Video search engine blinkx has formed a partnership with ExitReality, the company 'that converts the Web into three dimensions.' Users of ExitReality will now have access to millions of hours of Internet video to view and share in 3D spaces, courtesy of blinkx. Gartner analysts have predicted that 80 per cent of all active Internet […]
Announcing its quarter numbers Virgin Media revealed the cost of settling the carriage dispute with Sky. Virgin will pay Sky approximately £38m (E48) a year over the course of the contract to June 2011. However, Sky will pay Virgin an increased amount of £24m a year to keep its channels (Living, Trouble and Bravo) in […]
NXP Semiconductors, the independent semiconductor company founded by Philips, has revealed that the collaboration project with Pegatron, a design, manufacturing and service company, has achieved what they claim is the world's first Hybrid DVB-T TV tuner card in half the size of a minicard. Additionally to the latest generation multistandard TDA18271 silicon tuner from NXP, […]
DirecTV Group, America’s largest DTH operator with over 17 million customers, has reported that Q3 earnings rose 14 per cent, fuelled by growth in subscribers, higher prices and lower capital expenses. “We are in a tough economy and a competitive environment,” Chief Executive Chase Carey said in a conference call with analysts. But business has […]
Rupert Murdoch has sharply cut forecasts for News Corp, predicting lower ad revenue will see it suffer double-digit declines in operating income for this fiscal year, rather than the 4-6 per cent growth previously forecast. News Corp said it expects a low to mid-teens percentage drop in operating profit from the $5.13 billion it recorded […]
From Branislav Pekic in Rome Croatian triple-play operator B.net, owned by Austrian concern Bewag, has announced an international tender which will result with a change of ownership by the end of the year. According to the president of the Board of B.net, Adrian Ježina, several non-binding bids have already been received, mostly from foreign companies, […]
Russia's biggest web portals with three million daily users, is to lay off half its staff according to reports from Russia. The cuts are to come from non-core brands such as Rambler Telecom, Rambler-Foto and Rambler Vision and could affect as many as 255 staff. This is fallout from the Russian FAS anti-trust authority's decision […]
Numericable, is deploying Juniper Networks M- and T-series routing platforms, Integrated Security Gateway (ISG) platforms and FW/VPN security appliances for its next-generation network. This IP-based network will provide a secure and reliable platform for the converged delivery of Voice, Internet, and cable TV across a single network. Numericable is one of the first European cable […]
Cablevision Systems swung to a profit in the third quarter helped by additions to its Internet and phone subscribers during the period. The company had a net profit of $27.1 million, compared with a loss of $79.3 million a year ago. Revenue grew 15.4 percent to $1.745 billion partly bolstered by the additions of Newsday […]
Virgin Media is said to be considering selling off its content division – again. According to FT, the company is considering restructuring the business to become a set of communications platforms rather than producing any content of its own. As part of the Telewest / NTL merger that formed Virgin Media, Telewest tried to sell […]