The Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) has finalised its specification for the use of 3D, opting for ‘Full HD 3D’, and marrying its proposal with recommendations for a broadcast standard.
Casa TV available on Xbox 360
17.57 Europe/London, December 17, 2009 By
Vodafone Portugal has added its Vodafone Casa TV service to the Xbox 360, meaning that owners of the Microsoft gaming device can now use it to view live and on demand content from the Casa platform.
That was the year that was
16.55 Europe/London, December 17, 2009 By
Julian Clover on a year of downturns, spindowns, and upwardly mobile technologies.
A narrow escape
13.24 Europe/London, December 17, 2009 By
2009 will be remembered first and foremost as a year in which our worst fears were not realised.
ITV integrates Facebook for Christmas catch-up
12.00 Europe/London, December 17, 2009 By
ITV is to use the social networking site Facebook to help viewers find new content on its ITV Player catch-up TV service. The commercial broadcaster has adopted the Content Discovery Platform developed by TV Genius to power a personalized recommendation feature.
Extreme ties up with Freecaster.tv
11.37 Europe/London, December 17, 2009 By
Chello Zone’s Extreme Sports Channel has entered into a partnership with the live action sports online video platform Freecaster.tv.
Sky to launch Avatar 3D promotion
09.34 Europe/London, December 17, 2009 By
Sky is to take advantage of the UK release of James Cameron’s Avatar to launch a nationwide promotion for its proposed 3D channel.
Romtelecom seeks HD viewers
09.04 Europe/London, December 17, 2009 By
Romtelecom’s new IPTV service Dolce Interactiv is offering HBO HD and Pro TV HD free of charge in order to secure a share of Romania’s potential HD viewership.
Croatian cable on a roll
08.50 Europe/London, December 17, 2009 By
The leading Croatian cable operator B.net has issued encouraging preliminary results for 2009.
Universal Channel makes bow in Turkey
08.38 Europe/London, December 17, 2009 By
Universal Channel will today launch in Turkey on the D-Smart DTH satellite platform.
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