IBC 2011 – AMSTERDAM. Conax has given details of its universal security hub that brings together multi-platform protection for pay-TV content across broadband, broadcast and over-the-top.
DNA’s double IBC win
Published: 10.56 Europe/London, September 12, 2011 By
IBC 2011 – AMSTERDAM. DNA last night walked away with two trophies from the IBC 2011 awards ceremony. In addition to the Innovation Award for Content Delivery for its ‘Single frequency networks for HD with DVB-T2, the Finnish operator also took the judges prize.
Content protection: connected TV’s big challenge
Published: 07.30 Europe/London, September 12, 2011 By
IBC 2011 – AMSTERDAM. Manufacturers will probably have to meet the cost of software updates for connected TVs, according Metin Salt, VP of engineering at Vestel.However, they will also see this an opportunity to establish a relationship with, and thereby provide a better service to, the consumer.
NDS puts TV on all Surfaces
Published: 07.26 Europe/London, September 12, 2011 By
IBC 2011 – AMSTERDAM. It has long been a product of science fiction, but a development team from NDS has taken the traditional television picture and broken it out across a living room wall.
Amos launch date confirmed
Published: 13.49 Europe/London, September 11, 2011 By
IBC 2011- AMSTERDAM. Spacecom has confirmed to Broadband TV News that its third satellite (Amos-5) will be launched this December from Baikonur.
FilmBox widens CEE reach
Published: 13.31 Europe/London, September 11, 2011 By
IBC 2001 – AMSTERDAM. SPI International has signed agreements with two of Romania’s leading pay-TV providers.
There is no where for Sky Deutschland
Published: 10.56 Europe/London, September 11, 2011 By
IBC 2011 – AMSTERDAM. Sky Deutschland’s senior vice president of consumer marketing has said the consumer does not want to watch content in different places, more they want to watch at a time of their convenience.
Broadcasters look for protection from mobile interference
Published: 10.53 Europe/London, September 11, 2011 By
IBC 2011 – AMSTERDAM DigiTAG, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), BNE and ACT have jointly issued a further set of formal recommendations aimed at ensuring the adoption of technical safeguards to protect from harmful interference television services delivered by the DTT platform.
LoveFilm looks to the future
Published: 10.32 Europe/London, September 11, 2011 By
IBC 2011 – AMSTERDAM. LoveFilm considers Benelux and Italy as interesting markets that it may expand to at a future date.
Samsung added to Virgin TiVo slate
Published: 10.24 Europe/London, September 11, 2011 By
IBC 2011 – AMSTERDAM. Virgin Media is to begin shipment of TiVo boxes manufactured by Samsung Electronics before the end of the year.
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Connected TV Forecasts NEW REPORT. The number of TV sets connected to the Internet will reach 551 million by 2016 for the 40 countries covered in this report from Digital TV Research, up from 124 million at end-2010. The report states that this translates to 20% of global TV sets by 2016, up from only 6% at end-2010. Published in November 2011, this 83-page PDF report is the most geographically comprehensive to ever be published.