Viewers will have the chance to watch rugby from the referee’s perspective this weekend when new “RefCam” technology is trialled during the Newcastle Falcons game against London Scottish. The trial will involve a three-inch square HD camera being secured to the shirt of referee Matt Carley. The footage, with audio, will be available to Sky’s […]
Access., a global provider of advanced software technologies to the digital TV markets, has revealed that its NetFront Browser NX 2.0, one of the industry’s earliest HbbTV 1.5-compliant WebKit-based browsers, has been integrated with Fortis’ HbbTV ready set-top box and is available in German retail outlets. The NetFront solution will also be available for other […]
Escort and Dyle Mobile Content Venture (MCV), have announced the availability of a new device with Dyle mobile TV technology, the Escort MobileTV accessory for iPhones, iPads, and iPod Touch devices. This new mobile TV compatible receiver will give consumers access to live, local broadcast television on their IOS devices via the iDTV app, currently […]
Telefónica has cut prices for its pay-TV service Movistar Imagenio and included it in a bundled package branded ‘Movistar Fusion’ in its latest attempt to combat the high churn rate. The company is also launching a new entertainment package called ‘Paquete Ocio’ with TV series and films for €12 a month. The fee for its […]
The editor and deputy editor of BBC’s Newsnight are leaving on the publication of the Pollard inquiry into the dropping of a programme on Jimmy Savile. The inquiry led by Nick Pollard, the former head of Sky News, identified chaos and confusion in the news operation at Newsnight. Stephen Mitchell, the deputy head of BBC […]
Hot on the heels of announcing that it would make faster broadband its top digital priority in 2013, the European Commission has adopted revised guidelines for the application of EU state aid rules to the broadband sector. These guidelines will help Member States achieve the objectives of the EU Digital Agenda. Taking into account the […]
Discovery Channel has told US press that Sons of Guns, which finished its third series in October “is not on the schedule and it is not on the schedule in the near future.” Meanwhile Discovery confirmed that its other series about gun manufacturing, American Guns, has officially been cancelled. The network said that decision was […]
YuMe, a provider of digital brand advertising software and services, in conjunction with Frank N. Magid Associates, a research-based strategic consulting firm, has unveiled the results of an extensive survey on the future of connected TV in the marketplace. This online survey of 1,500 US consumers ages 12 and older in November 2012, shows that […]
Analysys Mason predicts that OTT/Connected TV and non-linear TV will continue to force broadcasters/pay-TV and telecoms operators to re-think their strategies in 2013. The take-up of paid-for OTT video services to the TV in the USA and Canada will more than double to 53.1 million households between 2012 and 2017, representing 37.4 per cent of […]
KIT digital says its common stock will be delisted from The NASDAQ Stock Market effective at the opening of business on December 21st 2012. Trading of the Company’s common stock is currently subject to a trading halt, which the Company does not expect to be lifted prior to the delisting of the common stock. The […]