Netgem, a specialist in connected home technologies and solutions, has announced its revenue for the first half 2011. Netgem generated consolidated revenue of €43.2 million, of which around 45 per cent came from international sales, for the period ending June 30th, 2011. International revenues kept growing and reached €19.5 million for the first half of […]

Rovi Corporation and Toshiba Corporation have signed a multi-year agreement for use of Rovi TotalGuide and its interactive programme guide (IPG) patent portfolio in Toshiba televisions, Blu-ray players and recorders, as well as mobile and tablet devices in the United States and Europe, expected to be sold in Spring 2012. Rovi TotalGuide unifies search, discovery […]

Rovi Corporation has inked an agreement with Charter Communications enabling Charter to distribute Rovi TotalGuide Solution on Charter’s set-top boxes, mobile and tablet devices and the Web. In addition, the multi-year agreement includes a licence to the Rovi Remote Record Scheduling Application for i-Guide and Passport Guide and for the use of the Rovi interactive […]

China’s top search engine Baidu has reached an agreement with a Chinese television company to bring its search box to millions of television screens. Baidu said it reached an agreement with Huashu Media Internet company to jointly develop digital products and business models for Chinese television users. Baidu will also provide its current services of […]

For years, SMIT has been committed in promoting and participating in the cooperation between iDTV Vendors and Pay-TV operators for the extension of the DVB-CI standard .This April, one of the most important partners of SMIT, Turkey N0.1 DTH Pay TV operator Digiturk started a new promotional campaign – the iDTV will be bundled with […]

Bulgarian operator M-Tel has expanded its IPTV portfolio with the addition of a movie rental service. Renting a movie for a 24-hour period costs from BGN 1.99 per film. A total of 50 titles are currently available, with M-Tel planning to add 600 new titles a year . All customers who subscribe to M-Tel’s IPTV […]

Concurrent, a global player in video and media data and advertising solutions, has reached agreements for next generation VoD solutions with four leading cable television operators in China. Concurrent is providing VoD solutions to Jiangsu CATV, Jilin CATV, Mudianjiang CATV, and Xizhou CATV, whose combined subscriber base represents more than 25 million households. Concurrent, with […]

SFR, the French telco and pay-TV provider, is using Google for a new search engine for linear and on-demand content. It has also announced plans to add a new catch-up TV service. SFR will use the Google Search Appliance to enable its Neufbox Evolution to search programmes and linear channels and on-demand services. When it […]

NDS has joined the Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA) as an Associate member. NDS is engaged in a number of service provider projects featuring MoCA. NDS is responsible for the middleware and user experience in Liberty Global’s planned Multimedia Home Gateway, which includes MoCA technology. NDS is also a professional services and integration partner of […]

Irdeto has announced that Search Sound and Vision Corporation (SSVC) has chosen Irdeto’s Conditional Access System (CAS) to protect broadcast content provided to Britain’s Armed Forces. SSVC, a registered charity, is commissioned by the British Ministry of Defence, under the branding of British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS), to supply radio and television programming to any […]