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Roku begins UK drive

Julian Clover — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:17:01 +0000

Roku is adding the BBC iPlayer to its content partners as the streaming platform commences UK shipments. Read the story »

Virgin Media looking for quality TiVo apps

Julian Clover — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:05:53 +0000

Virgin Media’s COO has defended the relatively slow rollout of applications onto the next generation platform, arguing that the cablenet would keep to heavyweight apps and not just fodder. Read the story »

All systems Go for Agama

Julian Clover — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:01:25 +0000

Go, Malta’s leading telecommunications provider, has selected a complete Agama DTV Monitoring Solution for its IPTV ecosystem. Read the story »

Europe angered by mobile spectrum proposal

Julian Clover — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:41:36 +0000

European delegates at the WRC-12 conference in Geneva have expressed their dismay at proposals by Arab and African regional administrations to take broadcast spectrum in the 700 MHz band and allocate it to mobile services. Read the story »

Conax inks Russian deal

Chris Dziadul — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:27:17 +0000

Conax has strengthened its cooperation with Moscow-based National Cable Networks (NCN) by agreeing to provide OnLime.net with a comprehensive solution for securing video rental. Read the story »

Czech Republic moves closer to DVB-T2

Chris Dziadul — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:07:02 +0000

The Czech Telecom Office (CTU) is now prepared to allocate frequencies for two national multiplexes employing the DVB-T2 standard. Read the story »

Alcatel-Lucent extends ‘Motive’ brand

Julian Clover — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:01:58 +0000

Alcatel-Lucent is building a new range of customer service solutions around its Motive brand, extending its portfolio of software and services designed to improve the consumer experience on smartphones, tablets and other connected devices. Read the story »

MTS picks Teleste for Russian headend project

Julian Clover — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:26:41 +0000

Mobile TeleSystems OJSC (MTS) is to deploy the Teleste Luminato video headend platform and Teleste Broadcast Manager service as part of a nationwide digital TV network across Russia. Read the story »

France 24 adds more connected TV sets

Robert Briel — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:13:04 +0000

France 24, the international news channel, is launching a new application for connected television sets. Read the story »

Russia gears up for OTT services

Chris Dziadul — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:24:04 +0000

Interest in content delivery networks (CDNs) is growing amongst leading telcos in Russia. Read the story »