GoBackTV, supplier of digital video headend and edge solutions, has been selected by Marco Island Cable in Florida to augment its video services, following a successful field-trial of multicast cable IPTV using the GoBackTV CMTS-bypass solution.
Interactive Digital Sales (IDS), the advertising solutions provider for Virgin Media Television, has selected Chellomedia's Mistral software to create and publish templated interactive advertising on the Sky Satellite platform. Chellomedia's Mistral software has been recently enhanced to offer a range of advertising solutions for UK satellite, DTT and European Cable platforms. The solutions offer media […]
From David Del Valle in Madrid Telco operator Abertis is leading a project to develop a single DTT box and pre-paid cards to allow DTT broadcasters to offer certain pay TV services, such as cinema or football or music events following the Italian example. The company plans to set up a centre or a factory […]
From Branislav Pekic in Rome Eight Italian satellite TV companies have set up the Association of Independent Digital Television Channels (ADTI) in Rome. The association is open to all independent Italian media groups that transmit at least one channel in Italy on any distribution platform. The founding members operate a total of 25 digital TV […]
Thousands of people are still not ready for the first phase of Britain’s digital switchover in the northern town of Whitehaven, despite a huge publicity campaign. Digital UK, the body overseeing the switch-off of the analogue TV signal, said that up to 20 per cent of local households – around 5,000 – had not yet […]
Channel 4 has held talks with Emap about taking full control of Box Television – owner of seven music channels on digital television platforms such as Freeview, including Kerrang!, Kiss, Q and The Hits, the UK's most popular music channel. The broadcaster, which bought half of Emap's music television division in July for £28 million, […]
ITN's multimedia division, ITN On today, has unveiled its latest online initiative with the launch of an ITN channel on YouTube. The ad-funded channel will have entertainment at its heart, plus sports, film and Bollywood programmes made specifically for online platforms allowing YouTube users to view, comment on and link to their favourite ITN content.
Sony Computer Entertainment Korea plans to launch a service in November that will enable the PlayStation 3 to act as a set-top box to receive telco KT’s Mega TV IPTV service, The Korea Times reported. The partnership – Sony’s first foray into using the PlayStation 3 as an IPTV set-top box – would allow gamers […]
The BBC has retained the UK broadcasting and online rights to the US Masters golf tournament up to 2010. Sky had been keen to wrest away rights from the BBC, which has shown the Masters every year since 1986. The agreement provides the BBC with live television and radio rights, plus additional online rights.
From Colin Mann in Cannes European cable industry trade body Cable Europe, has revealed that cable TV operators in Europe added more than two million digital TV customers in the first half of 2007. The cable industry is expected to count more than 16 million digital TV customers by year-end 2007, that would be a […]