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Sky Anytime+ adds iPlayer and ITV Player

With 2012 seeing increased competition in the UK pay-TV and online television sector, including the January launch of Netflix, and the anticipated late spring launch of YouView, Sky has today announced a series of enhancements to its video on demand service, Sky Anytime+, aimed at expanding the choice of programmes available for customers and make […]

January 30, 2012By Colin Mann

Challenges ahead for BSkyB

BSkyB unveils its Q2 numbers on January 31st, and most observers see continued progress for the broadcaster, although with net TV subscriber additions being somewhat less than this same time last year. Investment banker Morgan Stanley forecasts net TV subs growing by 69,000 (140,000 this time last year). This slower growth might also affect HD […]

January 30, 2012

Time Warner Cable loses pay-TV subs

Time Warner Cable continued to add high-speed Internet customers but lose pay-TV subscribers in Q4 2011, as the second-largest cable operator in the US navigated “rapid changes in technology in the consumer marketplace”, according to chief executive Glenn Britt. Residential high-speed Internet revenues were up 8.6 per cent on the addition of 117,000 customers, and […]

January 27, 2012

Liberty Global sees strong European growth

Michael Fries, chief executive of Liberty Global, has said that a smart pricing strategy and a presence in select European markets have helped the media company and broadband provider grow, despite Europe’s larger economic woes. “We’re big believers in Europe. And our products, as you know, are relatively inexpensive. And we have grown right through […]

January 27, 2012

Anga Cable 95% booked

The Anga Cable show has reported a total of 95 per cent of the exhibition space has already been registered by 360 different companies in preperation for the 2012 event. Peter Charissé, managing director of Anga Cable, commented: “Without last year´s extension of floor space we would have been fully booked by the middle of […]

January 27, 2012

Israeli cyber wars devastates Iranian websites

An Israeli hacker has brought down websites belonging to controversial broadcaster Press TV, and also websites belonging to Iran’s Ministries of Health and Education. The Israeli hackers, who call themselves the ‘IDF Team’, are reported to be responding to a similar attack made on Israeli sites on January 25th. The Israeli group has also reportedly […]

January 27, 2012By Chris Forrester

BBC privacy charter for web data

The BBC is creating a charter for the use of data on the web. The charter is due to be unveiled within a couple of months and will allow viewers to choose if they want the BBC to delete information the corporation has collected about them via websites such as the iPlayer. BBC director of […]

January 26, 2012

BT and Everything Everywhere extend 4G trial

BT and Everything Everywhere are to extend their 4G LTE trial in Cornwall after Ofcom agreed to renew their licence until June 2012. The two companies said that the licence extension granted by Ofcom “will be beneficial to the rollout of any potential subsequent commercial service”. The companies say the trial has so far successfully […]

January 26, 2012

Multi-Choice TV selects Conax

Conax, the global security specialist, has revealed that Multi-Choice TV of Barbados has chosen content protection partner Conax to secure their roll out of digital TV Services. In addition to the new Multi-Choice TV contract, Conax has secured 2 new contracts in the region in the last few months, further establishing the solutions provider’s security […]

January 26, 2012

Amino selects Celeno Wi-Fi

Amino Communications, specialists in IPTV/OTT solutions, has selected Celeno Communications, a provider of semiconductors for multimedia Wi-Fi home networking applications, to provide a range of wireless products that complement Amino’s range of IPTV STBs. Celeno’s OptimizAIR technology will help Amino offer whole home Wi-Fi networking robust enough for HD IPTV distribution, multi-room DVR and OTT […]

January 24, 2012