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Al Jazeera Sport nets World Cup rights

Football’s governing body FIFA has confirmed the extension of its broadcast rights agreement with Al Jazeera Sport for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia and the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar. The agreement is the first to be signed in FIFA’s media rights distribution process for the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups, which it […]

January 26, 2011By Colin Mann

MediaCorp to launch interactive service

MediaCorp will be introducing a new interactive service in the second half of 2011, delivered over broadband connection and available on TV sets, PCs, tablet devices and mobile phones. The Asian service will offer content leveraging on MediaCorp’s TV, radio, print and online offerings as well as third party content. Premium content includes ‘LIVE’ TV […]

January 26, 2011

Oggle – The Smart TV

Having successfully launched their interactive Connected TV and STB platform last December at AppsWorld, UK based Green Button Media which has already received the thumbs up from major industry players, today reveals Oggle – the name for their platform’s consumer brand. Green Button’s Founder and Chairman, Barry Rubery, believes Oggle can become the brand name […]

January 26, 2011

Orange to buy 49% of Dailymotion

France Telecom’s Orange has revealed that it is in exclusive negotiations with Dailymotion, the world’s second largest online video site, with a view to taking a 49 per cent share in the operation. Once complete, the deal, valued at €58.8 million, will provide Orange with the opportunity to develop a complete multi-screen video offer From […]

January 25, 2011

NewTek releases hardware control surface for TriCaster TCXD850

NewTek has announced the release of the TriCaster TCXD850 CS, a hardware control surface for the TriCaster TCXD850 high definition (HD) portable live production system. The TriCaster TCXD850 CS provides a physical connection to the 24-channel system’s functions and effects, allowing operators instant production control. TriCaster TCXD850 CS hardware provides illuminated push buttons, twist knobs, […]

January 25, 2011

OIPF and bmcoforum join forces

Industry bodies OIPF (Open IPTV Forum) and bmcoforum (Broadcast Mobile Convergence Forum) have revealed plans to join forces and merge the activities of bmcoforum into the OIPF. The pair say the merger will result in a strong single entity with broad representation and influence across the fixed and mobile broadband industries, as the two bodies […]

January 24, 2011By Colin Mann

IPTV market reaches 8m in BRIC

Results from an IMS Research study reveals that the IPTV subscriber base in the emerging BRIC markets exceeds 8 million subscribers for 2010, with China dominating the figure. A CAGR of 13 per cent for BRIC is expected through the forecast period, which ends in 2015. John Kendall, IMS Research Market Analyst and author of […]

January 24, 2011

NDS Snowflake for Zon

NDS, the provider of technology solutions for digital pay-TV, has revealed that ZON TV Cabo (ZON) has launched the NDS Snowflake User Interface (UI), enabled by MediaHighway set-top box software as the basis for its new “IRIS” service. Enabled by MediaHighway, ZON will provide its high-end subscribers with access to a broad range of services […]

January 24, 2011

ALi’s STB chipsets M3383 and M3603 deliver Conax chipset pairing advance security technology on content protection

ALi Corporation, a leading Set-Top Box (STB) system-on-chip (SoC) solution provider, today announced the M3383 and M3603 conditional access(CA)-enabled STB chipsets, have successfully completed Conax chipset pairing advanced security with level 4 certification. This level 4 certification meets most of the industry security demands. These two STB chipsets, supporting Conax chipset pairing technology, are ideal […]

January 24, 2011

YouTube chief: ‘Publishers must get on connected TV’

Publishers must get their content onto connected TVs “before it’s too late”, says  former YouView chief technology officer Anthony Rose. Talking to the Association of Online Publishers he said, “In this matter, you can’t be too early, if you wait too long, all the good territory will have been staked out and taken.” He predicted […]

January 21, 2011