IBC 2007 – AMSTERDAM. Cabot Communications has announced that it has become the first DVB middleware provider to achieve Playback Group 1 & 2 compliance. Its Aurora XT, Cabot’s DVB […]
VIDEO: Apple’s new iPods and Lulu sues Hulu
In this week’s Reuters Technology Video report, the new iPods unveiled by Apple earlier this week; Lulu.com sues NBC for its new Hulu website because the names are too similar; […]
UPC in Dutch DOCSIS 3 test
IBC 2007 – AMSTERDAM. UPC is testing the DOCSIS 3 cable modem technology in the Amsterdam district of IJburg in the Netherlands. IJburg is the core of CityNet the FTTH […]
Canal Digitaal prepares for push-VOD
IBC 2007 – AMSTERDAM. During a press briefing at IBC, Canal Digitaal’s COO Kees Färber said the company plans to introduce push-VOD services sometime next year. The move is part […]
WiMAX on IBC grid
IBC 2007 – AMSTERDAM MPEG encoder specialist Envivio and UK network provider National Grid Wireless have set-up a WiMAX network that covers all 12 halls of the Rai conference and […]
Slingshot for UPC
IBC 2007 – AMSTERDAM Sources familiar with the broadband operator’s operations have informed Broadband TV News that UPC will soon announce it will join the ranks of European companies that […]
InXstor and the PVR dongle
IBC 2007 – AMSTERDAM Glenn Craib, CTO of inXstor, told Broadband TV News how his company has developed a dongle that is plugged into the USB port of a PVR, […]
Entriq to support Sky downloads
IBC 2007 – AMSTERDAM (UPDATE) Entriq has said that BSkyB will use the company’s services for its online delivery platform. Entriq says that customers with a connection of 2 Mbps […]
Export plans for Astra’s Blucom interactivity
IBC 2007 – AMSTERDAM. SES-Astra plans to export its Blucom interactive technology, said CEO and president Ferdinand Kayser at a pre-IBC conference. “Our first export will be to MBC in […]
S4C extends Digital Text to Freeview
Welsh language broadcaster S4C is launching its Digital Text service on the Freeview platform. The service, developed for the DTT MHEG-5 middleware by emuse absolutely, closely resembles the version already […]