Set-top box giant Pace might have to face an official City enquiry into its results statement. Pace’s shares fell back almost 20 per cent yesterday. The problem is CEO Neil Gaydon told analysts and press that one significant US order would be delayed by a year because the customer had decided to adopt new technology. […]
Vivendi’s Canal Plus unit didn’t abide by commitments made to France’s antitrust regulator when it bought a rival in 2006, French newspaper La Tribune has reported, saying it has seen a preliminary report by the regulator. The authority is probing Canal Plus’s practices following the purchase of competitor TPS, and is expected to publish the […]
Speaking at the Association of European Radio’s 20th Anniversary Conference in Brussels, Neelie Kroes, Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for the Digital Agenda, told delegates they must think creatively to solve the issues holding back the proliferation of digital radio in Europe. “Let me give you just one example,” she said. “In the absence […]
At the 67th Meeting of the Steering Board, the DVB approved the latest version of its specification for interactivity – Globally Executable MHP (GEM). This new version of GEM v1.3 prepared by the ad-hoc group TM-MUG, chaired by Michael Lagally (Oracle), now provides support for Over-The-Top (OTT) television and Hybrid Broadcast/Broadband (HBB). This new version […]
TV One’s newest format converter, the 1T-FC-766, converts HDMI to 3G SDI and allows HDMI signals to be displayed on an SDI monitor. The 1T-FC-766 features high Bitrate processing ensuring fast signal transmission without signal loss and also allows great flexibility in monitor selection since extremely high quality displays can be accomplished on a high […]
As expected, Jeremy Hunt, culture secretary, has cleared the News Corp takeover of the 61 per cent of Sky it doesn’t already own. In a compromise to avert concerns on plurality in the UK news market, Sky News will be spun off as a separate UK PLC with shares distributed to BSkyB stockholders on their […]
Jeremy Hunt, Culture Secretary, who approved the deal says: “Informed by advice from the regulators, I believe that these will address concerns about media plurality should the proposed News Corporation/BSkyB merger go ahead. The undertakings offered would ensure that shareholdings in Sky News would remain unchanged, and indeed offer it more independence from News Corporation […]
Ofcom has published its advice to Jeremy Hunt, Culture Secretary, that finally recommended accepting the Undertakings in Lieu (UILs) offered by News Corp as a condition of approval of its takeover of Sky. Hunt has given approval and nominated a further period of public consultation on his decision through to March 21st. The letters show […]
The Italian State Council has ruled that Sky Italia can take part in the tender for DTT frequencies in Italy. The government had originally tried to thwart the News Corp owned broadcaster’s attempt at obtaining terrestrial frequencies. There are currently 21 multiplexes available in the country, of which 16 have already been awarded.
Simon Woodward, CEO of digital TV software provider ANT, has implied that delays in agreeing product specifications that deliver the benefit of merged linear and Internet TV has affected the company’s revenues. Woodward’s comments came as ANT reported a seven per cent drop in full year revenue to £4.35million (€5.14m) last year from £4.70 million […]