (68 per cent) of the 60 million television sets in the UK are now digitally – linked via cable, satellite or digital terrestrial – according to the latest figures from Ofcom . The Digital Progress Report for the first quarter of 2008 shows that the total number of digitally-linked sets has grown by […]

DirecTV customers nationwide are embracing a new way to remotely record their favourite shows to their DVRs with the DirecTV DVR Scheduler, which has reached a milestone with more than one million recordings scheduled remotely through the service. "The positive response we have received for the DirecTV DVR Scheduler has truly surpassed our expectations," said […]

China Telecom has set up an IPTV technology research and development laboratory in its Shanghai research institute.The lab mainly aims at creating technical standards that are consistent with international standards for Chinese IPTV manufacturers and offering test and authorisation services to IPTV platform and terminal suppliers throughout China.At present, the Chinese government has not issued […]

CNN’s international news site has seen a 250 per cent increase in traffic to its video reports in the past year, according to the company, reflecting an industry-wide surge in demand for video content. The US news broadcaster saw its biggest traffic spikes in May around its video reports of the demonstrations in Myanmar and […]

BT Vision has confirmed it will be offering sports channel Setanta Sports 1 on a subscription free basis. If users sign up to the Bronze,

Mobile operator Orange is preparing to launch a major push for mobile social networking in the UK with a service which aggregates users’ accounts across the major social networks.Launched as a trial in France last month under the name MySocialPlace, Orange has now partnered with the biggest social networks – Facebook, MySpace and Bebo – […]

Macrovision Solutions has signed a license agreement with Yahoo Japan, the country's largest web portal. Under the terms of the agreement, Yahoo Japan will deploy a syndicated version of G-GUIDE, Macrovision's interactive programme guide (IPG) service in Japan, through Yahoo TV.

The BBC is developing plans to bring its web video iPlayer catch-up service to television screens, in a move that would take its online ambitions to a new level and pit the corporation against technology groups such as Apple. Mark Thompson, BBC director-general, told the FT it was “looking very hard at” forming an alliance […]

Google is being forced to hand over the personal information of every person who has ever watched a video on the YouTube website as part of the billion-dollar copyright case brought by Viacom. A judge in New York has ordered that Google, which owns YouTube, must pass on the details of more than 100 million […]

Telcos that are investing heavily in IPTV infrastructure and services to drive new revenues also need to ensure that tools and technologies are in place to monitor their customers’ quality of experience (QOE) with their video services. However, telcos aren’t sure if today’s IPTV QOE test and measurement tools provide the right level of service […]