QVC goes HD
SES will be adding QVC HD to its line up of available channels. QVC is the first home retail shopping channel to offer high-definition programming through SES Americom's HD-Prime platform
SES will be adding QVC HD to its line up of available channels. QVC is the first home retail shopping channel to offer high-definition programming through SES Americom's HD-Prime platform
The BBC, NHK of Japan and RAI of Italy are to collaborate on a unique demonstration in Amsterdam in September with international links of Super Hi-Vision, the system which combines 7680 x 4320 pixel images with 22.2 channel immersive audio. The demonstration is being actively supported by Siemens, the BBC's technology partner, Cable&Wireless which will […]
MGM HD, the high definition movie channel from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, has signed an affiliate agreement with Comcast Corporation This new agreement between MGM and Comcast will provide Comcast the ability to distribute the network to its high-definition (HD) customers with hundreds of HD movies from MGM’s library.
SES will be adding QVC HD to its line up of available channels. QVC is the first home retail shopping channel to offer high-definition programming through SES Americom's HD-Prime platform.
From Branislav Pekic in Rome Portugal Telecom has teamed up with national commercial broadcaster TVI to offer live coverage of the upcoming Euro 2008 in high definition to the subscribers of its pay-TV service Meo. All subscribers of the Meo IPTV and DTH service will be able be to follow, for no additional costs, from […]
From Branislav Pekic in Rome Portuguese pay-TV operator TV Cabo plans to launch new services for its cable and satellite subscribers such as VOD and HDTV, in a response to rival service Meo IPTV from Portugal Telecom. According to the head of marketing of Zon Multimédia (owner of TV Cabo), LuÃs Lopes, the pay-TV operator […]
Granada International, part of the UK's largest commercial broadcaster ITV, has sold more than 300 hours of high definition programming to Chunghwa Telecom in Taiwan. The programming will be available through the company's Multimedia On-Demand (MOD) IPTV-VOD service.
SES Astra has launched a new High Definition (HD) bouquet on Astra targeting the Dutch and Belgian markets. CanalDigitaal and Belgian sister company, TV Vlaanderen, will broadcast their new HDTV package via the Astra satellites at the 23.5 degrees East orbital position. With the addition of the CanalDigitaal/TV Vlaanderen High Definition offering, there are now […]
Tax rebates will have an immediate impact on sales of high-definition TVs and personal computers this year, according to Parks Associates’ 'Consumer Electronics Purchases: Quarterly Monitor'. According to the study, 40 per cent of consumers in US Internet households will use the tax rebate to purchase consumer electronics products – with high-definition televisions and personal […]
Australian Pay-TV operator Foxtel’s next generation, high-definition set-top box is close to launching. Foxtel boss Kim Williams said he is “very confident” the launch of the new Foxtel HD+ service – which will be accessible through a new iQ2 HD set-top box that will have 320GB of storage – would be available to consumers “well […]