February 26th saw China Digital release its full-year results, and also provided a snapshot as to the state of play in terms of digital TV in China today. Dong Li, president of China Digital, said the country now has some 171 million cable homes, and with
BT has added Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, British Eurosport and British Eurosport 2 to its high definition TV line-up. BT TV now offers up to 26 HD channels on its YouView service. The new HD channels will be available as part of BT’s HD Extra bolt on, which remains at £3 a month and […]
The ProSiebenSat.1 Group and Deutsche Telekom have signed an agreement to make ProSiebenSat.1’s VoD content available on Deutsche Telekom’s Entertain service. Starting in spring 2014, maxdome’s video library can be accessed directly from Deutsche Telekom’s TV platform. Entertain customers will also have the chance to view attractive shows of ProSiebenSat.1’s TV stations free of charge. […]
Frost & Sullivan’s survey of 2,035 US consumers from reveals a change in preferences for communication services. The results indicate the market is evolving toward a new dynamic in which services are simply applications delivered via an IP-based connection, whether wired or wireless. The survey also shows
The giant Airbus Group (which used to be known as EADS) has within it a division that manufactures the giant Ariane 5 rockets as part of its Astrium operation which also builds communications satellites used by many of the world’s broadcasters. Astrium received an outline contract last year to build 18 higher-capacity Ariane rockets for […]
BT Sport has secured exclusive live German Bundesliga football in the UK and Republic of Ireland until 2017, following a tender for the new rights. The new two-year contract, which starts in September 2015, means that BT Sport will show around 115 live matches a season from the German top flight – which is about […]
The Managing Director of UK satellite Internet Service Provider Satellite Internet is calling local councils to spend some of the latest tranche of rural broadband funding from central government on delivering satellite broadband solutions to reach the final five per cent. It was announced on February 26th that the extra £250 million (€294m) allocated by […]
Telekom Slovenije’s OTT platform TViN has integrated UEFA LiveEx technology, providing sports fans with a unique football experience while following UEFA Champions League games. “The UEFA LiveEx service gives football fans an upgraded UEFA Champions League experience and the TViN platform enables us to easily integrate the service on TV as well as on web […]
KDDI will launch GameNow, Japan’s first cloud gaming service, on its Cable TV networks powered by Ubitus on the “Smart TV Box” on March 1st. GameNow turns the “Smart TV Box” into a powerful game console, bringing consumers an instant video gaming experience right from the box. Without the hassle of loading discs, downloads and […]
SpotXchange, a platform for video advertising, has continued to expand its European operation with the promotion of Claire Kemp-Harper to Director of Operations for Europe and the recruitment of Katherine McHugh as Client Services Account Manager. Kemp-Harper joined SpotXchange in 2011 as the head of the Client Services Division for the European region. She has […]