YouView CTO Anthony Rose has given an insight into the type of applications that will be possible when the hybrid broadcast service goes live next year. Speaking at the Mashup event Mashup TV, Pay TV, Over The Top (OTT) TV and DLNA, Rose characterised YouView as having three parts to it, open standards, client software […]
HbbTV launches on terrestrial in Germany
Two German public broadcasters, Bayerische Rundfunk in Bavaria and ZDF, have launched hybrid TV services using the HbbTV standard on digital terrestrial broadcasting across the region, the IRT announced in Munich.
Sony unveils world’s first Google TV
“The world’s first Google TV sets” will become available on October 16 from the Sony Style shop and at Best Buy shortly after. At a press conference in New York, manufacturer Sony announced details of its first Google TV sets and Blu-ray player.
Viaccess maps out the fight against smart card piracy
Smart card piracy is no longer the preserve of computer geniuses who work out the algorithms used by pay-TV providers, before distributing the codes over the internet. Instead highly sophisticated criminals run a global network, where individual organisations on different continents are each responsible for a separate part of the process.
Canal+ to stream channels to Xbox 360
Microsoft has struck a deal with Canal+ to stream TV channels to the Xbox 360 game console via the Xbox Live online service. Steve Ballmer, CEO Microsoft, and Bertrand Méheut, chairman Canal+, announced the deal at a news conference in Paris.
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 Kingdom.
Vodafone to launch hybrid TV in Spain
Vodafone is to launch a hybrid TV service called Vodafone Internet TV in Spain before the end of 2010, possibly as early as next month. The box will receive DVB-T channels, both free-to-air and pay-TV, as well as a number of IPTV delivered services including VOD.
MTV turns pay in Germany
MTV Networks has said that beginning next year, MTV Deutschland will become a pay-basic channel. Viva, also owned by the company, will remain free-to-air music and become the ‘main music and entertainment channel’.
BBC tops VOD usability study
The BBC iPlayer has come out on top of a usability study into the catch-up TV services offered by six of the UK’s major broadcasters.
Sky adopts open source set-top software
BSkyB is in the process of downloading open source software to its installed base of over three million Sky+ HD receivers.