Swiss-based Transmedia has finalised a deal with IPTV operator kt (formerly Korea Telecom) to launch its iConcerts HDTV channel for the first time in Korea. This marks the first time the iConcerts HDTV broadcast channel will be available to the Korean public following the approval of its broadcast licence by the KCC (Korea Communications Commission) […]

Sundance Channel Global will launch on Spain’s Movistar Imagenio, Telefónica’s IPTV service and one of the country’s largest television operators.  Sundance Channel Global launched less than 2 years ago in a single country and now expands into its 9th territory.  Combining the Sundance Channel brand with its capacity for content platform solutions, the channel will […]

Roku has confirmed that the Roku XD player is now available for purchase at Best Buy stores nationwide and at BestBuy.com. The announcement marks the first time the streaming player has been made available through retail channels in the US. The Roku XD has a list price of $79.99 and is available at Best Buy […]

Marketers are increasingly spending time, money and creativity to reach their audiences in non-traditional ways.  A 24/7 Wall St./Harris Poll on Social Media and Television has found that many Americans are participating in this type of interactions.  Among online US adults, two in five say they have gone online or utilised social media to comment, […]

Private Media Group, a global specialist in adult entertainment products, has entered into an expanded agreement with long time IPTV partner, Free, in France.  Leveraging Free’s leading distribution platform which includes free-to-air TV channels, PVR, and catch-up services, along with extensive user base, Private will have 100 per cent coverage throughout France with terms that […]

CNBC, the leading business and financial news channel, will be available on Deutsche Telekom’s leading IPTV platform, Entertain from April 1st. CNBC will join the Entertain package, which is available to 1.6 million subscribers with high-speed DSL lines across Germany.  The agreement with Deutsche Telekom now means that CNBC reaches approximately 33 million households in […]

KidsCo, the international children’s channel, has announced a three-year partnership extension to its existing offering on Optimus Clix, the Portuguese triple-play IPTV operator. The Portuguese operator has renewed its contract with KidsCo, ensuring the channel will continue to be available to subscribers for another three years.

Verimatrix has announced an extended partnership with SMiT that pairs ViewRight cardless security with an advanced CI+ CAM design. The combination of Verimatrix security and the SMiT CI+ CAM platform enables a new range of advance revenue security solutions for the wide range of connected TV and other devices that support this new expansion standard. […]

Verimatrix, the specialist in securing and enhancing revenue for multi-screen digital TV services around the globe, has announced an extended partnership with SMiT that pairs ViewRight cardless security with an advanced CI+ CAM design. The combination of Verimatrix security and the high performance SMiT CI+ CAM platform enables a new range of advance revenue security […]

Virgin Media has won an appeal ruling confirming it didn’t infringe European patents for interactive programme guides held by Rovi’s Gemstar-TV Guide International because the patents were deemed invalid. The ruling by a three-judge panel in the Court of Appeal in London upholds a lower court decision from 2009 that two of Gemstar’s three patents […]