Just 514 DTT receivers out of 437,000 sold in the Spanish market during the last quarter of 2006 were MHP-enabled. The figures from the DTT association Impulsa TDT said that […]
Open IPTV Forum launched to develop end-to-end IPTV specification
AT&T Inc., Ericsson, France Telecom, Panasonic, Philips, Samsung Siemens, Sony, and Telecom Italia today announced the founding of the Open IPTV Forum, an industry consortium that will work to define […]
Cablecom CA reported hacked
The conditional access system used by the Swiss cablenet Cablecom has reportedly been hacked by smart card pirates. The Sonntagszeitung newspaper said that hackers had cracked the encryption codes used […]
Arqiva playout for Top Up TV Anytime
Arqiva has confirmed that it is providing content integration, playout and distribution services for Top Up TV Anytime. The DTT service originally launched in 2003 with a package of time […]
Ericsson concludes Tandberg offer
Ericsson has received acceptances and purchased shares representing 87.4% of Tandberg Television. Ericsson has waived the 90% acceptance condition, set in the original all cash NKr106 per share offer. Following […]
Record revenue growth for OpenTV
OpenTV has reported a record growth in revenues driven by a 30% increase in revenues from its applications business. The middleware company has already seen benefits from last year’s acquisition […]
WDR to test T-DMB in Cologne
German regional public broadcaster WDR will launch a T-DMB test in the region of Cologne in the second quarter of this year. The service will be available free-to-air to all […]
T-DMB trial in Jakarta
Indonesia started pilot broadcasting in the Jakarta area on March 9th using Korea’s terrestrial T-DMB platform. Indonesia becomes the third country outside Korea to trial the system following South Africa […]
Eurosport and Panasonic to promote HD
CeBIT – HANOVER. Eurosport and Panasonic will jointly promote HD by placing large HD screens in over 1,000 retail outlets across Europe. From April Panasonic will install the full HD […]
ZDF goes all-out with ‘new media’
CeBIT – HANOVER – In an attempt to lure young viewers German public broadcaster is going all-out with ‘new media’ offering a wide range of new services. These include the […]