HomeNet 2010 In a world of Over The Top providers, implementing the Home Network is vital for service providers who want to maintain customer loyalty and enhance their service and monetization opportunities. But with the myriadof in-home and portable devices to connect, and an array of content types, this is no easy task. Hear from the […]
Jeremy Hunt has, by his own admission, ‘a very hot potato’ to handle with his choice of whether to refer News Corp’s bid for the outstanding shares in Sky to the Competition Commission. He will soon pass on the super heated vegetable, and all the signs are he’ll throw it to the Commission to decide […]
Irdeto announced its Cloakware technology has been chosen by D-Link to protect premium streaming content on the Boxee Box by D-Link, the first branded set-top box for Boxee’s award-winning media platform. Irdeto’s advanced security software will be especially critical in porting and protecting access to streaming VOD content. With Irdeto’s technology in place, Boxee will […]
By far the longest lines here are to sample Toshiba’s bold claim of glasses free 3D TV. In fact, Toshiba has all three flavours of 3D – active, passive and glasses free, on view. Toshiba first introduced the concept in Japan in October and at CES has brought a demo with a dozen or so […]
Bit Torrent and the Information and Communications Research Laboratories at Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), one of the world’s leading high-tech research and development institutes, announced a development partnership to define and deploy new standards for consumer electronics device manufacturers. Chips, designs and devices complying with these standards will be designated as ‘BitTorrent Certified’ […]
Technicolor has launched its new MediaNavi platform designed to make navigating the universe of content simple, seamless, and social for consumers everywhere. Technicolor says MediaNavi serves both CE manufacturers striving to maximise the value of their connected devices, as well as network service providers in the broadband cable, telco, and satellite markets. Technicolor also announced […]
Hard on the heels of Sony’s deal with Time Warner Cable to put its programmes on its proprietary platform, Samsung has signed both TWC and Comcast, and their programmes and guides will be available through the Samsung Galaxy Tablet and Smart TVs. Samsung President B.K. Yoon had already explained the Samsung philosophy of ‘Human Digitalisation’ […]
‘Please keep taking the Tablets’ could be the motto of CES 2011. Not surprisingly, given the runaway success of the iPad, an industry known for bandwagons has not been slow to throw a slew of screen sizes and functions at the market (there’s a general coyness about prices). Classic is Panasonic which has rushed out […]
We’ve all been here I know, but that doesn’t make it less weird. My watch says it’s 10.15pm, but the arm wearing it – and the rest of my body – knows its 06.15am tomorrow. So here I am tapping away with one eye on the updating test score in Australia. I arrived a few […]
Cisco Systems has built a software platform it says will let service providers blend TV with web content, personal media and social-networking. “We think the future is going to be about reinventing the TV,” Cisco chairman and CEO John Chambers said and described Videoscape as a comprehensive TV platform for service providers that will deliver […]