Modern Times Group (MTG) has confirmed that Viasat Broadcasting has signed an agreement with Canal Digital in Sweden to include the Kanal 5 channel on Viasat's DTH satellite and IPTV platforms, and for TV3 to be made available on the Canal Digital satellite and IPTV platforms. The channels will be included in Viasat's and Canal […]
NDS, has announced that Viasat, digital satellite pay-TV operator serving Scandinavia and the Baltic region, has extended its long-standing relationship with NDS for the provision of VideoGuard conditional access. In addition, the companies have made a new agreement whereby NDS is to commence supplying Viasat with MediaHighway middleware, XTV DVR technology, and a customised EPG […]
Sales of set-top boxes (STBs) for IPTV video services will show strong growth through 2010 in North America and Europe, fuelled by increased deployment of consumer video services by telephone companies, with STB revenues for the two regions peaking at about $765 million in 2010, according to a report from Light Reading. “The North American […]
YouTube video posters will now be able to share in the profits that the video-sharing website makes from advertising, after the site extended a partnership scheme to the UK. The programme was launched in the US last year and Google claims some partners were earning several thousand dollars a month from videos on the site.
E4 will launch the second series of its hit drama Skins online with the first episode played out on the channel's website and on social network site MySpace in the week before its transmission on TV.
Evolving Systems, provider of software solutions and services to the wireless, wireline and IP carrier market, has confirmed that its Tertio Service Activation solution and Tertio Service Verification solution have been selected by German broadband carrier Unitymedia to support their growth strategy for triple play services. Unitymedia’s core business is TV, with more than five […]
Verimatrix has announced that systems integrator Unión Electrica has deployed the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS) for IPTV within its platform solution for the UNE-EPM Telecomunicaciones IPTV deployment. UNE-EPM, a division of Empressa Publica de MedellÃn, will be formally launching its IPTV service in MedellÃn and Bogotá over the next few months. Verimatrix joins […]
Swiss based i-concerts has finalised a deal with Numericable, France's largest cable operator, to launch the company's i-concerts HD TV channel as part of its service in Spring 2008. i-concerts HD's launch on Numericable marks the first time it will be available to European cable subscribers.
Mobile set to surpass online TV delivery Mobile delivery of TV and music will exceed online delivery by 2010, international authors group CISAC has reported. CISAC, the worldwide organisation of copyright societies, said that consumption of audiovisual content on mobile devices will grow 68 per cent per year through 2010. Driven mainly by mobile TV, […]
Satellite TV contributed to video customer gains for AT&T in the fourth quarter. The telco giant’s IPTV platform also gained a significant number of new subscribers during the three-month period. On satellite TV, AT&T said it was serving 2.116 million bundled dish customers at the end of December. That’s up from the 1.986 million customers […]