Intelsat’s governmental services division (IGS) has won a major contract to supply TV to the US armed forces serving overseas. The deal sees Intelsat having to supply satellite connectivity to the USA’s Armed Forces Radio & TV Service (AFTRS). “The AFRTS provides multi-channel, broadcast-quality radio and television programmes to military forces and their families stationed […]
US pay-TV service DirecTV has started field trial testing for its DirecTV Home Media Centre aimed at providing customers with a ‘receiver-less’ solution for many TVs in their homes. The launch of field trial testing for DirecTV’s model HR34 RVU-enabled server, the heart of the DirecTV Home Media Centre, marks a major milestone both for […]
Since the beginning of 2011, more than 1 million new households have installed a stand-alone DTT box in their home, while nearly 2.8 million DTT receivers (including integrated TVs and decoders) have been sold. Of the total receivers sold between January and March, about 62 per cent (1.7 million) are integrated, 33 per cent are […]
Sony is struggling to move beyond a high-profile and costly attack on its PlayStation Network that put at risk the personal details of more than 100 million customers. Now the company has faced new security and has taken down a website that allowed users of PlayStation Network and Qriocity, an online entertainment service, to reset […]
The first episode of this year’s Doctor Who, entitled ‘The Impossible Astronaut’, has set a DVR record. Kantar Media’s analysis of BARB data – the official UK TV ratings – shows that the episode was the most recorded TV event of all time. A combination of an incredibly warm Easter Saturday and an unusually early […]
TV One has confirmed the recent sale of one hundred per cent of the Company’s stock to a subsidiary of Nortek, a diversified global manufacturer. The sale includes all TV One related, wholly-owned companies in the US, UK, Taiwan and China. TV One will be included in Nortek’s Technology Products segment and closely aligned with […]
State-run Mahanagar Telephone Nigam (MTNL) has partnered with mobile value added service provider DigiVive to offer mobile TV and interactive voice response (IVR) services to its customers in New Delhi, India. The nexGTv service, which is available for both 2G as well as 3G users with compatible handsets, will provide over 50 live TV channels […]
UTStarcom has launched its end-to-end Internet TV solution, and also won its first commercial contract to build up an Internet TV platform in Northern China. The new end-to-end Internet TV solution is derived from UTStarcom’s core RollingStream technology system. The Company’s Internet TV solution, based on cloud computing technology, has an open system structure, reliable […]
Sandvine has released its Global Internet Phenomena Report: Spring 2011, including Internet trends from North America, Latin America and Europe, with specific spotlights on events such as Netflix adoption. Overall insights since the last report in the fall of 2010, reveal a growing appetite for on-demand applications that will continue to drive data consumption and […]
A second technology provider has proclaimed the end of the STB. Following Cisco’s prediction in April, Siemens today said a pay TV provider can now operate perfectly well from the Cloud, via Apps. Speaking at the Connected TV Summit in London, Stefan Jenzowsky, VP and Head of Media of Siemens Media & Technology, said this […]