In order to combat the emerging threat of malware infections on Smart TVs, Ocean Blue Software has partnered with IT security leader Sophos to develop a cloud-based antivirus solution that can be shipped either as part of the Ocean Blue middleware or as a stand-alone client for solutions with their own middleware. According to Futuresource […]

Sky Broadband has begun blocking access to file-sharing site The Pirate Bay. It joins Virgin Media and Everything Everywhere which have already taken similar action. The UK High Court had demanded the move after complaints by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) that Pirate Bay facilitated copyright infringement by providing magnetic links to movies, music and […]

The annual Cisco VNI Forecast expects worldwide devices and connections to grow to almost 19 billion_ nearly doubling from 2011 to 2016. The Cisco Visual Networking Index (VNI) Forecast (2011-2016), the company’s ongoing initiative to forecast and analyse Internet Protocol (IP) networking growth and trends worldwide quantitatively projects the significant amount of IP traffic expected […]

EU Commission VP Neelie Kroes has revealed plans to create new recommendations on net neutrality for ISPs. Kroes said she still wants to provide consumers with more transparency and choice in their Internet services. She plans three recommendations: for ISPs to provide clear information on actual, ‘real-life’ broadband speeds, more detailed information on limits to […]

While most observers recognised that a June 30th date for converting India’s four largest ‘metros’ from analogue to digital distribution was a little ambitions, it is only now – with the cut-off date looming – that wiser heads are saying that a time extension will be needed. The four huge cities (Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and […]

Encryption specialist NDS has a new end-to-end contract to supply its MediaHighway software and VideoGuard encryption to ADN Networks of Delhi.  ADN is converting its analogue cable distribution system to digital, in line with India’s move to all-digital TV distribution. Specifically, NDS will provide an end-to-end technology suite including MediaHighway set-top box software, VideoGuard conditional […]

China has signed a contract with Sri Lanka to build and launch a rocket for TV and telecoms use. The launch will be in 2015-16 and a new joint-venture company, SupremeSAT has itself signed an agreement with the Sri Lanka Board of Investment valued today at $20 million and which grow to around $320 million […]

Market research firm Infonetics Research has released excerpts from its new Residential Gateway Deployment Strategies: Global Service Provider Survey. The report delves into service providers’ strategies for deploying and pricing residential gateways, the applications driving their deployments, and their top picks for residential gateway vendors, services, technologies, and features. “With residential gateway revenue dropping because […]

As the number of connected media devices grows, home networking will continue to gain importance in consumers’ expanding digital lifestyle. By 2014, shipments of core home networking equipment (home gateways/routers, adapters, bridges, NICs, embedded LAN, NAS) and networked-enabled media devices (CE devices with network connectivity, excluding computers and mobile devices) will exceed one billion units […]