The global 3D consumer market is thriving in a dynamic environment marked by clear and discernible growth across its major platforms, including cinema, home video and pay-TV video on demand, with international markets continuing to make major contributions to the industry, according to an IHS Screen Digest Cross Platform Intelligence report from information and analytics […]
Portugal Telecom is investing €21 million to take a 25 per cent stake in a TV and multimedia sports platform The joint-venture will combine Sport TV Portugal, Sportinveste Multimédia (SIMM) and Publicidade de Portugal e Televisão (PPTV) into a single entity that will manage sports content on a variety of platforms, including pay-TV, mobile and […]
A website that allowed people to access the Pirate Bay has been taken offline after a legal threat from the record industry. The website was run by the Pirate Party UK, a fringe political party, and acted as a proxy gateway to the Pirate Bay, which broadband providers blocked earlier this year after a High […]
A jump in video equipment spending is forecast as operators respond to the need to deliver content to a range of devices, according to market research firm Infonetics Research, who also rank Cisco as number 1in the STB market. Commenting on the firm’s new video report, Video-on-Demand (VoD) and Encoder Equipment and Video Subscribers, Jeff […]
The USA’s tough ITAR (International Traffic in Arms Regulations) rules currently applies to every nut and bolt on a broadcasting satellite, and has meant that US manufacturers cannot sell satellites or components that would be used on foreign, non-US, launchers or in some cases operated by certain foreign nations. Satellites, under the 1998 regulations, were […]
Dailymotion, the online video portal, has overhauled its iOS app with a simplified interface and improved dashboard. The iOS app compliments Dailymotion’s multiplatform offerings for viewers to enjoy its library of more than 30 million unique videos. Free to download, version 3.0 of the Dailymotion iOS app provides a sleek, simple interface that allows users […]
Telefonica Global Solutions has announced an agreement with Eutelsat Communications, Europe’s leading satellite operator, to provide high quality satellite broadband services to carriers from across Europe through the high-performance KA-SAT satellite. This new range of Internet services provided via KA-SAT will offer European carriers solutions that are as reliable and competitive in price as terrestrial […]
Media & Communication Systems GmbH Sachsen Anhalt (MCS), part of MDR in Germany, has ordered seven revolutionary Grass Valley LDX Première camera systems to improve the flexibility and quality at its MDR Magdeburg broadcast centre. MCS needed a reliable, superior-quality camera to meet the growing demand for HD production, while enabling them to capture content […]
Broadband media technology specialist Arris Group and Google have confirmed that Arris and Motorola Mobility, a Google subsidiary, have entered into a definitive agreement under which Arris will acquire the Motorola Home business from Motorola Mobility, for $2.35 billion in a cash-and-stock transaction approved by the Boards of Directors of both companies. Motorola Mobility’s Home business delivers […]
UK telco BT has been revealed as one of the bidders in the UK’s forthcoming 4G mobile spectrum auction – the largest ever sale of mobile airwaves in the UK. The telco was one of the successful bidders for 3G spectrum via its Cellnet subsidiary in 2000, but sold the rebranded O2 unit to Spain’s […]