AsiaSat 5, the most popular satellite platform in Asia for sports event delivery, will be distributing live HD and SD television feeds of the 2010 FIFA World Cup held in South Africa from June 11th to July 11th. Asian broadcasters with broadcast rights to the sporting event will receive live coverage of the matches from […]
DiBcom, a specialist in the market for components dedicated to digital fixed and mobile TV reception, has unveiled its 2 new tuner-demodulator System on Chip (SoC) for DVB-T and ISDB-T full-seg, offering digital TV high performance technology for portable or fixed reception. Set top boxes, TV sets or PCTV can be addressed by these components […]
Reliance Media World, controlled by Indian industrialist Anil Ambani, is in talks to form a television joint venture with CBS Broadcasting of the US, according to reports. CBS was one of “a number of groups” Reliance was in talks with about the plan to roll out a group of channels for Indian pay television, a […]
The BBC has confirmed it will be launching a simulcast of flagship channel BBC1 in HD this Autumn. The channel will be made available to all digital television platforms offering HD channels – Freesat, Freeview, Sky and Virgin Media. Danielle Nagler, Head of BBC HD says: “I'm delighted that the HD simulcast of BBC One […]
A proposed code of practice which implements legislative measures aimed at reducing online copyright infringement has been published by Ofcom for consultation. The Digital Economy Act 2010 requires that the code of practice is implemented no later than eight months from Royal Assent, including approval from the European Commission. Subject to consultation and approval, Ofcom […]
Following up its iPhone app Sky has launched a Sky Mobile TV app for the Apple iPad, offering access to all Sky Sports channels and Sky News. The new bespoke app has been created to take advantage of the increased screen size offered by the new device. Sky Mobile TV app for iPad allows users […]
The number of IPTV subscribers in Europe is set to increase by 92 per cent within the next five years from 15.4 million in 2009 to 29.6 million in 2015, boosted by widespread deployment of next-generation access networks, according to a report from research firm Analysys Mason. The report adds that having taken the best […]
SeaChange International has reported its fiscal first-quarter profit surged on higher sales of software for video-on-demand television services. SeaChange also forecast second-quarter profit and revenue in line with Wall Street expectations. The company reported net income of $24.6 million for the three months ended April 30th, compared with a profit of only $1 million in […]
Blinkbox has struck deals with All3Media, Eagle Rock, Fireworks International, Shed Media, Target Entertainment and 3DD Entertainment to add a further 600 hours of shows to its service. Binkbox CEO Michael Comish, said the deals signify the company's strength in the video-on-demand sector. “The past two years have seen many notable VOD services either go […]
Virgin Media has launched a new and improved The KARAOKE Channel to its on demand TV platform. Virgin Media's XL TV customers will be able to choose from over 100 karaoke videos, from pop and country to rock and disco, for no extra cost. New videos will be added each month and available to watch […]