Apple Airplay subscribers can now watch BBC content on their TVs via Apple’s set-top box. The international version of the iPlayer has been available exclusively on iPad tablets since its launch earlier this year. Matthew Littleford, general manager for the global iPlayer, said it was “constantly looking” for ways to develop and evolve the global […]
Hybrid STBs are rapidly being deployed by pay-TV operators worldwide to help them deliver advanced services and manage bandwidth scarcity in broadcast networks, reports ABI. In 2010, only 40 per cent of STBs worldwide featured hybrid capabilities, with many not yet enabled by software as operators were not ready to deploy IP video services. Hybrid […]
Discovery Networks International is launching FTA channel Discovery MAX on January 12th that will be available throughout Spain on the DTT platform on the channel 69 currently occupied by Veo TV. The launch of this new channel on Spain’s DTT is the result of a recent agreement between Discovery Networks and Unidad Editorial in the […]
An International Launch Services Proton-M rocket successfully launched a huge satellite into orbit for ViaSat on October 19th. The satellite has the largest-ever capacity throughput, at a staggering 140 Gb/s. The satellite is about the size of a double-deck bus (without its solar panels deployed) and weighs in at 6.7 tonnes. Space Systems/Loral built the […]
The IABM (International Association of Broadcasting Manufacturers) has announced that 11 more broadcast and media technology suppliers have joined the association in the past three months. The new IABM members are Arkivum, Bowens, Bradley Engineering, Fujifilm, Glensound, Jampro Antennas, Quadrus, Radioscape, RTSS, and Signiant. The announcement comes just ahead of the IABM Annual Conference, scheduled […]
In the quarter to September 30th BSkyB has posted revenue up 9 per cent to £1.66 billion (€1.89bn) and operating profit up 16 per cent year on year to £295 million. But while it added 77,000 net new customers in total and sold 683,000 additional ‘products’ the net of new pay-TV subs was just 26,000 […]
BSkyB is to extend Sky Go to Android devices having achieved 1.6m downloads on Apple tablets within three months of launch. Sky said it will continue to develop the service in the coming months by adding more content and extending the service to Android devices and other platforms, yet to be confirmed. Sky subscribers can […]
People who use personal devices such as tablets and smartphones at the same time as watching TV are ignoring television commercials almost completely, according to new research published by the Strategy Analytics Digital Home Observatory. The report, “Multi-Screen User Behaviours in the Home,” identifies reasons why multiscreen users shift their focus between devices and how […]
UK-based digital activist body the Open Rights Group (ORG) has released research on the availability of film online, which it suggests indicates a dysfunctional market place that leaves consumers with the digital equivalent of empty shelves. The findings showed: – Excluding iTunes, only 27 per cent of the BAFTA Best Film award-winning films from 1960 […]
Technology company NDS is now serving more than 20 million homes in India, representing more than 100 million viewers, with its encryption and middleware expertise. Dr Abe Peled, executive chairman of NDS, speaking exclusively to Advanced-Television.com from New Delhi where he was attending an event to celebrate the milestone, said the best part of the […]