Skyline Communications has been awarded a contract by GlobeCast for the supply of a global DataMiner network management system for the monitoring of the quality and availability of the GlobeCast services. The solution will include installations of DataMiner technology across the globe (including sites such as London, Paris, Singapore and Los Angeles), and will provide […]
JTV shows from around the world will be streamed in the UK through Tiscali under a deal with on-demand broadcaster JumpTV. The partnership will see JumpTV install its video players on the Tiscali UK portal in the entertainment section. UK users of Tiscali broadband will then be able to access TV from 70 countries. “At […]
From David Del Valle in Madrid The Spanish football TV war between Sogecable and Mediapro, main shareholder in commercial channel La Sexta, prevented viewers outside of Spain from watching the Madrid derby game live on Saturday evening. The opening weekend of the season was in chaos as several games were embroiled in the dispute. As […]
The Hispanic audience's growing power in US television was confirmed when Nielsen, the ratings group, said it would scrap a segregated system for measuring viewers and include Latinos in its main tally. The decision is a victory for Univision, the US's largest Spanish-language broadcaster, and Telemundo, a rival network owned by NBC Universal, which had […]
Television channels, and not mobile phone operators, should finance the distribution of programming on mobile phones, according to Canal Plus head Bertrand Meheut. 'TV channels should pay for the network as they already do for traditional television,’ Meheut told the Les Echos. ‘If mobile phone operators pay for the network, they will demand in exchange […]
Exterity, a specialist in network IPTV, has confirmed the availability of its new TriplePlay receiver. Known as the 'idaptor TriplePlay' receiver, the new compact device will deliver and receive Internet, TV and telephony to any end point across a local area network. The idaptor can be connected to any end point and instantly turns it […]
From Branislav Pekic in Rome The Brazilian Government is planning to test the WiMax broadband wireless system as a return channel for interactive digital terrestrial television applications. The Communications Ministry, together with the Center for Research in Telecommunications (CPqD), will initiate interactive DTT trials in Hortolândia near Sao Paulo with set-top boxes provided by Brazil's […]
From David Del Valle in Madrid Spain’s ONO has reshuffled its pay-TV offer with the addition of new pay-TV packages and broadband Internet access with a speed of up to 25 Megabytes, being the first company in the country with such a capacity. Its three new pay-TV packages are Esencial (Essential), with more than 40 […]
Dubai Investment Group (DIG has acquired through its subsidiary Dubai Ventures, a 40 per cent stake in Time Broadband Services, India's newest IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) service provider. Having extensive technical and managerial experience in the telecom sector through its investments in Maltacom and Tunisie Telecom, DIG is well positioned to leverage its expertise and […]
Canal Plus has signed deals with France Telecom’s Orange, Neuf Cegetel and Iliad’s Free to supply content from some of its channels via the internet. Subscribers to the three Internet access providers will be able to view TPS Star, Cinestar, Cineculte, Cinetoile, Piwi, Teletoon and Sport Plus via ADSL.