Ofcom has outlined plans to increase investment in super-fast broadband by opening up BT’s fibre lines to third party providers. The move will allow the telco’s fibre to be used […]
Red Bee to aggregate ITV content
ITV has consolidated its aggregation of digital content for platforms including ITV Broadcasting, Amazon, BT Vision, iTunes, ITV.com and Virgin Media with Red Bee Media.
Fuel TV pumps up HD only broadcasts
Fuel TV is to turn off its SD distribution in favour of HD transmission. The broadcaster says the move, scheduled to take place in January 2011, will make it the […]
Connected TV goes back to basics
If linear channels were to become freely available over-the-top, would operators rewrite their contracts, asks Julian Clover?
Freeview: 60 million units sold
Cumulative sales of Freeview boxes and IDTVs capable of receiving the DTT platform have reached 60 million, the organisation has announced, a figure equivalent to the population of the United […]
4iP goes in Channel 4 Online rejig
Channel 4 is to integrate its digital investment arm 4iP into a single department that will oversee all of the broadcaster’s multiplatform propositions and services.
US Patent office backs TiVo Time Warp
TiVo has said that the US Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) has reaffirmed the validity of all claims of the Time Warp Patent at issue in the second reexamination of […]
GlobeCast upgrades Premier League delivery
GlobeCast has installed a new fibre link for the delivery of live Premier League football into Europe, Asia and the Americas.
TechniSat secures Canal Ready Label
TechniSat has signed an agreement with the Canal+ Group that gives the German manufacturer Canal Ready certification on set-top boxes sold for the TNTSAT free-to-air platform.
Astra adds TV Genius to relaunched website
SES Astra is to include TV Genius’ Content Discovery Platform as part of a relaunch of its consumer websites in the UK, France and Germany.