International Launch Services (ILS), using a Proton rocket with its Briz-M booster stage, successfully launched SES’s QuetzSat-1 satellite late on Sept 30 from the Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Some nine hours into the flight, the satellite was flawlessly separated from the rocket into its geostationary transfer orbit. ILS has now launched 19 SES satellites using the Proton […]
Back in January, Dolby Labs, a vital IP and audio CODEC supplier to the broadcasting and cinema industry, was trading at almost $70 a share. This week they hit an all-time low of just $27. The past few months have seen good news, and bad, for San Francisco-based Dolby. The good came in the shape […]
Spain’s largest pay-TV platform, Digital Plus, is changing its name and from mid-October will use the brand Canal Plus. The current channel Canal Plus will be branded as Canal Plus 1 to avoid misunderstanding. So, the Canal Plus family of channels will be named: Canal + 1, Canal+ Dos, Canal+ Acción, Canal+ Acción… 30, Canal+ […]
A Russian governmental commission has approved the use of the DVB-T2 standard for the development of digital terrestrial TV in Russia, as proposed by the Ministry of Communications. The digital terrestrial TV network is currently being tested out in the Tver region. New regional networks will be deployed under the DVB-T2 standard and existing DVB-T […]
The iPad app has been designed to let users pause, fast-forward and rewind the movies they stream. The app is free to download, but movies and TV shows can only be streamed by LoveFilm subscribers LoveFilm CEO Simon Calver said the launch marks an important step in its strategy to boost the portability of its […]
Pendrell Corporation announced that its subsidiary, Pendrell Technologies is to acquire 90.1% of privately-held ContentGuard Holdings, Inc., a leading inventor, developer and licensor of digital rights management (DRM) and related content distribution patents and technologies. The Company will pay $90.1 million in cash to the current ContentGuard shareholders. ContentGuard and its management team will […]
Analysts at Nomura Securities have upgraded UK cable operator Virgin Media from ‘Neutral’ to ‘Buy’, while investment bank Goldman Sachs also repeated its previous advice to ‘Buy’. The two banks have come into line with other analysts from Barclays Capital and Deutsche Bank, all of which have recently favoured Virgin’s stock. The news helped push […]
The European Union has imposed sanctions on Syria’s Al-Dounia TV channel. The decision has provoked a strong response from Lebanon’s Al Manar TV, itself often criticised for its lack of balance in its broadcasting. Europeans are forbidden to do business with the Syrian channel, along with similar proscriptions against Syria’s largest cellular operator (Syriatel) […]
Boxee is adding Spanish news channels. El Pais – the world’s leading Spanish language newspaper – delivers the current national and international news, up to date sports information, cartoons and is loaded with photos and video coverage. Users of the El Pais app will enjoy a diverse range of topics including economics, technology, culture, society […]
Meanwhile Virgin is launching its first cloud-based services to business customers as part of a drive to double revenues from its enterprise division in the next five years. Virgin said it would “shake up” the cloud computing market with easy-to-use technology and clear advice. The cloud itself is often a cause for confusion for consumers […]