Intel’s High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP), which is its copy protection system for audio and video, has been cracked by a German research team using off-the-shelf products, to prove that there are flaws in its encryption, reports MacWorld. HDCP sits inside nearly every HDMI or DVI-compatible TV or computer flat screen. It serves to pass digital content from a protected [...]
Time Warner Cable has confirmed the launch of the TWC TV app for Android tablets. This free feature gives Digital TV customers the ability to programme their DVR, add favourite channels and even use their Android tablet as a remote control. The app is available to all US customers with set-top boxes or DVRs running the Time Warner Cable “Navigator” [...]
MBCs new portfolio of seven HDTV channels are now available to Etisalat’s eLife fibre-optic network in the UAE. The new channels are added to eLife’s existing cluster of channels, taking the overall total of high-def services to more than 40. MBC’s new HD versions include its MBC1, MBC2, MBC4, MBC Action, MBC Max, MBC Drama, and its Al Arabiya [...]
South Africa’s MultiChoice is having to delay the start of its DFStv BoxOffice Internet-based on-demand service. MultiChoice to early next year. The service had launched in more limited form on DStv’s satellite system earlier this year. At the initial launch DStv’s online boss John Kotsaftis spoke about the service extending itself to internet and broadband-connected users by the end of [...]
The BBC’s World News has been taken off the air in Pakistan after broadcasting a documentary that was deemed to be critical of the country. Secret Pakistan, which was screened last Wednesday, explored accusations by CIA officials and western diplomats that Pakistan was failing to meet its commitments in the “war on terror”. Khalid Arain, president of the country’s cable [...]
Brightcove, a global provider of cloud content services, has announced the general availability of Brightcove App Cloud, a content app platform for building and operating engaging native apps for Apple iOS and Google Android smartphones and tablets. App Cloud combines an open HTML5 Web development model with intelligent cloud services to accelerate app development, continuously optimize performance, measure effectiveness, and [...]
GlobeCast has announced that Emma L. Brackett has been appointed Vice President, WorldTV. Responsible for driving development of the company’s WorldTV Direct to Home satellite OTT business streams, Brackett will report directly to GlobeCast Americas CEO Lisa Coelho. Joining GlobeCast from a position as Director of Content at AT&T U-verse where she was responsible for over one-hundred channels, Brackett is [...]
GlobeCast Americas CEO Lisa Coelho has announced that Emma L. Brackett has been appointed Vice President, WorldTV. Responsible for driving development of the company’s WorldTV Direct to Home satellite (DTH) and Over-The-Top (OTT) business streams, Brackett will report directly to Coelho. Joining GlobeCast from a position as Director of Content at AT&T U-verse where she was responsible for over one-hundred [...]
BBC Monitoring is reporting that China imposed restrictions on all of its provincial satellite TV channels about a month ago. “Authorities could now be gearing up to announce another measure aimed at tightening their grip on the mass media – a ban on all ads during TV dramas on all stations, including state-owned CCTV,” says the report. “This time, the [...]
James Murdoch survives as chair of BSkyB with a majority of 81 per cent – though this implies one third of non-News Corp shareholders wanted him out. There have been calls for him to resign his role amid fears that his links to the inquiry into phone hacking at the UK newspaper business, will damage BSkyB’s reputation. There are also [...]
