DirecTV, the US pay-TV broadcaster, is to launch 3net this weekend on February 13. 3net brings ‘the best of the best’ in 3DTV with content coming from Discovery, IMAX and Sony. On opening night, the channel will show China Revealed, Into the Deep 3D and Forgotten Planet. DirecTV promises that it will debut a new […]
Strategy & Technology (S&T) is helping to deliver on demand video content over broadband to Freeview HD and Freesat set-top boxes and IDTVs as part of the new MHEG Interaction Channel (MHEG-IC). MHEG-IC is part of D-Book 6.2.1 the specification for Freeview HD and published by the UK’s Digital TV Group (DTG). It is anticipated […]
Virgin Media and ESPN have confirmed the addition of ESPN Classic content to Virgin’s TV Choice on Demand service from 14th February, strengthening the range of sporting content available on the service. Virgin Media customers will be able to enjoy ESPN Classic on Demand with some of the most memorable moments and matches from football, […]
Launch of Nagra Over-the-Top solution powering iPLUS set-top box-based on demand services PC/tablet/smartphone on demand and linear TV services to be launched later this year Nagra Multi-screen solution enables operator-controlled delivery of Over-the-Top services and seamless cross-device experience Cheseaux, Switzerland – February 10th, 2011– Nagra, independent provider of value-added content protection and multi-screen television solutions, […]
The BBC will be disappointed that its launch of an iPlayer app for iPad and Android was firstly leaked by its own staff and has now been overshadowed in the press by reports that it has no way of stopping licence fee evaders watching live TV on their devices. A report in The Telegraph points […]
Deutsche Telekom is re-entering the German cable television market in “a tactical move,”, says local press quoting spokesman Marc Sauser. “We want to throw a wrench in the works of the cable companies….We’re a newcomer and will be the smallest player in this market.” The company, which disposed of all its cable assets almost 10 […]
Canoe Ventures, a joint venture founded by the America’s leading cable operators, and the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) has announced the initial participants in their “CEE MEE” project. The ANA members who joined the project are Fidelity Investments, GlaxoSmithKline, Honda, Kimberly Clark and State Farm. The CEE MEE study initiative is designed to capture […]
London-based Travel Channel has changed its Asian signal feed from AsiaSat to Measat-3. It joins a powerful video neighbourhood on Measat-3 handled by GlobeCast including Nat-Geo, History Ch, TV5 Mode, FX and Fox Crime. GlobeCast says Travel will launch an HDTV channel later this year. “This move,” says GlobeCast, “allows Travel Channel to expand to […]
Middle East pay-TV operator Orbit Showtime Network (OSN) has launched a free app for iPhone, iPad and iPod subscribers to access OSN’s output across its 80-odd channels, as well as free-to-air channels available locally. “The new free OSN application ‘My OSN’ is the latest innovation from OSN to ensure TV viewers never miss a match, […]
Satellite operator SES is backing O3b, a new global high-speed Internet network. O3b, which stands for the “other 3 billion” of people with little or no access to the Internet, says it has signed a five-year global framework agreement with Etisalat Group, headquartered in the UAE and with more than 100 million customers across the […]