More than one million Freeview TVs and set-top boxes that can receive HD channels have been sold. In the nine months since the service launched, Freeview has estimated that 642,000 homes now watch Freeview HD and there are 1.2m devices sold. Freeview said that the surge in HDTV sales over the festive period helped ensure […]
Music channels NME TV and Bliss are joining the Freesat line up. Freesat’s Head of Channels, Mark Briggs said, “The launch of NME TV and Bliss are fantastic additions to the Freesat music genre, reflecting even more diversity and choice for Freesat customers. In other genres, Freesat customers also enjoy more great subscription-free channels from […]
Viasat Broadcasting will launch three new HD channels in Sweden at the beginning of March. First out is Viasat’s core brand – TV3 – which will be available also as TV3 HD on March 1st. The premium sports channels Viasat Fotboll and Viasat Motor will get their HD versions on 10 March. TV3 HD will […]
UK public service broadcasters are to produce a set of common HD and SD technical standards for the delivery of TV, as part of a new partnership that aims to help producers and broadcasters ‘maximise the potential benefits of digital production’. The Digital Production Partnership (DPP) is an industry collaboration funded and led by ITV, […]
Sky has revealed that 70,000 UK homes have signed up to its 3D package since it launched the service on October 1st 2010. Chief executive Jeremy Darroch, said that the service has got off to a very good start in reaching this total in just a few months. He added that they are very happy […]
There’s about to be some spectacular growth in the number of HDTV channels available to European viewers says Screen Digest (SD). It says HD channel growth is continuing strongly and is now reaching a level of maturity where genres that once would have been considered niche are becoming central to the HDTV content mix. Indeed, […]
3D TV is not – yet – delivering on its promise, according to a report from Screen Digest. “3D TV set shipments for 2010 will be 3.3 million units globally – a far cry from the 6 million-7 million expected based on projections from just four of the largest companies (LG, Panasonic, Samsung and Sony),” […]
Viewster, the premium digital movie and TV content service from DIVA AG, has been announced as the first global provider of premium VOD content to Boxee. Viewster will be Boxee’s first global premium VOD provider, and also its first 3D provider outside the US “Right now, Boxee is one of the hottest and most exciting […]
The US and South Korean 3D TV markets accounted for 66 per cent of total Worldwide sales in 2010 according to comapniesandmarkets.com. By 2014, it is forecast that Western Europe will see a strong increase in sales with the region representing the largest market for worldwide 3D TVs by 2012 onwards. In 2010, US represents […]
Cobalt Digital has introduced a new range of 3 Gigabit-capable Fusion3GT cards for openGearT with the multi-purpose 9901-UDX converter at the heart of the series. Fusion3G are multi-functional, multi-featured cards that offer solutions to all of today’s signal processing challenges, including Loudness Processing, Audio Loudness Metering, DolbyR Encode, Decode, and Dolby Digital Plus, Colour Correction, […]