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Al Jazeera for India

Al Jazeera English has confirmed that the channel has been granted a downlinking licence to broadcast in India. The decision, which was made by India’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, allows cable and satellite companies in India to add Al Jazeera English to their current line-up of channels. The announcement from the Indian Government follows […]

December 7, 2010

Bestv complete Hungary pilot

Motive Television, the digital television technology, software and services provider, has successfully completed the technical pilot of its Bestv technology with Antenna Hungaria, a subsidiary of Groupe TDF. Antenna Hungaria operates a digital terrestrial television (DTT) platform offering consumers the choice of both free and pay television channels via a set top box. Throughout the […]

December 7, 2010

ITI Neovision selects the Neotion CI Plus Conax module to boost HD Pay TV bouquet

Neotion, a French based provider of highly‐sophisticated processors (SoC) and Advanced CI & CI Plus Modules for Pay TV operators’ has been selected by ITI Neovision, a leading Polish DTH Pay TV operator as their exclusive supplier of CI Plus Conax Modules, for their HD satellite bouquet in Poland. The Neotion CI Plus Conax Chipset […]

December 7, 2010

Multichannel loss to cord cutters just 0.1%

The amount of ‘cord-cutters’ – multichannel homes with a high-speed Internet connection that drop their cable/telco/satellite subscriptions, but retain their broadband connection to watch television – netted out to only 0.11 per cent of the television population over the past three months, according to an extensive ESPN analysis of Nielsen’s national people meter sample. ESPN […]

December 6, 2010

Time Warner gets Glue social TV

GetGlue, a social network that lets users “check in” to television programmes, films and sporting events, has attracted investment from Time Warner as it  leads a $6 million round of financing. GetGlue allows users to signal what type of media they are consuming at any given moment. GetGlue has partnerships with 24 companies including television […]

December 6, 2010

DVB choice under question in Colombia

The decision to adopt the DVB digital television standard in Colombia has been suspended. There are local reports of “irregularities” over the decision-making process which ended up with DVB being selected. According to the El Espectador newspaper, the Colombian State Council has accepted the request to cancel the DVB decision pending a decision on whether […]

December 6, 2010By Chris Forrester

KPMG media barometer: 79% reject pay walls

KPMG’s Media Barometer surveyed a total 4,312 UK consumers from YouGov’s panel in September, for its Media and Entertainment Barometer. Among the main findings: —27 per cent own a smartphone. “This rose to 44 per cent and 43 per cent amongst the 18-24s and 25-34s respectively.” —35 per cent have downloaded paid apps in the […]

December 6, 2010

First ‘new style’ VOD campaign for ITV

Warner Brothers is the first advertiser to launch a video-on-demand campaign on ITV’s catch-up player that uses a new interactive VOD format. The broadcaster has launched an ad format called Video Player-Ad API Definition (VPAID), developed by the IAB. The format has been designed to keep viewers within the ITV Player when they interact with […]

December 6, 2010

PALS to obtain Newtec ASBU-MENOS Open DSNG Certification for its satellite systems

Newtec, a global player in satellite communications, has announced that PALS Electronics has successfully achieved the Multimedia Exchange Network over Satellite (MENOS) certification of its vehicle-mounted and fly drive satellite antenna systems for use with Newtec’s ASBU-MENOS Open DSNG networking solution. The certification process ensures that the proposed solution is fully compliant with the MENOS […]

December 6, 2010

Eutelsat orders urgent W3D

  Eutelsat, as expected, has ordered a replacement for the failed W3B satellite which failed to orbit on Oct 28. Thales Alenia will build W3D in near-record time, just 24 months, which is speedy for a 56-transponder craft. The order and rapid build commitment means the new satellite should be on station at 7 degrees […]

December 4, 2010