Harmonic has announced that SKY Brasil Serviços, Brazil's largest direct-to-home (DTH) satellite video service provider with nearly two million subscribers, has rolled out its new HDTV service based on Harmonic's market-leading MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) digital video delivery solutions. Powered by Harmonic's DiviCom Electra 7000 encoders, ProStream 1000 stream processing platform with DiviTrackIP statistical multiplexing, and […]
Virgin Media has confirmed that Channel 4's high definition channel, 4HD, will join its HD line-up. The channel will be available to Virgin Media's 3.5 million digital TV customers and joins the BBC HD channel, ESPN HD, LIVING HD, FX HD, MTV Networks International's HD channel, MTVNHD, and National Geographic HD in Virgin Media's linear […]
Sky has announced that the number of customers choosing Sky+HD, the UK's only high definition service currently capable of broadcasting 3D services, has increased to 1.313 million following record growth. In the next step in the Sky+HD journey, Sky has confirmed that it will launch the UK's first 3D channel next year. The channel will […]
SES Astra has closed a contract with ProSiebenSat1 for its German group of channels, German Free TV Group, for the transmission of three free TV programmes in High Definition. The channels Sat.1, ProSieben and kabel eins will be broadcast in HD via SES Astra's new HD+ service from January 2010. The programmes will continue to […]
MTV Networks International (MTVNI), owned by Viacom, has announced the ongoing expansion of its first international high-definition service, MTVNHD, with new launches in Germany (Deutsche Telekom), Hungary (Hello HD) and Switzerland (Quickline). From July, UK cable operator, Virgin Media, and Russian DTH platform, NTV Plus, are also slated to launch MTVNHD, bolstering the channel's existing […]
Virgin Media has named four new high definition channels which will soon be available on its award winning TV platform. For the first time, Living will be broadcast in HD and will be joined by HD channels from FX, MTV Networks International and National Geographic. All four channels will be available to Virgin Media's 3.6 […]
From Branislav Pekic in Rome The High Definition channel to be aired on DTT and shared by the three Portuguese national broadcasters "cannot be managed and will never be economically viable", according to the CEO of Media Capital, Bernardo Bairrão. Speaking during the VIII Telecom and Media Forum, he proposed that the space available for […]
The personal video recorder (PVR) market is continuing to grow, fuelled by high-definition models, reports In-Stat. "Demand for HD units has increased dramatically recently," says Mike Paxton, In-Stat analyst. "Over the past 18 months, HD PVR product unit shipments have not only surpassed SD PVR product unit shipments, they now account for nearly 3â„4 of […]
Elgato has introduced EyeTV Sat, a new satellite TV tuner that delivers the clarity of HDTV to the high resolution display of the Mac. EyeTV Sat connects the home satellite dish directly to the Mac via USB 2.0, and receives DVB-S and DVB-S2 transmissions. Powered by Elgato's award-winning EyeTV 3 software, EyeTV Sat enables users […]
Ofcom announced that it has made a provisional decision to reserve capacity in principal to the broadcaster, to provide new HD services on DTT from 2010. Ofcom's decision to award a HD licence to Five is subject to it resolving certain key criteria related to its application. These must be resolved before the year end. […]