Speaking at a House of Commons debate on net neutrality, the executive director of the Open Rights Group called for Government to step in to prevent ISPs making up the rules for Internet service. Jim Killock said: “What we have here is ISPs setting the rules. They are the de facto regulation of content on the Internet,” referring to ISP’s [...]
State-owned broadcaster RTVE ended its first year without ad revenue with a deficit of €47.1 million – a sum roughly the same as the amount it claims the telecos and private broadcasters are side stepping in the levy system set up to compensate it for the loss of airtime sales. RTVE has accused commercial broadcasters and telco companies of miscalculating [...]
Verimatrix, a specialist in securing and enhancing revenue for multi-screen digital TV services, is strengthening its DVB Conditional Access (CA) capability significantly by integrating the highly respected team and technology from German company Comvenient within Verimatrix. The pair have been long-term partners in the development of the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS) for DVB security solution, and the acquisition [...]
The launch countdown for the Ariane 5 mission with the Yahsat Y1A and Intelsat New Dawn satellites was interrupted prior to lift-off when an anomaly detected during the automated checkout procedure stopped the sequence before ignition of the solid boosters. The synchronised countdown was conducted as planned, including the start-up of Ariane 5’s cryogenic main engine. Following the normal procedures [...]
A coalition of more than a dozen entertainment industry groups has sent a letter to the US Congress expressing a desire to work with lawmakers to update intellectual property law and strengthen piracy enforcement. “In the case of the entertainment industry, the theft of motion picture and television productions threatens the economic vitality of our business, and the millions of [...]
Roku has confirmed that the Roku XD player is now available for purchase at Best Buy stores nationwide and at BestBuy.com. The announcement marks the first time the streaming player has been made available through retail channels in the US. The Roku XD has a list price of $79.99 and is available at Best Buy stores and at BestBuy.com for [...]
Ofcom is to cut its £142.5 million(€161.2m) budget by more than 20 per cent this year in a bid to “front load” a four-year cost savings plan to meet the government’s comprehensive spending review targets. The media and telecoms regulator’s budget will fall by £26.7 million for the year to the end of March 2012, a cut of 22.5 per [...]
Radioplayer, the BBC-backed internet radio service featuring hundreds of commercial stations, has gone live. Listeners can now access live streaming and on-demand content from hundreds of different radio stations – including BBC Radio 2 and Classic FM – in one place for the first time. Radioplayer is embedded onto each radio station’s website as a pop-up player. Listeners can tune [...]
Shares in dominant UK CE retailer Dixons Retail plunged as much as 20 per cent after it said annual profits would be at the bottom of market expectations. The company, which owns Currys and PC World, said profits for the year to the end of April would be about £85 million, compared with forecasts of £85 million-£109 million. It added [...]
Marketers are increasingly spending time, money and creativity to reach their audiences in non-traditional ways. A 24/7 Wall St./Harris Poll on Social Media and Television has found that many Americans are participating in this type of interactions. Among online US adults, two in five say they have gone online or utilised social media to comment, post, watch or read something [...]
