BeeSmart, the acknowledged interactive TV solution provider for service operators and Ekioh, a developer of compelling end user interface engines, are proud to announce a fast growing number of IPTV users on SVG based client technology. The companies report that there are already over 130,000 end-users running BeeSmart middleware clients and the Ekioh SVG UI […]
Another broadcaster has admitted suffered a major hack of its transmissions. This time it’s Austria’s public broadcaster ORF use of the Cryptoworks encryption system, initially developed by Philips but now owned by Irdeto. Widespread hacking of ORF’s AustriaSat HDTV transmissions was reported at the end of December, and earlier in January on German and Austrian […]
The UK media buyer STRATA’s quarterly survey of major advertising firms found that for the first time since the survey began in 2008, over half of the respondents expressed an increase in business. The survey also discovered that digital advertising demand has decreased, with mobile advertising not yet living up to industry hype. Over the […]
IP Vision has revealed that leading health and fitness channel Fitness TV is the latest addition to its FetchTV platform, the UK’s first commercial hybrid OTT/IPTV service for consumers. Fitness TV is available immediately to FetchTV viewers for just £1.99 per month as well as via pay-per-view on demand. Fitness TV is the UK’s first […]
Viewster, the premium digital movie and TV content service from DIVA AG, has been announced as the first global provider of premium VOD content to Boxee. Viewster will be Boxee’s first global premium VOD provider, and also its first 3D provider outside the US “Right now, Boxee is one of the hottest and most exciting […]
RerunCentral.com has launched to provide consumers an easy route to discovering TV shows to watch online. The site presents pre-screened links to TV shows watchable at popular Internet destinations such as Hulu, Crackle, and TVLand. Users then click to the exact location of legal studio-produced online videos which can be instantly streamed and are often […]
Satellite Broadband Ireland (SBI) has signed a commercial agreement with Eutelsat Communications to sell broadband services via KA-SAT. The initial 3-year broadband utility contract, worth more than €5 million, will allow SBI to sell Eutelsat’s next-generation Tooway satellite broadband service, with download speeds of up to 10 Mbps and upload speeds of up to 4 […]
SideReel, the independent online TV destination, has released results from an online video survey of 1800+ users. Conducted in December 2010, the survey identifies usage patterns in the areas of social media, Web TV, and the use of connected devices. “People are mixing new technologies with familiar ones to get a personalised TV experience that […]
Vision IPTV has called on Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt to back broadcast quality Internet-only distribution and playout for the new national TV channel. Vision IPTV CEO, John Mills, said, “The costs of Internet broadcast are a tiny fraction of digital terrestrial TV and the barriers for local broadcasters therefore much lower. It makes sense to […]
Former US Vice President Al Gore helped celebrate TopTV’s 200,000 subs achievement, a key metric for the new South African pay-TV broadcaster. TopTV is owned by On Digital Media. TopTV launched on May 1 2010 offering more than 60 channels, including BET, Discovery Travel & Living, Fuel TV, Natura, MGM as well as the […]