ProSiebenSat.1, has announced a restructuring that sets up a New Media division under the leadership of Dan Marks, former head of BT Vision. The division includes Christoph Bellmer as head of new TV and CEO of SevenSenses and Silke Kuisle as managing director of MyVideo and Arnd Benninghoff as CEO of SevenOne Intermedia. “My goal […]
International cable operator Liberty Global has reported a first-quarter profit – its second in a row after five consecutive quarterly losses – on a $1.4 billion gain from discontinued operations. The company saw record subscriber growth for Internet and telephone services in Europe. Chief Executive Mike Fries said the company saw strong demand for its […]
ITV has reported an 8 per cent year-on-year increase in TV ad revenue in the first three months, and is predicting a World Cup-fuelled 22 per cent surge in the second quarter, but has warned that the outlook in the second half remains “highly uncertain”. ITV chief executive Adam Crozier, giving his first management update […]
Korea will transmit its first stereoscopic 3D television programmes over terrestrial broadcasting networks on May 19th, the Korea Communications Commission (KCC) has confirmed. All four of the country’s land-based television stations – KBS, MBC, SBS and EBS – will participate in the trial services, beginning with the 3D broadcasts of the 2010 Colorful Daegu Pre-Championships […]
Harmonic and Omneon have confirmed the signing of a definitive agreement in which Harmonic would acquire Omneon for some $274 million in cash and Harmonic stock. The proposed acquisition would combine Harmonic's position in video delivery infrastructure with Omneon's technology for the production, management and distribution of digital media. “This proposed combination will position Harmonic […]
From David del Valle in Madrid Around 12 million TV sets in Spain, 46 per cent of the total market, are not ready for HDTV and another 11 million need a special set-top-box to watch it, according to the Electronic Association, Asimelec. Most of those 12 million are “old TV sets”, capable of receiving DTT […]
Telegent Systems has revealed that continuing growth in demand for its free-to-air mobile TV receivers has propelled it beyond a milestone of 80 million units shipped since it first launched its mobile TV receiver technology in mid-2007. Analyst firm Forward Concepts estimates that 78 million broadcast TV handsets were shipped globally in 2009. “We have […]
Cisco has completed its acquisition of the STB business of DVN. Listed in Hong Kong with major operations in China, DVN is a market and technology leader in digital cable solutions in China and shares Cisco’s vision of a high-performance, scalable and services-rich cable interactive platform extending into every home. The newly-acquired business will run […]
The DVB Project has announced a major milestone with the success of the first live transmission employing DVB-C2, the new second-generation baseline transmission system for digital television via cable networks. The significance of the live transmission demonstrates that DVB-C2 is now ready for implementation and will provide real opportunities for MSOs to introduce new tiers […]
From Branislav Pekic in Rome Italy could bring forward the final analogue switch-off to 2011, according to the Deputy Minister of Economic Development, Paolo Romani Speaking during the Fifth Annual Digital Terrestrial Conference in Milan, Romani said that he will talk to the presidents of the Regions (Tuscany, Umbria, Sicily and Calabria), for which the […]