IBC 2007 (Stand 9.530) Tektronix will be offering up its new PQA500 Picture Quality Analyser, which incorporates eight new Tektronix patents and the most comprehensive human vision tool the company has yet implemented. A number of new features have been added to the the MTS400 Series MPEG Transport Stream Analysers, including enhanced support for IPTV, [...]
Sysmedia aids DVB subtitling
July 29, 2007 17.00 Europe/London By
IBC 2007 (Stand 3.359) Surrey-based SysMedia will be debuting its new SDR7 DVB subtitle inserter and transcoder. The unit uses the established Teletext subtitling protocols and can also extract Teletext subtitles from an analogue video signal and convert them into the equivalent DVB subtitles. SysMedia has pointed to an increasing amount of legislation relating to [...]
Pace celebrates Silver Jubilee
July 29, 2007 16.59 Europe/London By
IBC 2007 (Stand 1.221) In an industry built on the here and now, it comes as something of a surprise that any company could be celebrating 25 years in business. The Saltaire-based developer of digital technologies is continuing to innovate and currently working on networking technology in the form of the Pace MultiDweller. Pace will [...]
Akamai makes IBC Debut
July 29, 2007 16.59 Europe/London By
IBC 2007 (Stand 11.252) Video streaming is becoming an increasingly important part of multichannel TV distribution and this has led to the first IBC appearance for Akamai Technologies. The company, which boasts clients including the BBC, CBC, France Television, MTV and News Corp., is planning to unveil a slew of new solutions for the digital [...]
Sky in Sony PSP content deal
July 27, 2007 11.08 Europe/London By
BSkyB is extending its Sky Anytime service to the two million owners of Sony’s handheld PSP gaming device in the UK and Ireland. The service will launch early next year, allowing PSP owners to download films, football matches and music videos. Speaking at the announcement of the company’s annual results, BSkyB chief executive James Murdoch [...]
D Book: Now we are 5
July 27, 2007 10.59 Europe/London By
The Digital TV Group has released version 5 of The D Book, the code of practice that outlines the requirements for interoperability in the UK DTT market. The D Book 5.0 is the first major update to the publication since 2004. New topics include the signalling for the recently launched Freeview Playback digital video recorder [...]
Sporting Chance
July 27, 2007 09.45 Europe/London By
Setanta is looking to displace Sky Sports in Virgin Media homes. Julian Clover looks at the new alliance Sport, particularly football, has always been a key driver for pay-TV in most of Europe – even more so than movies. It took the retrenchment of Canal+ from most of its interests outside of France before dedicated [...]
Profit dips, but Sky numbers still high
July 27, 2007 08.15 Europe/London By
BSkyB has announced its annual results for the year ending June 30, 2007. The DTH platform confirmed the data previously announced in the trading update earlier this month. Adding the financials to its buoyant subscriber figures, BSkyB reported a dip in profits from £877 million in 2006 to £815 million as a result of investment [...]
Battling on
July 27, 2007 08.12 Europe/London By
Chris Dziadul analyses MTG’s latest results Results published by Sweden’s Modern Times Group (MTG) earlier this week only serve to confirm the increasingly important role Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) now plays in its overall strategy. Sales in the region for Viasat Broadcasting are certainly growing, amounting to 24% in Q2 2007 as opposed to [...]
Comstar tightens its belt
July 27, 2007 06.05 Europe/London By
Comstar UTS is to undergo a process of restructuring. Speaking to the local press, its CEO Sergei Pridantsev said it would aim to double the Russian company’s market capitalisation to $10 billion (€7.28 billion) within a year. Job cuts, in particular at the Moscow City Telephone Service (MGTS), will be a main feature of the [...]
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