Japanese electronics giant Panasonic thinks that despite the recent problems with crucial component supplies it believes it can emerge stronger thanks to Japan’s new energy and electrical efficiency strategy. Panasonic’s president Fumio Ohtsubo says his company’s recent efforts to move toward environmentally friendly products and renewable energy would benefit. Panasonic’s goal is to transform itself […]
SES Astra will increase the download speed for Asra2Connect to beyond 10 Mbit/s by providing additional capacity from its 28.2 degrees East orbital position. Astra2Connect is expected to serve more than 80,000 end-users in Europe by the end of May from its 23.5 degrees East orbital position and is Europe’s largest satellite-based broadband network. With […]
Sigma Systems has announced that YouSee, a subsidiary of TDC A/S and the largest cable operator in Denmark, has deployed Sigma Systems’ Service Management Platform (SMP) to support the operator’s high-speed data, VoIP and mobile broadband services throughout the country. “Prior to deploying the Service Management Platform, our services were provisioned in silos and activation […]
LandscapeHD, the 1080p cloud delivered music television channel, has signed an exclusive pan-Europe partnership agreement with smartclip, the European video ad network. smartclip will be solely responsible for the roll out of advertising across LandscapeHD’s broadcasts. smartclip specialises in in-stream ad formats and operates in the new digital advertising distribution frontier across all Internet connected […]
As part of a drive to boost creativity and innovation, the European Commission (EC) has adopted a comprehensive strategy to revamp the legal framework in which IPR operate. Its objective is to enable inventors, creators, users and consumers to adapt to the new circumstances and to enhance new business opportunities. The new rules aim to […]
As the demand for 3D home televisions grows in China, competition between panel makers is expected to heat up. Figures from China Electronic Chamber of Commerce (CECC) suggested that more than 80 per cent of Chinese consumers were able to differentiate between 3D television brands in the market this year. The chamber estimated some 5 […]
InfoCom says the first Tablet TV services are appearing in several markets around the world, offered either free of charge or as paid add-ons by different players: content providers (content producers and Pay TV operators), mobile operators and TV access providers (cable, IPTV and satellite operators). The Tablet TV app requires a broadband subscription and […]
Sony says it expects an annual loss of $3.2 billion after previously predicting a $860 million profit return to profit in the financial year to the end of March. The firm has been hit recently by the Japanese earthquake and tsunami, and a series of computing hacking attacks. The earthquake and tsunami hit plants in […]
Sky Italia says Current isn’t being singled out – it is requesting that all channels whose deals are up for renewal settle for lower fees, its chief executive said, as he rejected claims that Sky had dropped Current TV for political reasons. “Every deal we are going into, we are trying to cut rates. The […]
Pay-TV revenues in Western Europe will not grow between 2011 and 2016 ($36 billion) according to a new report from Digital TV Research Ltd. Report author Simon Murray described the findings as “extraordinary at first glance considering that nine million pay-TV households with be added over the same period,” reaching 107 million by 2016 and […]