The UK’s digital booking service for doctor’s appointments has gone live on Sky Digital, Virgin Media and mobile phones. The national service covers over 1,100 surgeries across the country and […]
UPC Direct looks to Nagra
11.40 UPDATE: According to local reports, the DTH platform UPC Direct has extended the number of channels on which it is testing the Nagravision 2 conditional access system. UPC Direct […]
Multikabel M-CMTS rollout reaches 50,000 subs
The rollout of BigBand Networks modular cable termination system (M-CMTS) with Multikabel in the Netherlands has passed more than 50,000 subscribers. The deployment is believed to be the first commercial […]
Pace positive on full year prospects
Pace Micro Technology has issued its second positive trading statement in recent weeks. The digital TV technology developer said it expected its shorted financial year to December 31 to be […]
Humax in $30m Dogan supply deal
South Korean receiver manufacturer Humax has signed a $30 million (€21.77m) contract to supply set-top boxes to the Turkish broadcaster Dogan TV. Humax will supply the digital set-top boxes for […]
AEPOC welcomes cyber crime initiative
The European anti-piracy association AEPOC has welcomed the European Commission’s initiative against cyber crime. The initiative is aimed at improving co-ordination between the law enforcement authorities and the private sector. […]
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 […]
Ericsson pilots CYTA fibre to the home
Ericsson has signed up Cypriot incumbent telco CYTA, Cyprus Telecommunications Authority, as its first European customer for a Fibre-To-The-Home (FTTH) network based on the vendor’s GPON (Gigabit Passive Optical Network) […]
Omneon strikes Russian HD deal
Omneon Video Networks has announced that it is supplying its Spectrum media server to the Russian DTH platform NTV-Plus. It will be used for the delivery of the latter’s HD […]