IBC 2010 – IP411/Hall 5 Stand B09a. Tvinci and PeerTV have announced a partnership that will enable TV platforms, online TV operators and content owners to launch over-the-top video services.
TV Genius discovers content
08.53 Europe/London, August 30, 2010 By
IBC 2010 – Stand IP422. TV Genius’ IBC demonstration of content discovery will include a live deployment of a 3-screen content discovery platform.
ZDF launches teletext on ZDFneo
08.51 Europe/London, August 30, 2010 By
German public broadcaster ZDF has made a remarkable move by announcing the launch of an analogue teletext service on its digital youth-skewed channel ZDFneo on September 1.
ONO kicks off new football season
08.18 Europe/London, August 30, 2010 By
Spain’s leading cable operator ONO has announced its football transmission plans for the 2010/11 season, which officially kicked off on August 28.
Google’s YouTube plans Apple ITV spoiler
07.51 Europe/London, August 30, 2010 By
Google’s YouTube is said to be negotiating with Hollywood’s top movie studios to launch a pay-per-view movie service by the end of this year, according to the Financial Times. This would create a direct competitor to the the yet-to-be announced PPV service from Apple’s planned ITV.
Mixed fortunes for Turkish Dogan
07.41 Europe/London, August 30, 2010 By
Turkey’s Dogan Media Group (DYH) has posted revenues of TRY721 million (€371.4 million) for the second quarter, a 15% increase on the same period last year.
Dutch XMS to test network storage
07.35 Europe/London, August 30, 2010 By
the Dutch service provider XMS, which delivers triple play services over FTTH networks, has said it will test a network storage with 100 customers. At the same time, the operator is introducing a set-top box with a PVR.
SBS to launch daily 3D programming
16.22 Europe/London, August 29, 2010 By
SBS Broadcasting will launch its own 3D pilot channel in September 2010. The broadcaster will use the 3D VidiGo live production suite, to be shown at IBC 2010 by Hilversum based VidiGo.
Fehervari pulls the plug on Exqi Plus
16.04 Europe/London, August 29, 2010 By
Belgian based media entrepreneur Gabriël Fehervari, CEO of production house Alfacam, has decided to pull the plug on Exqi Plus because of the channel’s continuing losses.
UPC adds SBS channels in HD
11.04 Europe/London, August 29, 2010 By
UPC Nederland will add the three HD channels from SBS Broadcasting to its line-up on September 1. Later this year, the cabler will also start to offer catch-up programming from the three channels, SBS 6, Net 5 and Veronica.
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