Even though 56 per cent of all American homes are getting HD signals on their high def sets, well over 80 per cent of viewing is still done in standard definition, Nielsen reports. Only 13 per cent of the viewing for the entire day of cable programming and only 19 per cent of the viewing […]
UK digital satellite platform Sky has reached its target of 10 million TV customers, equivalent to 36 per cent of households in the UK and Ireland. BSkyB set the target in August 2004, since when a further 2.6 million customers have subscribed. Sky TV now reaches more than 25 million people. Around a third of […]
Netgear has revealed a new category of wireless router that enables customers to connect televisions to the Web wirelessly. Patrick Lo, Netgear’s chairman and chief executive officer, said “A lot of the new Internet-connected televisions have an Ethernet port in the back. We want to offer products that can help customers stream very high bandwidth […]
Platform ‘n’, the leading DTH service in Poland, has brought more viewing choice to its subscribers with the addition of AXN HD, a new channel featuring the AXN experience in high-definition. The news—announced today by Platform ‘n’ Chief Operating Officer Christian Anting—represents the operator’s continued commitment to expand its high-definition offerings. Owned by Sony Entertainment […]
Digital connectivity solutions provider Gefen have announced that two new ToolBox Splitters are shipping with Gefen Fast Switching Technology (FST) and 3DTV enabled. Now sources using HDMI with HDCP (high-bandwidth digital content protection) will no longer introduce a delay when syncing. Plus HDMI v1.4 features are implemented to support 3DTV. The ToolBox 1:4 and 1:8 […]
Findings from the an extensive 3DTV viewer study, conducted by ESPN during the summer’s 2010 World Cup tournament has revealed that people remember TV ads better in 3D than in 2D. ESPN used Disney’s Media and Ad Lab in Austin to measure viewer response to its inaugural 3D coverage. It was, for the most part, […]
Platform ‘n,’ Poland’s leading DTH service, will offer Fox HD to its subscribers from November 6th. Platform ‘n’ delivers a total of 19 HD channels to its growing subscriber base of more than 735,000, and plans to launch additional HD channels later this month. With the addition of Fox HD, Platform n subscribers will now […]
Associated Press Television News, the world’s leading video news agency, is making a multi-million dollar investment to upgrade its newsgathering infrastructure, provide pictures in high definition to the broadcast and digital markets and significantly increase the depth and breadth of video coverage from around the world. The plan will ensure that AP’s video operations are […]
Virgin Media has revealed first details of its upcoming TiVo-powered HD/3D set top box which will give customers a record breaking 1 TeraByte of PVR storage. The new HD/3D set top box will launch alongside Virgin Media’s new TiVo-powered next generation connected TV service scheduled for later this year, and will be capable of storing […]
The launch of the latest two La Sexta’s channels, La Sexta 3 and La Sexta HD, has completed the picture for nationwide DTT channels across Spain: 33 DTT channels -30 FTA and 3 pay TV- are now available across the country. Over the last few months, DTT channels like Nitro, Boing, La 10 or MTV […]