Internet bandwidth and speed issues mean that a hybrid IP and satellite strategy is generally the best means of deploying telco TV services in Europe, according to Gerry O’Sullivan, VP, Global TV and Entertainment at Deutsche Telekom. Delivering a Keynote Speech at the The Future of Digital Media Distribution conference in London, O’Sullivan told delegates […]
Etisalat has confirmed the launch of eLife TV‚ the UAE’s most advanced television and video services. Delivered on Etisalat’s high-speed fire-optic network, eLife TV will offer its customers an interactive television experience through a robust and feature-rich service. eLifeTV is made available within the corporation’s flagship eLife‚ Triple Play (Fixedline, Internet and TV) fibre-based residential […]
Deutsche Telekom has added two new channels to its IPTV service ‘T-Home Entertain’. Fox International Channels-owned BabyTV will air 24 hours a day, commercial-free, as part of the Entertain, Kids and BigTV packages, whilst Spiegel TV Wissen will be available in standard definition in the documentary and BigTV packages and in HD as part of […]
CTC Media, Russia’s leading independent media company, has announced the launch of an interactive subscription service to CTC Media content on VimpelCom’s IPTV platform Beeline TV. Its subscribers can now view content broadcast on the CTC and Domashny channels using a new application launched from Beeline TV menu. Beeline viewers will also have access to […]
Responding to consumers’ increasing desire to access digital entertainment and information on the variety of devices they own – from living room TVs to mobile phones and tablet PCs – Belgian telco Belgacom has chosen the Alcatel-Lucent Digital Media Store to ensure seamless availability of content wherever it is needed. The Digital Media Store enables […]
Hollywood studio Miramax has been invigorated by the digital age, according to CEO Mike Lang. Delivering a Media Mastermind keynote at MIPCOM, Lang described the studio’s new approach as “a bit more Silicon Valley than Hollywood,” adding that Miramax was a media company that was almost forgotten and the digital market wasn’t really a focus […]
As broadband subscriptions continue to grow in the EU, Point Topic has announced analysis on how many subscribers there will be and how many will take an IPTV service as well. According to the leading global broadband analyst firm, IPTV is set to treble by 2020. “We’re projecting just over 160 million broadband subscribers in […]
TidalTV, an online video advertising network and solutions provider, is now working with Roku, the Internet TV platform, to offer OTT video advertising as it continues to develop its strategy to leverage multi-screen, platform-agnostic advertising solutions. This new video platform expands TidalTV’s advanced targeting and optimisation offering, which previously included online and mobile capabilities. “In […]
The Broadband and IPTV Growth Report presented at the Broadband World Forum in Paris has revealed that broadband continued to show healthy growth in the first half of 2011. Prepared for the Broadband Forum by industry analysts Point Topic, the figures reveal the broadband subscriber total at the end of June 2011 is now standing […]
Mexico’s Maxcom Telecomunicaciones is set to launch an online video and live television rental service using a technology that allows streaming with a very low broadband speed. The telco already offers phone and Internet services in Mexico, where it has around 100,000 broadband users, The service will pitch it into competition with Netflix’s recently-launched operation […]