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Orange HD mobile TV for Unik

Orange has revealed plans to launch high definition mobile TV for Unik, giving customers in France access to more than sixty high definition mobile TV channels (including twenty with unlimited access). The service will be available on Orange's 3G+ UMA platform through a new and exclusive handset from LG, the LG Secret KF757. The device […]

November 25, 2008

Telefonica launches Imagenio HD

From David Del Valle in Madrid Spain's Telefonica is launching Imagenio on High Definition through its FTTH network for subscribers to Trio Futura at 10 or 30 Megabites. The move comes at a time when the Spanish Telecommunications Market Commission (CMT) has just authorized the company to distribute services over its new FTTH network on […]

November 20, 2008

HDTV owners prefer Blu-ray to streaming

A consumer study commissioned by the Digital Entertainment Group (DEG) indicates HDTV and Blu-ray Disc player owners still find packaged media — such as Blu-ray discs — preferable to alternative Internet streaming and download services to play premium HD movie and video content. The independent study surveyed the inclinations and behaviour of more than 1,100 […]

November 19, 2008

HDTV sets in a third of US homes

Consumer research from Leichtman Research Group has found that 34 per cent of households in the US have at least one high definition television (HDTV) set – approximately double the percentage of households that had an HDTV set two years ago. The growth of HDTV sets was largely driven by on-going consumer purchasing of TV […]

November 14, 2008

AT&T add 30 HD channels

AT&T has confirmed it will add up to 30 new HD channels next week at no additional charge to customers’ current U-verse HD service package. The US telco says the channels will give it more than 75 HD channels. The new channels include several regional sports networks, premium movie channels and basic cable networks.

October 30, 2008

Meo to add SportTV in HD from November

From Branislav Pekic in Rome Portugal Telecom's pay-TV platform, Meo, will add the SporTV channel in high definition from November 1st. The channel, which was so far exclusive to the subscribers of rival pay-TV operator Zon TV Cabo, will be available both on Meo's IPTV and satellite (DTH) services. Launched in June of this year, […]

October 28, 2008

HD Freeview for London by 2010?

Londoners could be able to see Freeview in HD from 2010 after Ofcom outlined a proposal for a pilot scheme that could speed up the roll-out of HD services by two years. Ofcom has launched a consultation, in response to a request from the BBC, to look at temporarily reassigning some spectrum frequencies to allow […]

October 23, 2008

Darty to launch virtual fibre HD service

From Sotires Eleftheriou in Paris French retail chain Darty (owned by the UK Kesa Electricals group) is to launch an ultra high speed (100 Mb/s) service on November 4th, using Completel-Numericable's optical fibre and cable network. Completel-Numericable had already announced in September that it was going to make its network available to other operators. Darty […]

October 23, 2008

Comcast has 1,000 HD choices

Comcast announced that it has reached a major milestone in its "Project Infinity" initiative to expand its HD programming and on-demand choices, which Comcast Chairman Brian Roberts unveiled at the CES show in Las Vegas last January. It says it now has over 1,000 high-definition "viewing choices" between its linear channels and its on-demand offerings, […]

October 16, 2008