Nagravision will provide the conditional access system (CAS) for Tivù Sat. Tivù Sat is the free-to-air satellite service jointly owned by Italian broadcasters RAI, Mediaset and Telecom Italia Media. Scheduled for market introduction in June of 2009, the free service will be offered to all households unable to receive the digital terrestrial television FTA channels […]
Spirent Communications, a global player in network testing and IneoQuest Technologies, supplier of video quality solutions, have entered into a technology agreement. The companies say this exclusive global partnership will offer the industry’s only end-to-end video quality test suite that allows network equipment manufactures (NEMs) to ensure that their solutions provide the highest possible Quality […]
A French commercial court has told France Telecom to stop linking subscriptions to its Orange Foot soccer channel exclusively to its broadband packages. Rival broadband providers Iliad and Neuf Cegetel had complained to the court that it was unfair for Orange Football to be available only to France Telecom’s broadband subscribers. A France Telecom spokesman […]
The departure of News Corporation's long serving COO Peter Chernin could lead to James Murdoch moving to join his father in the US sooner than many expected.Chernin, who has run New Corp’s Fox film and TV studios and broadcasting business for the past 12 years has been the counterweight in the Murdoch family-controlled business empire. […]
Viasat Broadcasting has acquired the exclusive live broadcasting rights to the FIA Formula One World Championship for Latvia for the 2009, 2010 and 2011 seasons. Races will be broadcast live on TV3. The practice and qualification will be broadcast live on the newly launched localised premium pay-TV channel Viasat Sport Baltic. Viasat already held the […]
Comcast and Time Warner Cable are talking with owners of the major cable television channels about ways to give subscribers online access to much of the their programming. Discussions have taken place in recent months and include network owners such as NBC Universal, and cable networks as MTV, TNT. The operators hope the Web services, […]
Virgin Media is expected to begin the sale of its content division within weeks hoping to raise £500m (E567m). The sale would include Virgin’s 50% stake in UKTV the JV with the BBC. Analysts have speculated Virgin will try again to sell non-core assets as it seeks to pay down debt. Interested parties are thought […]
This week, FilmOn.com, a leading video-on-demand provider Launches www.filmon.tv, a new online video portal. FilmOn.tv. Television channels from across the world will be available live with just a basic Internet broadband connection (1 Megabyte per second) using simple players such as Windows Media Player. Content currently available through the site includes Sky News, the BBC […]
Fox Channels Italy (FCI), the local branch of Fox International Channels, has launched FlopTV, a web TV portal entirely devoted to comedy. Floptv is a creation of FoxFactory (FCI's business unit dedicated to the development of programmes, new-media productions and branded entertainment) and FCI's New Media Department. Floptv's schedule hosts original and acquired productions as […]
According to market research company Dittberner, annual FTTH shipments were up 71 per cent in 2008. Q4 2008 shipments rose slightly, but still broke 3 million for the first time. The Japanese market remains the main driver for FTTH, adding a little over 700,000 subscribers in the fourth quarter to close in on 14.5 Million […]