The BBC is opening up the BBC iPlayer to third party channels. The sharing of metadata from ITV, Channel 4, S4C, Five, SeeSaw and the MSN video player means that […]
UPC Horizon still on track
CABLE CONGRESS 2011 – LUCERNE. Liberty Global has strenuously denied that there will be any delay in the launch of UPC’s new home gateway Horizon. It has also revealed that […]
Vodafone Germany launches hybrid TV platform
Vodafone Germany is rolling out its Vodafone TV service with its hybrid Vodafone TV Center at the heart of the system. The hybrid box allows customers to (continue) to receive […]
2011: European cable’s ‘year of harvesting investments’
CABLE CONGRESS 2011 – LUCERNE. Europe’s cable industry is back on track, its revenues of €18.8 billion in 2010 being 6% higher than the previous year. As a result, Manuel […]
Fries: “TV Anywhere will be Google TV killer”
CABLE CONGRESS 2011 – LUCERNE. Liberty Global CEO Mike Fries is confident that the new Horizon box offering TV Anywhere will be the Google TV killer the cable industry needs […]
Cable sets the broadband pace
CABLE CONGRESS 2011 – LUCERNE. Europe’s cable sector has made broadband internet available to almost half of the region’s 203 million households, according to a Solon management survey released in […]
S&T delivers terrestrial VOD ahead of YouView
Strategy & Technology’s work on the MHEG Interaction Channel (MHEG-IC) has led to the connected TV specialist making a significant contribution to the delivery of on demand content to the […]
YouView delayed until early 2012
YouView has confirmed what most people in the industry already suspected, that the hybrid platform has been delayed until early 2012, missing the key pre-Christmas selling reason. Describing its statement […]
BBC confirms iPlayer apps on iPad and Android
The BBC has given further details of the iPad and Android applications for the BBC iPlayer that are slated to make their debut later this week.
Competition Commission sees Color of Money on Sky Movies
The Competition Commission has begun its inquiry into Sky’s movie deals with an analysis that BSkyB has consistently earned excess profits, both in the recent past, and over a long […]