Sensio Technologies has announced the launch of a 3D Video-on-Demand store: 3DGO! a unique product to boost consumer 3D adoption. With 3DGO! consumers across the US will benefit from a complete 3D solution to access and view high-quality 3D titles in the Sensio Hi-Fi 3D format. Available in Spring 2012, 3DGO! will offer a wide […]
GlobeCast and Arabsat have announced that the Global Arabic Bouquet (GAB), a grouping of premium Arabic channels from the Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU) available anywhere in the world, is now located on the 5C satellite over Africa. This satellite, Arabsat ‘s newest, was launched in September 2011. GlobeCast – Arabsat and ASBU’s partner for […]
Arqiva has secured a further contract to deliver Freesat’s Electronic Programme Guide. Dual and redundant multiplexing, uplink and satellite capacity on Eurobird 1 will ensure the constant availability of the essential EPG data to over two million Freesat receivers across the UK. Arqiva has also announced that it has won the contract to distribute the […]
Myriad Group, a company powering mobile social and web experiences on connected devices, and Broadcom, a global expert in semiconductor solutions, have announced a joint effort to drive the Android ecosystem to televisions. Myriad’s Alien Vue is now supported on a range of Broadcom set-top box platforms, simplifying the delivery of a new suite of […]
A&E Network, a flagship channel of global media content company, A+E Networks, will launch in Australia on Foxtel on February 16, 2012. In Australia, A&E will carry original, unscripted entertainment series. The factual entertainment channel is the latest from A+E Networks to be offered by the Foxtel Channels Group which also operates Hisory, Crime & […]
eyeSight Mobile Technologies, a developer of touch free interfaces for consumer electronics and digital devices, has released a Gesture Recognition software-based solution designed particularly for the Set-Top-Box (STB) market. eyeSight offers service providers and OEMs of Set-Top-Boxes, as well as STB chipset and SOC manufacturers a gesture recognition solution which can be pre-installed on the […]
ACCESS, a global provider of advanced software technologies to the mobile, beyond-PC and digital TV markets, has announced the availability of NetFront Browser NX 2.0 DTV Profile, an advanced new WebKit-based HTML5 browser that features extremely efficient memory usage, high stability, high portability and comprehensive support for DTV and IPTV standards including HbbTV, BBC iPlayer, […]
Apple is showing interest in joining the bidding for the next set of live UK Premier League TV rights when the tender goes out before the end of the season, according to the Daily Mail. The Premier League is seen as the type of premium content that will help establish Apple TV in the UK […]
With more than 20 million streaming members globally, Netflix says it streamed over 2 billion hours of content in the last quarter of last year. “We were thrilled to deliver more than two billion hours of TV shows and movies across 45 countries in the fourth quarter,” said Netflix Co-Founder and CEO Reed Hastings. “Netflix […]
Putting the word oblivion in the name of your business is a bit of a hostage to fortune. So it has proved for Beyond Oblivion, the music start up that was meant to take on the likes of Spotify and iTunes. Over two years, the company raised $87 million from backers including News Corp as […]