Kabel Deutschland, Germany’s largest cable operator, reported full-year revenue at the low end of its forecast and announced a lower dividend than anticipated; the shares fell over 5 per cent in early trading. The company said that Chief Financial Officer Paul Thomason won’t renew his contract when it expires in March next year. The full-year […]
Helped by positive market sentiment for its new Ka-band broadband-by-satellite craft, Eutelsat’s share price soared some 2.2 per cent on June 7th. Investment banker Goldman Sachs upgraded Eutelsat’s stock from ’neutral’ to ‘conviction buy’ in another positive move for the satellite operator. The move helped Eutelsat reach a 52-week high (on the Paris bourse) in […]
Telenor Satellite Broadcasting (TSBc) has confirmed the signing of a key contract with Riks TV, a major TV distributor in the Nordic region, for contribution services that utilise TSBc’s European terrestrial video fibre network. The network, called MSNW (multi-service network), is a flexible and secure vehicle for the seamless integration of terrestrial- and satellite-based communications. […]
As reported here yesterday, Microsoft Corp has used day one of E3 in Los Angeles confirm plans for live TV via Xbox. It also confirmed plans presaged at CES in January to put its Kinect motion control into play for controlling media options on the platform so channels and VoD can be chosen with voice […]
The BBC has launched an online hub, Things To Do, that lets users search for local activities offered by the broadcaster and its partners. The aim is to encourage users to engage more with activities run by the BBC and partners including the National Trust and Wildlife Trust. Activities will extend across a range of […]
Virgin Media is celebrating an £81.5 million (€91.4m) VAT refund from HM Revenue & Customs. The refund covers an eight-year period between 2003 and 2011 on an undisclosed part of the Virgin business. It has also agreed to pay a lower-than-expected £23.6 million in VAT as a result of a separate settlement with HMRC, ending […]
Multi-screen hybrid television platform provider Sezmi Corporation and connected home solutions specialist Netgem have formed a partnership to include Netgem’s set-top-box hardware and software as part of Sezmi’s comprehensive TV offering. Sezmi brings a differentiated multi-screen TV experience to consumers with a system that adapts to varying network capabilities alleviating the need for service providers […]
EchoStar Technologies is to unveil Aria, a new technology ‘ecosystem’ designed exclusively for mid-sized and independent cable TV operators at the upcoming Cable Show in Chicago. “Our engineers have designed an economical technology platform that will allow smaller cable operators to deliver the premium television features and services most in demand by consumers today without […]
Hard on the heels of the expected announcement later today (Monday 6th June) of an Apple TV service, US media is reporting ‘last minute negotiations’ with content owners in preparation for a full Xbox Live TV service announcement at the E3 games fest in Las Vegas later this week. According to those reports the service […]
Electronics manufacturers, TV broadcasters and the Government have lined up to support the HbbTV standard as a way to introduce hybrid TV following the model in France and Germany. Manufacturers believe the market will grow strongly over the next few years. Panasonic forecasts that in 2012 there will be 2 million Internet-ready TV sets in […]