Virgin Media has confirmed the upcoming launch of Film4 HD and E4 HD on its digital TV platform. Virgin Media's digital TV customers will be the first to watch Film4 in high Definition as the channel launches exclusively on Virgin Media this summer. E4 HD is expected to launch on Virgin Media in April.
From David del Valle in Madrid Prisa-controlled Canal Plus Spain will launch its first 3-D transmissions in April this year through its channel Canal Plus 3D, with plans to end 2010 with regular 3D transmissions. The channel will be available through the iPlus box, sponsored by digital DTH platform Digital Plus, which also HDTV-ready. The […]
With its 3D-ready satellites and teleports serving as the distribution backbone, SES World Skies, a division of SES, has announced it plans to join leading broadcasters, programmers, TV makers and technology providers in a series of extensive tests aimed at accelerating the delivery of 3D TV. Planned for this spring, the trials are expected to […]
Global 3D television shipments will soar to 78 million units by 2015, rising at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 80 per cent from 4.2 million in 2010, iSuppli Corp. predicts. Revenue from shipments of these sets will boom to $64.3 million in 2015, up by nearly a factor of nine from $7.4 million […]
Penthouse, publisher of the Penthouse Magazine, has confirmed launch of Penthouse HD on the Eutelsat KabelKiosk digital channel platform extending its coverage in German digital cable networks. The channel-launch is in conjunction with Penthouse's current Pan-European HDTV distribution strategy. Eutelsat KabelKiosk is a leading autonomous service and channel-platform in Germany for digital cable networks cooperating […]
Sony said the company's line-up of 3D TVs would arrive in Australia in July. The company has one model planned, the LX900, which has 3D fully integrated, and two other models, the HX800 and 900, which can display 3D with an optional accessory. “This year represents the sunrise of 3D technology in Australia,” claimed Barbour. […]
French pay TV operator Canal Plus plans to launch a 3D channel by the end of the year. Canal Plus’s deputy general director for technology, Joseph Guegan, told “Ecran Total” magazine that the company expects to resolve the remaining technical problems during the first half of the year and intends to launch a dedicated 3D […]
Strategy & Technology (S&T), a specialist in MHEG middleware and interactive playout systems, has announced that its RedKey 2 MHEG engine is powering the text and interactive services in the new Humax Freeview HD set-top box. The Humax HD-FOX T2 is the first DVB-T2 capable Freeview HD receiver to go on sale in the UK. […]
From David Del Valle in Madrid The Spanish Government is to approve a Royal Decree before the analogue switch-off, scheduled for March 30th, which will lay the groundwork for the launch of HD through DTT. To foster HD, the Administration will oblige all electronic manufacturers to include an integrated HD decoder in all TV sets […]
France's TV regulator the Conseil supérieur de l’audiovisuel has drawn up a new timetable for the deployment of high definition digital terrestrial television. This decision was taken in agreement with TF1 HD, France 2 HD and M6 HD, comprising the multiplex R5 The Arte HD and Canal + HD channels are broadcast on other multiplexes […]