Mobixell Networks, a provider of mobile Internet and broadband solutions, has revealed that Swisscom, a major telecommunications provider in Switzerland, has deployed Mobixell’s converged media delivery solution to bring video and live TV to personal computers and smartphones. Mobixell allows Swisscom to offer and manage over 50 live TV channels that can be watched in […]
AirTies, the wireless home networking vendor, has signed a strategic partnership with GooMe Interactive, a provider of over-the-top (OTT) media solutions for operators, to deliver an end-to-end, content-rich TV experience. The combined solution offers a STB with advanced graphics capabilities, supporting Pause-LiveTV and progressive download using Flash memory without the need for costly hard drives. […]
The UK Digital Economy Bill was passed in a series of compromise deals to get it on the statute before the election. The legislation has been forced through despite opposition from ISPs and others that it would punish innocent users with its powers to disconnect allegedly heavy down loaders. One of the main voices in […]
From David Del Valle in Madrid Mediaset's TV channel Tele 5 is laying the groundwork for HD with its first HD tests under way through DTT. The broadcaster has selected US company Level 3 to enhance HD live and on demand online streaming of its content. Level 3 will partner with Microsoft to deliver Tele […]
FIFA and Sony have unveiled insights into what fans can expect from the 3D football viewing experience. With a total of seven pairs of Sony’s professional HDC cameras on rigs at every match, the action on the pitch will be captured in 3D quality enabled through its proprietary multi-image processor and 3D Outside Broadcast truck. […]
AOL is set to cut its losses on Bebo, admitting it will sell or, more likey, shut the failing the internet social network it purchased for close to $850 million in 2008. AOL – whose merger with Time Warner is regarded as the worst media deal in history – bought bebo hoping to redefine its […]
DirecTV's single largest shareholder and its board chairman, is divesting most of his voting shares in the satellite television company. John Malone currently owns about 24.3 per cent of the company's voting shares, in a share exchange executed this week, his voting power in DirecTV will drop to 3 per cent. He will receive around […]
Virgin Media has once again come top in Cable.co.uk’s monthly broadband speed test. The study showed that Virgin Media offered an average connection speed of 8.4Mbps over the course of March, higher than the 6Mbps achieved by O2, which came in second. BT took third place with average connection speeds of 4.3Mbps, while Sky and […]
Warner Bros is launching its on-demand WarnerTV branded service for the first time ever in Korea via an agreement with KT’s IPTV provider QOOK TV. WarnerTV will launch as a VOD service within QOOK TV at no extra charge for consumers who purchase QOOK TV’s subscription video-on-demand programming package. Each week, WarnerTV will deliver new […]
Civolution and Gracenote have announced an expanded long-term agreement by jointly launching and selling Mediahedge, the next generation audio and video content identification platform that enables content filtering, monitoring and monetisation for content owners and service providers. The Mediahedge platform combines Civolution’s video fingerprinting and Gracenote's audio fingerprinting identification technologies with extended content registration and […]