SES Astra, an SES company, has entered into a partnership with Italian broadcast and network service provider Milano Teleport to offer capacity from its 23.5 degrees East orbital position to Italian broadcasters. 23.5 degrees East is SES Astra's increasingly attractive orbital position offering high quality coverage of the Italian market. Milano Teleport intends to use […]
Pace, global developer of digital TV technologies, has confirmed it will be providing the HD DVR set-top boxes to support a new, advanced service offering from Latin America's largest cable operator, Argentina's Cablevisión. Pace's set-top box, developed exclusively for operators like Cablevisión, will be launched in conjunction with the new MAX service at the end […]
Project Canvas – a joint technology venture between the BBC, ITV, BT and Five that could bring on-demand programming to Freeview and Freesat – is unlikely to be rolled out until 2011 because it is mired in a complicated approval process. Erik Huggers, head of future media and technology at the BBC, warned that delays […]
The European Commission would oppose the Spanish government if it cuts the Internet access of users that download copyrighted material, the European Commission’s top telecommunications policy-maker, Viviane Reding, has said. “If Spain cuts off Internet access without a procedure in front of a judge, it would certainly run into conflict with the European Commission,” Reding […]
The chief executive of Fox Filmed Entertainment has said the US should join France in cutting off the Internet connection of users who repeatedly download copyright-protected films. CEO Jim Gianopulos said Internet piracy is the single biggest threat to the film industry worldwide, and independent films are the hardest hit. He said Internet service providers […]
Vivendi/Canal+ has bought broadcaster TF1's 9.9 per cent stake in Canal Plus France for E744 million. After the deal – originally planned for the first quarter of 2010 – is completed, Vivendi’s Canal Plus Group will own 74.9 percent of Canal Plus France. TF1 has held a put option since January 2007 following Vivendi/Canal Plus […]
Google has signed a licence agreement with DVR company TiVo that enables the Internet search provider to integrate TiVo set-top box viewing data into its measurement of audiences for inventory sold through the Google TV Ads platform. The deal adds approximately 3.6 million subscribers to the universe of set-top boxes that Google TV Ads has […]
Telegent Systems, a developer of semiconductors that enable mobile TV services, has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to raise up to $250 million in its initial public offering (IPO). The company, which plans to list its shares on the Nasdaq under the symbol “TLG,” has yet to announce details such as the number […]
From Colin Mann in London The name of Tandberg Television is set to disappear from the broadcast technology sector. Two and a half years after Ericsson acquired the multimedia technology specialist, the company has confirmed that the Ericsson name will be used for all the company's TV solutions from January 25 2010, and that it […]
Rovi has confirmed that its TV Guide widget, an application to help viewers find out information on TV shows and programmes that are airing, has launched on Samsung HDTV's Yahoo! TV Widget Engine platform. Users can access TV programme listings, descriptions and airing times. Users can also select from several “Hotlists” including the Daily Hotlist […]