A pub licensee from Huddersfield in the north of England has pleaded guilty to six offences of dishonest reception of a television transmission by showing Sky Sports football matches to customers without a commercial agreement from Sky. Casa Events Ltd, premises licensee of The Casa, Huddersfield , was fined £2,500 (€2,800) on each offence, plus […]
While CES very much focuses on the hardware needed to best display 4K (and perhaps even 8K) content, the production end of the value chain is also looking to boost availability of 4K programming. Stuart Smitherman, president of Vivicast Media, says that a year or so ago Ultra HD was very much about scenic landscapes […]
Digital entertainment company BroadbandTV (BBTV) has taken the occasion of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas to launch BBTV Interactive, a new business division that builds original games and mobile apps across multiple platforms, for top digital talent. The launch follows a number of successful app launches, including a mobile game for top […]
US pay-TV broadcaster DISH has announced that its customers will have the ability to watch Hands-Free TV using the Google Assistant in the coming months. This marks the first time that DISH customers with a Hopper, Joey or Wally can use voice to control their TV in multiple languages, including English and Spanish. “Throughout 2017, […]
TiVo is launching fresh patent infringement suits against Comcast alleging its X1 TV platform infringes patents held by TiVo’s recent purchase Rovi. The company also applied for an order from the International Trade Commission to ban imports of the X1 set-top boxes in the US. TiVo already won an initial ruling and exclusion order from […]
Greek public broadcaster ERT has started test digital radio transmissions. ERT has added transmitters to its broadcast towers on Mt Ymittos which overlooks Athens. Test transmissions will use DAB+ technology in frequency block 12C, although various bit-rates will be trialled. A bill regulating future digital radio frequencies has been recently introduced in the Greek parliament. […]
ALi Corporation, a developer of STB chipsets, has announced that its upcoming generation of chipsets will feature Advanced HDR by Technicolor technology. “Viewers today are demanding an enhanced, sophisticated and true-color viewing experience. With Advanced HDR by Technicolor, ALi-equipped STBs can receive HDR content from any broadcast operator that has HDR-ready platforms. As a result, […]
Sinclair Broadcast Group and Imagine Communications are working to accelerate the development of a new, next-generation advertising management software platform designed to provide broadcasters with the ability to effectively exploit the potential of the new monetisation opportunities of ATSC 3.0 digital television technology. The agreement allows SBG to play a critical role in the development […]
DELTA, the Netherlands-based provider of Internet, TV, telephony and energy, is deploying Amino’s MOVE TV delivery platform to provide a full end-to-end solution to deliver multiscreen entertainment services. Amino has worked closely with DELTA to transition its existing cable TV subscriber base to an all IP-based service model – and enable a range of advanced […]
Swedish multiplay telco Tele2 and multiplay broadband operator Com Hem have agreed to merge, creating a leading integrated connectivity provider. The Merger will be implemented by Tele2 absorbing Com Hem. The pair say the combination of two highly complementary businesses will create a leading integrated operator by combining an award-winning mobile network with the fastest […]