Sky has confirmed the arrival of Animal Planet HD – the 60th high definition channel to join the platform. In January 2012, share of viewing to HD channels within Sky+HD households saw a 68 per cent year on year rise in audiences. Luke Bradley-Jones, Sky’s Director of TV Products, said: “As we add our 60th […]
Samsung and Qualcomm have confirmed they will release a secure HD service utilising Qualcomm’s Snapdragon StudioAccess and ARM’s TrustZone technologies. This service allows consumers to watch HD videos directly on their mobile device through Samsung Media Hub. This secure HD service will be debuted on the 5.3″ HD Super AMOLED display of the Samsung Galaxy […]
Cartoon Network HD has become the first HD children’s channel in Southeast Asia, after a deal with GlobeCast to deliver the channel via its capacity on the MEASAT-3 satellite. GlobeCast is providing signal delivery from Cartoon Network in Hong Kong. The channel’s feed is fibered to GlobeCast’s Hong Kong teleport for uplink onto GlobeCast’s multiplex […]
South Korea’s electronics giant LG is backing the production by TV Globo of the flamboyant Rio de Janeiro Carnival in 3DTV. The event takes place this weekend (February 19-20) and LG is helping fund the effort, with the signals going out on the ‘Net’ HD and HD Max cable system. The signals should be available […]
The BBC has confirmed it will broadcast some live 3D coverage as part of a 3D trial during the London 2012 Olympic Games. The trial coverage will be broadcast via the BBC’s HD Channel and will include the opening and closing ceremonies, the men’s 100m final and a highlights package at the end of each […]
Market research specialist GfK says that global demand for LCD-equipped TV sets will grow this year by 7 per cent to some 225 million units, compared with 2011’s 211 million units which was itself an 11 per cent increase on 2010. GfK says that emerging markets will continue to drive this growth, “which will be […]
Freeview, the UK’s biggest digital television service, has revealed that after strong quarterly sales of 1.3 million Freeview HD televisions and STBs, the number of Freeview HD units sold reached 4.4 million by the end of December 20111. The strong sales performance of Freeview HD is echoed across the product portfolio; year-on-year sales of Freeview […]
Advanced television services and DVR specialist TiVo has confirmed the nationwide availability of the TiVo HD DVR from DirecTV in the US, which enables DirecTV customers to once again enjoy the TiVo service seamlessly integrated with their DirecTV service. “We are pleased to answer the call of TiVo fans by making the new TiVo HD […]
Vision247 has announced that France 24, the leading French international news channel, is available in all British homes with compliant FreeviewHD enabled televisions. Broadcasting on the Vision TV Network on FreeviewHD channel 110, France 24 covers international current events providing a unique perspective on world news. France 24 delivers comprehensive bulletins on the latest international […]
Thomson Video Networks has revealed that the BBC is ready to broadcast five high-quality general entertainment HD channels from a single DVB-T2 multiplex using Thomson Video Networks’ ViBE EM3000 encoders. Extensive technical trials conducted by the broadcaster in collaboration with Ofcom confirmed that the ViBE EM3000 provides encoding improvements enabling the delivery of a fifth […]