The European Parliament has voted to reject the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (Acta). The proposed agreement sought to curb piracy, but Internet campaigners said it posed a threat to online freedoms. The rejection vote followed a failed attempt to postpone the decision because of ongoing investigations into Acta by the European Court of Justice. Twenty two […]

Indian cable giant MSO Fast Way has been told it must stop “bullying” broadcasters. India’s Competition Commissioner has issued a strong warning to all cable MSO’s not to abuse their dominant position in the supply of TV channels to local users. Fast Way trades as Fast Way Transmission, Hathway Sukhamrit Cable and Creative Cable. To […]

The new ByteBlower 2100 is more than an evolution of the current ByteBlower 1000 series. It combines its ease-of-use, flexibility, scalability and competitive price with four Gigabit interfaces supporting line-rate speed with all packet sizes. On top of this performance boost, the ByteBlower 2100 also comes with an unrivalled port density: it can be configured […]

Based on forecasts for 80 countries, the number of digital TV homes will double between 2011 and 2017 to 1.323 billion, according to a new report from Digital TV Research. The Digital TV World Household Forecasts report estimates that global digital penetration will climb from 48.6 per cent at end-2011 to 86.7 per cent by […]

Copper networks continue to be a cash cow for telcos, delivering broadband over DSL to more than 367 million subscribers worldwide in 2011.  Fibre to the Home (FTTH) technologies bring ten times the bandwidth compared to advanced DSL technologies.  However, upgrades to advanced forms of DSL require a fraction of the investment of upgrades to […]

Telecom Italia’s broadcasting unit Telecom Italia Media (TI Media) could transfer its two loss-making TV channels, La7 and MTV, to a new company from September, according to WSJ. The media company would be left with its valuable frequency licences by selling the two broadcasters. The licences could then be used to deliver completely new content […]

Rentrak, an expert in multi-screen media measurement serving the advertising, television and entertainment industries, has announced the company’s new Studio Share module to the OnDemand Essentials system.  This new module is the first to provide a transparent view of competitive video-on-demand (VoD) information and industry data to participating motion picture studios. This transparency allows movie […]

Boxee and Comcast have announced a new agreement that will let Boxee users access encrypted basic cable channels. The deal includes both a short- and long-term solution for the problem. In the short-term a “high-definition digital transport adapter with an ethernet connector” is being developed, which will grant people with an IP-capable Clear QAM box […]

Arqiva, the communications infrastructure and media services company, has agreed terms with the Board of Spectrum Interactive, a leading UK based Wi-Fi operator, for an offer to acquire 100 per cent of the shares for total cash consideration of £23.4 million. The deal will enable Arqiva to accelerate its wholesale mobile data business by acquiring […]