Comcast and Time Warner have signed a long-term agreement that provides Comcast digital cable customers with access to TV shows and movies from Turner Broadcasting System, networks, including TNT, TBS, CNN, HLN, truTV, Turner Classic Movies, Cartoon Network and Adult Swim. The content will appear shortly after initial airing at no additional cost to Comcast’s […]
Demonstrations to highlight how operators can easily deliver and monetise video across mobile, tablet, PC and TV screens Stand 2B101 at Mobile World Congress – RGB Networks, the leader in high-capacity multi-screen video delivery, will showcase its solutions for optimising the delivery of video to mobile, tablet, PC and TV environments. At Mobile World Congress, […]
ITV has announced an exclusive three year partnership with global mobile and digital communications business Mobile Interactive Group (MIG). MIG has been appointed as the exclusive mobile interactive technology provider and strategic partner to ITV. The partnership is a continuation of five years of mobile technology service provision, where ITV have seen substantial increased popularity […]
An iPlayer application for iOS devices, which was announced over a year ago, and eventually green-lighted by the BBC Trust six months ago, appears to be imminent. The app will be available by the end of February according to various reports. It’s currently possible to use the iPlayer service via a web interface on iOS […]
Football’s governing body FIFA has confirmed the extension of its broadcast rights agreement with Al Jazeera Sport for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia and the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar. The agreement is the first to be signed in FIFA’s media rights distribution process for the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups, which it […]
Industry bodies OIPF (Open IPTV Forum) and bmcoforum (Broadcast Mobile Convergence Forum) have revealed plans to join forces and merge the activities of bmcoforum into the OIPF. The pair say the merger will result in a strong single entity with broad representation and influence across the fixed and mobile broadband industries, as the two bodies […]
Bytemobile data shows that video became the dominant form of mobile data traffic in 2010 – accounting for more than 40 per cent of the total volume in wireless networks worldwide. With the rise of full-length and studio-quality videos and live streaming of multimedia content on mobile devices – as well as the emergence of […]
International news channel euronews has unveiled a range of developments which it claims will take the channel to a new dimension. As 2011 gets under way, the service is switching to a 16/9 format and introducing a range of presentational, organisational and distribution initiatives. euronews is to open 11 news desks during the coming year […]
Thomson Broadcast has revealed that WGCL-TV, the CBS affiliate serving the Atlanta market, has purchased a new Thomson Mobile DTV transmission system based on the ATSC A/153 standard. WGCL-TV contracted Thomson Broadcast to deliver, integrate, and commission the fully redundant Mobile DTV package, which was taken online in September 2010 in a cost-effective upgrade to […]
South Korea is keen to share knowledge and extend its cooperation on new technologies in information communication and technology (ICT), such as mobile tv (terrestrial DMB (T-DMB) services), and wireless broadband with Malaysia and the rest in the Asean region. Korea Communication Commission director-general Hwanjung Yang said it was ready to help Asean countries to […]