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Zon Multimedia selects NDS for intuitive TV

Portuguese cable operator Zon Multimedia has launched a more intuitive technology for advanced television, together with middleware and conditional access provider NDS. The new technology will, for example, allow customers to record an entire series and to search or watch other channels, without leaving the one being watched, according to Zon CEO, Luis Lopes. Named […]

January 12, 2011From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Samsung switches on BigPond TV

Samsung customers now have an additional seven TV channels to choose from with the launch of BigPond TV to Samsung’s range of IP televisions, Blu-ray players and home theatre systems. Samsung customers can now access 24/7 news, dedicated AFL, NRL, V8 Supercars channels, 24/7 BigPond Sports News, live horse racing from Sydney and Melbourne and […]

January 12, 2011

iMovee unveils Mobeo

iMovee, the Mobile TV technology, has confirmed the launch of Mobeo, an advanced wireless pocket streamer that enables broadcast mobile TV on any WiFi enabled device, smartphone or tablet. Mobeo brings “Telefusion” to smartphones and tablets by combining live broadcast TV, live streaming TV/VOD and social media networks. The Mobeo line of products addresses several […]

January 12, 2011

Shanghai reports 1.3m IPTV subs

Shanghai now has over 1.3 million IPTV subscribers, according to local media group Radio and Television Shanghai. Zhang Jian, an official at BesTV, a subsidiary of Radio and Television Shanghai, commented that the development of IPTV has facilitated China’s ongoing efforts towards the establishment of digital TV in the country, and the future of next-generation […]

January 11, 2011

Canada a test bed for online consumption

The results of a video-streaming study dubbed Project Canada show, not surprisingly, that online movie and TV streaming services can boost broadband data usage. One surprise finding is that consumers make decisions about balancing their media consumption habits – and bills – among over-the-air (OTA), cable and over-the-top (OTT) services. The online media study was […]

January 11, 2011

Canal Digital Sweden gets ahead with Pace

Pace Networks, the specialised division of digital pay-TV technologist Pace, has confirmed that Canal Digital Sweden, part of the Nordic television distributor network and ISP, Canal Digital, is to deploy the Pace MDC1000 head end platform to support its nationwide upgrade of SMATV head ends. Implementing the Pace MDC1000 compact head end platform will enable […]

January 11, 2011

Disney to join Yahoo TV

Walt Disney is in talks with Yahoo over making videos from its television networks available through the Internet media company’s TV software. Disney is looking to create online channels, or widgets, for its ESPN, ABC and Disney networks that would broadcast content to Yahoo-connected TV sets. The content would be available for free. The ability […]

January 10, 2011

Online certificates from BBFC

In the latest move to bring its widely recognised and trusted classifications to the world of digitally distributed content, every VHS, DVD and Blu-Ray title classified by film classification body the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) since 1985 has been given a digital certificate. Since 2008, the BBFC has been working with the UK […]

January 10, 2011

Enspert mobile TV offering

Enspert, a convergence solution and device provider, has announced at CES that the company will be entering the global mobile TV chip-set and solutions market based on Google’s Android operating system in 2011. The new mobile solutions suite consists of a mobile TV reception chipset, Android tablet player and mobile TV router (which receives and […]

January 10, 2011

Cloakware for Boxee Box

Irdeto announced its Cloakware technology has been chosen by D-Link to protect premium streaming content on the Boxee Box by D-Link, the first branded set-top box for Boxee’s award-winning media platform. Irdeto’s advanced security software will be especially critical in porting and protecting access to streaming VOD content. With Irdeto’s technology in place, Boxee will […]

January 10, 2011