The DVB Project has commenced a study mission into the technology options available to deliver ‘DVB-type’ content over the internet to consumer electronic devices including gaming consoles, PCs and mobile receivers.
Canadian pension fund to buy Arqiva owner
08.53 Europe/London, May 25, 2009 By
UK transmission provider Arqiva is to pass from Australian to Canadian ownership after the Macquarie Group said it proposed to sell its communications fund to the Canadian Pensions Plan.
DVB-T2 take off in Serbia
08.19 Europe/London, May 25, 2009 By
Serbia has decided to opt for the MPEG-4 and DVB-T2 standards in its forthcoming transition to digital broadcasting.
Russia eyes weather channel
07.52 Europe/London, May 25, 2009 By
Russia may soon launch its first weather channel.
BBC extends YouTube deal
07.48 Europe/London, May 25, 2009 By
BBC Worldwide has renewed its global agreement with YouTube, maintaining the presence of short form videos, and adding further YouTube channels for its content.
Telenet employs DataMiner CPE
07.45 Europe/London, May 25, 2009 By
Skyline Communications has announced that the Belgian cable operator Telenet has decided to roll-out its DataMiner Customer Premises Equipment Manager across the entire HFC broadband plant.
Sistema looks to consolidate
07.03 Europe/London, May 25, 2009 By
MTS has applied to the Russian anti-monopoly office (FAS) to buy up to 100% of Comstar-UTS, whose interests include the country’s leading IPTV operation.
A Fast Awakening
06.29 Europe/London, May 25, 2009 By
ANGA CABLE 2009 – COLOGNE. Alticast, the maker of the alticaptor MHP/OCAP middleware, is launching its AwakenTV ‘FastMHP/tru2way’ Graphical User Interface at ANGA Cable.
Getting mixed signals
06.26 Europe/London, May 25, 2009 By
ANGA CABLE 2009 – COLOGNE. Mixed Signals’ Sentry Content Monitoring Solution should ensure cable subscribers a maximized ‘quality of experience’.
Quest for quality delivery
06.22 Europe/London, May 25, 2009 By
ANGA CABLE 2009 – COLOGNE. IneoQuest Technologies is launching two new signal quality monitoring products at ANGA this week.
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