Qatar-owned broadcaster Al Jazeera is bidding in an auction for the rights to broadcast live French football matches. Without an appropriate platform to exploit the rights, Al Jazeera is discussing with France Telecom’s Orange TV the possibility of buying Orange’s sports channels or establishing a joint venture with the French broadcaster. Orange is believed to […]
The BBC has revealed it is testing HD adaptive streaming for connected devices. Andy Armstrong Technical Architect for Programmes and On Demand says in a blog that adaptive bit rate HTTP streaming may be the candidate technology that supports this aim. The test is using Wimbledon feeds and the BBC will be using Adobe HTTP […]
As promised BT Vision customers can now watch BBC shows on demand, using the new BBC iPlayer through their TVs. The launch of BBC’s on demand service gives BT Vision customers the opportunity to access more than 400 hours of BBC programming. This replaces the smaller selection of BBC programmes previously available on BT Vision’s […]
Croatian fixed-line operator Voljatel has acquired two local cable TV operators and is eyeing a third. The two operators in question are Kerman and Antena JD and negotiations are underway for the acquisition of another cable operator in Sibenik, according to Voljatel CEO, Boris Levenski. Financial details of the deals were not disclosed. Voljatel, which […]
The ITV Player app is now available across mobile phones and tablets supported by Android 2.2 versions and above. The app provides customers with access to the last seven days of ITV’s catch-up content across ITV1, ITV2, ITV3 and ITV4. Robin Pembrooke, Managing Director, ITV Online and On Demand said:”I’m very excited to be launching […]
Yang Xinshuang, deputy director of the IPTV division of CCTV’s national online TV station CNTV, has disclosed that CNTV, in conjunction with local cable TV and telecom operators has completed construction of IPTV broadcast and control sub-platforms in China’s network convergence trial cities, with broadcasting scheduled to begin some time this year. Yang said that […]
AEPOC, the European Association for the Protection of Encrypted Works and Services, has revealed a successful police operation against a large scale pay-TV pirate in Cyprus. The investigation was initiated by AEPOC members and its partners – BFBS, BSkyB, Nova and Irdeto supported the undercover action and assisted the police in a raid with a […]
Rovi and LG Electronics have signed multi-year licencing agreements that expand their relationship and provide further integration of DivX technology into a wider range of consumer electronics devices. LG’s latest agreements support its plans to continue to promote the technology on devices beyond Blu-ray Disc players, to ultimately include HDTVs, in-car players, set-top boxes, tablets […]
TelkomVision, the pay-TV service provider in Indonesia, has chosen a number of Ericsson solutions for the deployment of new TV services as it looks to provide greater value and quality for its subscribers across the country. The Ericsson system will enable TelkomVision to launch new channels across its satellite platform, and provides provision for HD […]
Multi-screen video software specialist SeaChange International and media content technology and solutions provider Civolution have agreed an integration and distribution collaboration to offer NexGuard forensic watermarking for premium video-on-demand (VoD), critical for cable operators looking to launch Home Premiere services, as mandated by the Hollywood studios to grant access to early window content. Paul de […]