The BBC has confirmed the timetable that will make HD services on Freeview available to 50 per cent of the UK population in time for next June's World Cup, and to 98.5 per cent of the population by the end of digital switchover in three years' time. The Freeview HD rollout has been accelerated so […]

The 3D Festival will be offered to subscribers as part of its on demand service from November 17, the same time as Channel 4's own HD season gets underway. Subscribers can pick up the amber and blue glasses from Sainsbury's or Virgin Media stores. "Virgin Media is always looking at new technology to see if […]

The pay-TV group is in talks with media agencies about offering 3D ads to run on its new 3D platform, which will incorporate advertising capabilities. Sky said: “Although it’s still very early days, we anticipate there being a range of exciting new creative opportunities for advertisers. As we prepare to launch a commercial service next […]

HD PLUS will launch its service for high-definition television, HD+, on November 1, 2009. The market launch will be realised with the HD programmes of broadcasters RTL and VOX; HD versions of Sat.1, ProSieben and kabel eins will be added in January. The first receivers, which are suitable for HD+, will be available commercially with […]

Brightcove, the online video platform, has announced that leading Scottish broadcaster, STV, has launched a series of new HD-quality, long-form video initiatives for catch-up viewing purposes using the Brightcove platform. 'Scotland Revealed' a landmark, three-part documentary series filmed in HD is now available on STV's online TV on Demand service, STV Player, to viewers around […]

Independent US telecommunications network operator Matanuska Telephone Association (MTA) has selected Amino Communications, as part of their expanded HD IP set-top box deployment. Alaska-based MTA provides over 60,000 lines across its 10,000 square mile network area, offering a range of broadband, IPTV and wireless services to residential and business customers.

According to an In-Stat survey, consumers are interested in receiving 3D in the home. Those who have seen three or more 3D movies in the theatre are more interested than the general respondents as are those who own Blu-ray players. Unfortunately about 25 per cent of those who are at least somewhat interested in having […]

Eutelsat Communications has broken through the barrier of 100 High-Definition TV channels broadcasting through its satellites. The 100th channel to take to the skies was Sky Sport 1HD, the flagship channel of the latest HD package from the SKY Italia pay-TV platform. Since the start of transmissions of Euro 1080 on Eutelsat’s satellites in 2005 […]

Nokia, Samsung, Silicon Image, Sony and Toshiba gave confirmed the formation of a Mobile High-Definition Interface Working Group that intends to create an industry standard for an audio/video interface to connect mobile phones or portable consumer electronics (CE) devices directly to high-definition televisions and displays. This new mobile connectivity standard, based on Silicon Image's Mobile […]

According to projections from SNL Kagan, the market for high-definition televisions is expected to pick-up in the second half of 2009 and maintain momentum into 2010. SNL Kagan projects 2009 HDTV sales will reach 29.0 million units, up from an estimated 26.2 million in 2008, as consumers react to lower average retail prices for HDTV […]