BSkyB has confirmed that its forthcoming Sky 3D TV service, which is to launch later this year, will be compatible with a wide range of 3D Ready TVs being launched in the UK and Ireland during 2010. LG, Panasonic, Samsung and Sony all intend to introduce '3D Ready' TVs this year, and Sky's 3D service […]
Fibre-optic service providers for Internet, TV and phone services scored tops overall in Consumer Reports’ latest survey of telecom services in the US. Verizon FiOS and AT&T U-verse, whose networks are fibre-optic based, received top scores for Internet and TV service and were among the better phone providers. Consumer Reports’ survey also found that satellite […]
Market research firm Infonetics Research has published three video-related market share and forecast reports: Video Infrastructure and Subscribers, Set-Top Boxes and Subscribers, and Video Services and Subscribers. Hignlights of the report include: – Worldwide set-top box (STB) revenue dropped 6 per cent in 3Q09 from 2Q09, due to lower subscriber growth, a decrease in purchases […]
Discovery Communications, Sony Corporation and IMAX Corporation announced at CES that they are forming a joint venture to create a 24-hour 3D television network in the US. They gave no details on carriage with pay-TV operators or the technical infrastructure behind the service but Discovery says it will start talks with distributors now and it […]
SlingMedia, part of EchoStar Corporation unveiled four products as part of an expanded strategy targeted at television service providers and consumer electronics manufacturers. Leveraging the technology in its core Slingbox product, Sling Media has created elegant, easy-to-install new products that deliver video placeshifting, allowing anyone to enjoy their video around their home or around the […]
Dish Network has introduced TV Everywhere – a unique suite of integrated products designed to maximise the convenience and ease of watching TV anytime and anywhere. “Dish Network is proud to introduce the first and only comprehensive solution for consumers to pay once for content and then remain connected to their TV everywhere,” said Ira […]
The Walt Disney Co has unveiled KeyChest, its proprietary alternative to DECE's Digital Rights Locker, to enable consumers to buy films or television shows from various distributors, store them on remote servers, and play them on multiple platforms ranging from TVs to computers and phones. Disney said it plans to roll-out KeyChest for both the […]
Apple has agreed to buy Quattro Wireless, a mobile advertising and publishing company. The move puts Apple in head-to-head competition with Google which just unveiled its new Nexus One phone (see below). Quattro runs advertising networks for smartphone applications and for the mobile Web. Its advertisers roster include Procter & Gamble, Coca-Cola, Netflix and Disney. […]
BBC is using Witbe’s quality of experience (QoE) technology to complement its existing quality of service (QoS) measurements with end-user experience data, based on actual visual clues, for the BBC.co.uk web site. Witbe robots technology continuously reproduces user behaviour on the BBC.co.uk web site, in particular on the Home page, the Weather page, the News […]
Accedo, Betfair, PlayJam, RallyPoint and Two Way Media are establishing a new forum for the development of games on connected TV it was announced at CES. They say online games are a major driver in the multi-platform digital entertainment arena, attracting 38% of internet users whilst generating billions of downloads via mobile phone applications and […]