According to a study released by the Council for Research Excellence and funded by Nielsen, TV watching has not waned in the US despite the emergence of mobile phones, iPods, and Internet media. Researchers followed 476 people for two 14-hours days and recorded how much they used media along with other daily activities. The research showed that adults between the [...]
Blockbuster, global film rental outfit and TiVo, are joining forces to deliver Blockbuster's library of digital movie titles directly to the television set via TiVo DVRs. Blockbuster OnDemand, featuring content to both buy and rent, will be integrated into TiVo Series2, Series3, TiVo HD, and TiVo HD XL DVRs. The move will allow broadband connected TiVo subscribers to download Blockbuster's [...]
Luxe.TV HD has confirmed that it will launch in Hong Kong and Macau. The Luxembourg based channel will commence broadcasting at the start of April on the Hong Kong Broadband IPTV network BBTV and the Macau Cable TV network – the official cable network operator and the main provider for television to Hotels and Casinos in Macau. ….
Thomson has extended its range of SmartVision content delivery components with the introduction of a new network server. Using advanced technologies including packet loss recovery and fast channel change, it significantly improves the quality of experience for subscribers over IPTV networks. ….
RaySat Broadcasting Corporation (RBC) has chosen NDS to enable the secure delivery of the AT&T CruiseCastSM mobile TV service, a new source of entertainment for people on the road. The AT&T CruiseCast service will provide 42 channels of satellite TV and radio to the rear seat entertainment system. The complete NDS solution for RBC includes VideoGuard conditional access technology, MediaHighway [...]
Internet radio and social music site Last.fm is to start charging listeners outside the UK, US and Germany. Users outside those three countries will pay E3 per month to listen to Last.fm Radio, the site’s streaming music service. The other content on the site, such as biographies, videos, charts, and “scrobbling” – the site’s musical profiling – will remain free [...]
Avail Media, provider of both linear and video-on-demand MPEG-4 IPTV content, has confirmed the addition of nine former SES Americom IP Prime customers to its growing roster of affiliates. Former IP Prime customers from across the US that have made the jump to Avail Media’s video services solution include BEK Communications Cooperative of North Dakota, which has tapped Avail Media [...]
RIM may be launching a full-length TV service for its Blackberry customers as early as next week at CTIA. "It will be a paid-for unlimited monthly subscription service," according to the NewTeeVee blog. "Content will be downloaded through a Wi-Fi connection The service has managed to license content from multiple broadcast and cable networks." The BBC already offers a similar [...]
About 200 reactions to the interim Digital Britain report have been published. Among highlights are Sky's call for Virgin's network to be opened up to third party services, Virgin's caution on Canvas and general skepticism on anti-piracy plans and the Digital Rights Agency. Sky says it is “increasingly anomalous” that the cable network is a monopoly and Virgins infrastructure should [...]
SatLink Communications has expanded its High Definition transmission capabilities to up to 12 simultaneous HD streams including encoding, decoding and multiplexing the feeds. This investment makes SatLink the first operator in the region to possess complete end-to-end HD teleport facilities with 12 simultaneous feeds. The new HD systems comply with the standards of top global sports rights holders and add [...]
