Advanced Television

BBC expecting £140m surplus

The BBC is expecting an operating surplus of £140 million (€171m) for its latest financial year to the end of March 2012, which it will use for any unexpected overspends in its Queen’s jubilee and Olympics coverage. According to leaked figures in The Guardian, the BBC’s operations have delivered the £140 million surplus in the […]

May 1, 2012

Russia promises editorial freedom for TV

Russia’s outgoing president Dmitriy Medvedev has said that Russia’s new TV public service will be independent from the state. He also noted that some of the existing state-controlled TV channels should be either sold or “merged into the existing state structures”. Medvedev was speaking in an interview with six TV channels on April 26th – […]

May 1, 2012

SeaChange confirms Rau CEO

SeaChange, the global multi-screen video software company, has confirmed that Raghu Rau has been appointed permanent Chief Executive Officer effective immediately. First appointed interim CEO of SeaChange in November 2011, Rau has led an aggressive strategy to focus the Company on its core software business, delivering software solutions for video service providers globally in cable, […]

May 1, 2012

Convicted cable bosses pay out $728m

Adelphia Communications was once the USA’s fifth-largest cable MSO. Its founder, John Rigas along with son Tim Rigas, were convicted back in 2004 of securities fraud. The company itself went bankrupt in 2006 and its assets split between Comcast and Time Warner. Now the Southern District of New York has confirmed to the 8,500 claimants […]

May 1, 2012By Chris Forrester

Synacor acquires Carbyn

Synacor, the technology platform enabling cable, satellite, telecom and consumer electronics companies to deliver digital entertainment, has acquired Carbyn, the HTML5 Platform that delivers a unified experience for apps across Net-connected devices including smartphones, tablets, laptops, and connected TVs. Through this acquisition, Synacor will be able to offer customers a branded platform where their subscribers […]

May 1, 2012

Simulmedia raises another $6m

Simulmedia the TV ad targeting firm has tapped investors for a third round funding of $6 million. The New York company has raised money from Avalon Ventures, Union Square Ventures and Time Warner Investments. Simulmedia aims to bring like targeting to the TV ad market by using set-top box data to identify shows that advertisers […]

May 1, 2012

ITN Leveson stream reaches over 2m

Live streaming of Rupert and James Murdoch giving evidence at the Leveson inquiry this week reached 2,336,367 people across 215 countries. The ITN Productions live stream was delivered by Rightster across ITN’s network of publishers sites including Mail Online, Guardian.co.uk, ITN.co.uk and Facebook. The peak viewing time on Wednesday 25th April, the first day of […]

May 1, 2012

Allot to acquire Ortiva Wireless

Allot Communications, a provider of service optimisation and revenue generation solutions for fixed and mobile data networks worldwide, is to acquire Ortiva Wireless, which offers solutions for proactive management of mobile video. This transaction will enable Allot to further enhance its Allot Service Gateway by integrating a leading-edge mobile video optimisation solution into a single […]

May 1, 2012