From Colin Mann in London Ofcom has confirmed details of plans to auction radio spectrum suitable for a range of services, including mobile television and satellite radio. The UK’s communications regulator also announced that the provisional deadline for applications is 10 April 2008, with the online auction likely to start at the end of April. […]
Conexant Systems and Latens have joined forces to increase security and lower costs for satellite, cable, and digital terrestrial pay television broadcast network operators. Conexant has integrated the Latens BCAS (Broadcast Conditional Access System) security software into its CX2415X family of set-top box solutions. To speed product development efforts, a reference design based on Conexant […]
Four of Europe's leading telecommunications network operators have been elected to the DSL Forum Board of Directors. The new members include Kevin Foster, of BT; Christophe Alter, from France Telecom; Mauro Tilocca of Telecom Italia; and Marcin Drzymala from Telekomunikacja Polska. Frank Van der Putten of Alcatel-Lucent, Les Brown of Infineon and Phil Skeba of […]
AOL, the Internet arm of Time Warner is set to pay $850 million to acquire social media network Bebo, which has total global membership of more than 40 million. Bebo is one of the largest social networks in UK, and is ranked number one in Ireland and New Zealand and number three in the US, […]
The No. 1 satellite-TV provider is testing its own version of an on-demand movies and television service that it plans to launch in the second quarter. DirecTV On Demand uses a combination of DVR broadband connections in a Sky Active look-a-like service. DirecTV’s satellites will automatically transmit a limited number of popular movie titles to […]
Sony Pictures Entertainment is making an offer of E156 million for Dutch entertainment company, 2waytraffic the company which creates, produces, licenses and distributes light entertainment content across television, mobile and digital platforms. The acquisition will enhance Sony Pictures' global capabilities in the light entertainment market, which includes game shows, reality programming, variety shows, quiz shows […]
Viacom cannot amend its complaint against Google in its $1 billion copyright lawsuit to add a claim for punitive damages, a US judge has ruled. District Judge Louis Stanton denied Viacom’s request, saying common law punitive damages cannot be recovered under the Copyright Act. Viacom sued Google a year ago for copyright infringement on its […]
TiVo has announced an agreement with YouTube that will deliver millions of Web videos directly to users' TV screens. “TiVo's strategy is to bridge the gap between Web video and television and make as much content available as possible for our subscribers,” said Tara Maitra, TiVo's vice president and general manager for content services. Just […]
From Colin Mann at the IPTV World Forum in London Edgeware, supplier of server systems for on-demand TV, has revealed that triple-play service provider Inuk Networks has selected the Orbit 2x streaming platform to add video on-demand (VOD) functionality to its Freewire IPTV service in the UK, Ireland and Canada. Edgeware’s server solution enables Inuk […]
From Colin Mann at the IPTV World Forum in London Media, entertainment and communications technologist Thomson has launched new modules to its Smartvision video service platform designed to deliver video on demand over hybrid broadcast networks (Digital Terrestrial Television and IP or Satellite and IP). The platform now comprises a push video mechanism which allows […]