A Russian governmental commission has approved the use of the DVB-T2 standard for the development of digital terrestrial TV in Russia, as proposed by the Ministry of Communications. The digital terrestrial TV network is currently being tested out in the Tver region. New regional networks will be deployed under the DVB-T2 standard and existing DVB-T networks will be upgraded to [...]
The iPad app has been designed to let users pause, fast-forward and rewind the movies they stream. The app is free to download, but movies and TV shows can only be streamed by LoveFilm subscribers LoveFilm CEO Simon Calver said the launch marks an important step in its strategy to boost the portability of its streaming service. “LoveFilm on iPad [...]
Pendrell Corporation announced that its subsidiary, Pendrell Technologies is to acquire 90.1% of privately-held ContentGuard Holdings, Inc., a leading inventor, developer and licensor of digital rights management (DRM) and related content distribution patents and technologies. The Company will pay $90.1 million in cash to the current ContentGuard shareholders. ContentGuard and its management team will continue to be based in [...]
Analysts at Nomura Securities have upgraded UK cable operator Virgin Media from ‘Neutral’ to ‘Buy’, while investment bank Goldman Sachs also repeated its previous advice to ‘Buy’. The two banks have come into line with other analysts from Barclays Capital and Deutsche Bank, all of which have recently favoured Virgin’s stock. The news helped push Virgin Media’s share price further [...]
The European Union has imposed sanctions on Syria’s Al-Dounia TV channel. The decision has provoked a strong response from Lebanon’s Al Manar TV, itself often criticised for its lack of balance in its broadcasting. Europeans are forbidden to do business with the Syrian channel, along with similar proscriptions against Syria’s largest cellular operator (Syriatel) and some construction and investment [...]
Boxee is adding Spanish news channels. El Pais – the world’s leading Spanish language newspaper – delivers the current national and international news, up to date sports information, cartoons and is loaded with photos and video coverage. Users of the El Pais app will enjoy a diverse range of topics including economics, technology, culture, society and travel with photos and [...]
Meanwhile Virgin is launching its first cloud-based services to business customers as part of a drive to double revenues from its enterprise division in the next five years. Virgin said it would “shake up” the cloud computing market with easy-to-use technology and clear advice. The cloud itself is often a cause for confusion for consumers and companies, although it is [...]
UPC Austria customers in Vienna, Graz and Klagenfurt will be able to receive Sky Deutschland’s premium channels after the two operators struck a distribution agreement. From next week UPC will begin offering the Sky Film, Sky Sport and Sky Bundesliga packages to its Digital TV Plus customers. The cable operator will charge an introductory fee of €16.90 per month for [...]
Amazon has unveiled its colour tablet computer, the Kindle Fire which at $199 is less than half the price of Apple’s iPad. It runs a modified version of Google’s Android operating system. But its most compelling proposition is its direct connection to Amazon’s ocean of content – books, music, magazines, videos and films – not least through the recently acquired [...]
Sony movie studios are to drop the subsidy of 3D glasses issued to US moviegoers. Currently movie theatres issue ‘free’ RealD-supplied glasses, which are paid for by Sony Corp. The action comes into force next May according to a warning letter sent to cinema owners by Sony. Sony Pictures spokesman Steve Elzer said in a statement that “there are constructive ways to [...]
