BBC’s Radio Times is taking over the branding of Teletext Extra, the TV interface that’s used on Freeview sets in 3.8 million UK homes. Teletext had licensed the name on the technology, which is made by InView, it now it will be named “Radio Times Extra”. The EPG is on 37 different Freeview STBs, made […]
In a development that will revolutionise the region’s connected home entertainment industry, Techstorm, a UAE-based new media technology company, has partnered with Silicon Valley-based Verismo Networks and their Internet TV Platform to launch the VuMax service and bring HD quality entertainment directly to TV sets through broadband Internet. This will be an operator-independent OTT platform […]
In its first report on the state of the IPTV market in the country, the Italian IPTV Association, which brings together Telecom Italia, Fastweb and Wind, claims there are currently 700,000 subscribers. However, the expansion of the service has been affected by an “excessive rigidity” on the TV rights issue and the legislative framework which […]
US telco AT&T has reported Q4 earnings of $19.9 billion, up from $12.1 billion one year ago. It added 246,000 U-Verse subscribers, 90 per cent of them adding U-Verse TV service, bringing their U-Verse total to 3 million subscribers. Reporting a net gain of 210,000 broadband customers indicates that AT&T’s slow erosion of DSL customers […]
BBC Worldwide has made a deal with Dutch telco KPN for distribution of the BBC’s five main channels on the operator’s IPTV service as well as carriage of BBC 1 and BBC 2 on the Digitenne digital-terrestrial service. Under the terms of the deal, BBC 1, BBC 2, BBC 3, BBC 4 and BBC HD […]
Synacor, provider of online entertainment services for high-speed Internet subscribers, has confirmed the creation of a new division focusing on TV Everywhere. The division is working on several product releases on multiple devices on behalf of its clients. “Increasingly, consumers expect to be able to access content and features from our customers on any device. […]
Netflix announced that in the last hours of 2010 it passed 20 million subs with Net Subscriber Additions of 3.08 million for Q4. Revenue for the quarter was $596 million with operating income of $78 million and Net Income of $47 million The company said “More subscriber growth enables us to spend more on streaming […]
Ericsson has been selected by Singapore’s MediaCorp to enable and manage MediaCorp’s new over-the-top service via broadband connection to their customers. The contract is Ericsson’s first managed services deal with a media company in Asia and includes a broad range of Ericsson TV solutions that enable consumers to watch their video content at any time, […]
Global unit shipments of consumer electronics (CE) products will climb 2.6 per cent in 2010, partly driven by rising sales of products that play a role in the connected home and that focus on usability—rather than technological wizardry—according to iSuppli research. CE product shipments in 2011 are projected to reach 1.60 billion units, up from […]
FilmOn.com has announced at Natpe that it has formed a strategic alliance with TVCatchup.com, the top UK-based, advertising supported IPTV provider. Both companies are facing continuing legal challenges from broadcasters and studios who claim their services breach their content rights. The strategic alliance will incorporate both subscription and advertising-based revenue models from the two companies […]