The delayed launch of open IPTV platform YouView will result in a product that has been worth waiting for, according to the operation’s CEO, Richard Halton. He told delegates at the DTG Summit that the platform had been proved ready and would undergo extensive trials by the end of 2011, prior to a full commercial […]
The Cisco ISB7005 for AT&T U-Verse has cleared the FCC. This is the first STB that IMS Research has observed beyond those from the Turkish company AirTies that is designed to receive pay-TV over a Wi-Fi interface. Stephen Froehlich, a senior analyst with IMS Research’s Consumer Electronics group states, “AT&T appears to be using the […]
Vodafone Iceland has selected Amino next generation HD STB for the next phase of its IPTV service rollout. The company will deploy a number of Amino A140 SD/HD STBs as part of a service upgrade of its IPTV service which offers VOD, catch-up and broadcast of close to 100 TV channels to its 25,000+ customers. […]
Technicolor achieved Q4 revenues of €1.155 billion, up 21.4 per cent vs. Q4 2009, second half revenues over all were €2.075 billion up 17 per cent. Nonetheless annual turnover was down 1.2 per cent on 2009 though EBITDA was 1.2 per cent up at €505 million, a margin of 14 per cent. A net loss […]
Starmax HD, Spain’s new HD service, has chosen GlobeCast to provide aggregation, encryption, and delivery of the full bouquet of channels broadcast to millions of households across the country. Hailed as a significant innovation in pay TV, Starmax HD has been developed from the ground up to provide the best HDTV platform to Spanish viewers […]
New Spanish provider Starmax HD which aims to offer contract-freepay-TV has named its technical partners: Ferguson, Globecast and Conax. Ferguson will be responsible for the production of the decoders, which in addition to HD channels from Starmax, allow viewers access to many satellite broadcast channels as well as DTT channels in both Standard Definition and […]
Spain’s ONO has told Cable Congress it will launch its TiVo STP in September and admits it has a marketing mountain to climb as TiVo is an unknown brand in Spain. Meanwhile, alongside its results Virgin has revealed it has 50,000 reservations for its TiVo powered box. TiVo users must pay £199 (€236) for the […]
Discretix, provider of field-proven content protection and embedded security solutions, has confirmed that Gemtek Technology has licensed its Multi-Scheme DRM Client with Microsoft PlayReady support for Android based pocket-size smart TV box. Approved by all major Hollywood studios and the Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem (Ultraviolet), Microsoft PlayReady addresses the significant transformation that has affected both […]
Now I’ve got your attention I’ll explain. A session here at Cable Congress posed the question what should operator’s digital home strategies be? No surprise that everybody nodded enthusiastically to enabling the home network, developing the Set Top as the home gateway and delivering ‘blow me away’ user interfaces. But panellists also admitted that this […]
ActiveVideo Networks will demonstrate how its CloudTV Platform can uniformly bring Smart TV functionality and applications to any set-top box or television equipped with CI Plus (Common Interface Plus) modules at the Cable Congress. ActiveVideo will show how CloudTV can build value for cable system operators, programmers and third-party developers by enabling the limitless delivery […]