Five unable to meet Ofcom HD deadline
March 15, 2010 by Julian Clover
Ofcom is to return terrestrial capacity to the BBC after it was unable to resolve issues with Five for the launch of an HD service. Read the story »
ITV1 HD extends to Sky and Virgin
March 12, 2010 by Julian Clover
ITV1 HD is to make itself available to both Sky and Virgin households from April 2. The decision means Freesat will lose its satellite exclusivity on the channel as the commercial channel also extends its presence through the terrestrial Freeview HD. Read the story »
MultiChoice maintains adult content stance
March 12, 2010 by Julian Clover
MultiChoice has said it has reviewed draft research data following a subscriber survey into the carriage of adult content on pay-TV channels. Read the story »
Shares climb on Sky delisting rumour
March 12, 2010 by Julian Clover
BSkyB briefly reached a 52-week high on the London Stock Exchange this morning (Friday) after rumours swept the market that News Corp was about to take the company into private ownership. Read the story »
LG first with UK 3DTV model
March 12, 2010 by Julian Clover
LG is set to be first to market with a 3D TV display in time for the rollout of the Sky 3D service in April. Although the satcaster is not expected to stage the consumer launch of the product until later in the year, consumers will be able to ready themselves with the Full LED 3D Ready TV (LX9900). Read the story »
Virgin puts broadband onto telegraph poles
March 12, 2010 by Julian Clover
Virgin Media is taking its 50 Mbps broadband service above ground with a trial using telegraph poles. Read the story »
SeaChange grows software revenues
March 12, 2010 by Julian Clover
SeaChange International took its recurring software revenue above 60% in the fourth quarter. Total revenues of $34.9 million (€25.43m) in the segment were 9% higher than in last year’s quarter on the back of increased software subscription revenues from Comcast and Cox and the acquisition of the Dutch business eventIS. Read the story »
Stuck in the middle
March 11, 2010 by Julian Clover
Content discovery has made middleware fashionable again, but we can’t all have the same one, writes Julian Clover. Read the story »
KDG ready for €880m IPO
March 11, 2010 by Julian Clover
Providence Equity Partners is planning to raise €880 million from the IPO of Kabel Deutschland. Read the story »
MSN launches UK video service
March 11, 2010 by Julian Clover
Microsoft has officially launched its new UK video service – with the same content as everyone else. The selection of content highlighted on the MSN Video Player could have come straight from the rival service SeeSaw, which went live earlier this month. Read the story »
