BSkyB has announced plans for an on demand football service that will bring Premiership coverage across all of the UK and Ireland’s major mobile networks. 24-7 Football is being launched […]
Sky in Sony PSP content deal
BSkyB is extending its Sky Anytime service to the two million owners of Sony’s handheld PSP gaming device in the UK and Ireland. The service will launch early next year, […]
Virgin Mobile drops BT mobile TV
BT is to dump its white label mobile TV service after sole customer Virgin Mobile announced it would cease the carriage of the service less than a year after its […]
EC approves Astra-Eutelsat mobile project
The European Commission has given its approval to the proposed mobile TV project planned by Eutelsat and SES Astra. The Commission said the deal would not impede effective competition. The […]
Harmonic buys transcoding company
Harmonic has acquired the transcoding software vendor Rhozet Corporation for $15.5 million (€11.3 million) in a mixture of cash and 1.1 million Harmonic shares to compliment its line of compression […]
Commission backs DVB-H
The European Commission has given its official backing to the DVB-H mobile TV standard. It a statement the Commission said it was urging the 27 EU Member States and industry […]
NDS integrates CA on MediaFLO platform
NDS has announced plans to integrate its Simulcrypt Synchronizer (SCS) technology into Qualcomm’s MediaFLO multiplexer software reference platform. The system will allow more than one conditional access system to run […]
Alcatel-Lucent in French DVB-SH test
Alcatel-Lucent has launched a technical test of the DVB-SH system at 2.2GHz in the S-band. The pilot is taking place in South West France using the 3G mobile infrastructure of […]
Slovak STV goes mobile
According to a local report, programming from the Slovak national public broadcaster STV will shortly become available to mobile users. Software for the service will be supplied by Tom Horn […]
Virgin secures broadband and mobile football rights
Virgin Media has reached agreement with the Football League to carry action from the Coca-Cola Football League on Virgin’s broadband and mobile phone platforms. The agreement commences with the start […]