It is critical that online advertisers independently track the efficacy of the billions being spent on Internet advertising, according to Anthony Rushton, co-founder of Telemetry. Commenting on the release of figures that reveal that the value of online advertising broke the £4 billion barrier in 2010, Rushton pointed out that the main sector of growth […]
The Digital Agenda’s goals for fast broadband coverage are rapidly realised with the help of the cable industry, according to new findings by Solon Management Consultancy. The report, commissioned by Cable Europe, found clear evidence that the cable industry is already covering 50 per cent of EU households with 10Mbps and up to 100Mbps and […]
Netflix has made adjustments to its Canadian video streaming service to cut down on the amount of data it uses in a country where Internet usage is typically metered. Netflix said its streaming service in Canada will now use two-thirds less data on average, with only a minimal impact to video quality. Thirty hours of […]
CMMB America, together with Canadian technology provider Unique Broadband Systems and Hong Kong affiliate CMMB Vision, have announced the successful demonstration of CMMB mobile TV signals for over mobile network frequencies in a trial demonstration near Denver, Colorado. The field demonstration is the first ever for CMMB in the US and signifies the Company’s first […]
Skylogic, the broadband subsidiary of Eutelsat Communications, and skyDSL Global, a European pioneer of satellite Internet services, have announced the extension of their longstanding partnership with an initial five-year contract amounting to €3 million enabling skyDSL to market the next-generation Tooway service provided by KA-SAT, Eutelsat’sl new High Throughput Satellite. Using the skyDSL2+ brand, skyDSL […]
Amino Technologies has secured a follow-on order to provide its hybrid/OTT technology to support Telecom Italia’s deployment of its Cubovision all-in-one multimedia broadband service. Launched in December 2010, Cubovision offers home TV access to a range of digital terrestrial TV channels, leading web TV sources, and pay-per-view films as well as personal content such as […]
The proliferation of online video services is boosting global broadband subscriptions and provider investment in fibre according to ABI Research. “Broadband Subscribers Market Data,” found that worldwide fixed broadband subscriber totalled 503 million at the end of 2010 with nearly 48 million subscribers added in the fourth quarter. South Korea, Hong Kong and France were […]
India’s phenomenal growth in broadband in 2010 – second only to China and the US – is leading towards the country soon becoming one of the top ten users of broadband in the world. That was the message delivered at the Convergence India event in New Delhi by Broadband Forum Chief Executive Officer Robin Mersh. […]
Access, a global provider of advanced software technologies to the mobile, beyond-PC and digital TV markets, has announced that Access’ NetFront Browser, an advanced and powerful mobile browser, has been selected by Nintendo as the new browser engine for the Nintendo 3DS handheld game console. Designed to provide a high performance browsing experience in memory […]
Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset will launch an all-news channel this autumn, according to chairman, Fedele Confalonieri. He said that the channel would be available on all distribution platforms, DTT (Tivu), DTH (Sky Italia and TivuSat) and IPTV (Telecom Italia, Fastweb). Mediaset vice-president Piersilvio Berlusconi, said the group’s pay-TV unit, Mediaset Premium, plans to invest E30-40 […]