Irdeto has made a number of announcements of new deals during CommunicAsia 2007 in Singapore: a DVB-H trial in Sydney and the opening of a Singapore office. The first deal […]
Microsoft debuts Mediaroom IPTV and Multimedia Platform
Microsoft Corp has announced the availability of Mediaroom, the latest update to its IPTV software platform, featuring several new multimedia capabilities, including in-home personal music and photo sharing, dynamic MultiView […]
Universal to supply new Sky Italia remote
Sky Italia has reached a new agreement with Universal Electronics (UEI) to provide three versions of its remote control for subscribers to the DTH platform. The familiar Sky remote, used […]
Portugal completes DVB-H trial
The Portuguese broadcaster TV1 and mobile operator Vodafone have successfully completed a DVB-H trial. It consisted of eight live channels broadcast to users with Samsung receivers and used Thomson’s SmartVision […]
Linear invests in digital TV
Ahead of the arrival of DTT in Brazil in December 2007, the Brazilian TV transmission equipment manufacturer Linear has announced investments of $3 million (€2.24 million) in research and development. […]
Multimedia opts for WiMax
The Polish MSO Multimedia Polska has announced that it will begin using WiMax on its network. The move follows an agreement with Airspan Networks Inc worth PLN8 million (€2.08 million), […]
Freeview New Zealand launches EPG using MHEG-5
Strategy & Technology (S&T), specialists in interactive TV playout systems and MHEG-5 middleware, said it launched its EPG application on the new Freeview digital satellite service in New Zealand. The […]
DMT reports Q1 revenue growth
The Board of Directors of DMT, an Italian supplier of analogue and digital TV systems and services, has approved the Q1 report for 2007. Consolidated revenues stood at €16.9 million […]
P&TLuxembourg to launch IPTV
P&TLuxembourg is to launch an IPTV service before the year-end. Thomson announced that P&TLuxembourg, the country’s incumbent telecoms operator, has selected Thomson’s SmartVisionTV platform to launch its IPTV service. Using […]
Nokia asks Texas court to stop Qualcomm
Nokia has announced the filing of patent counter assertions against Qualcomm in the Eastern District of Texas Court. The filing relates to Qualcomm’s ‘unauthorised’ use of six Nokia implementation patents […]