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, […]
DTG to put Freesat to the test
IBC 2007 – AMSTERDAM The Digital TV Group (DTG) is to provide test and conformance for the Freesat platform scheduled to launch early in 2008. Representatives from the BBC-ITV free-to-air […]
Harmonic sounds new structure
IBC 2007 – AMSTERDAM. Harmonic has unveiled a new look that has been designed to reflect the company’s evolution from an encoder supplier to broader based video technologies. “We think […]
NTV-Plus to use Thomson HD receivers
The Russian DTH platform NTV-Plus is to use Thomson HD MPEG-2 DVB-S2 set-top boxes. NTV-Plus, which currently has around 560,000 subscribers, became the first company in Russia to offer HD […]
Orbit gains European cable carriage
Orbit Communications Company and Eutelsat Germany have concluded an agreement for the distribution of Orbit’s Arabic channels to cable operators in continental Europe. It will initially see three of seven […]
Poverkhnost opts for Irdeto solution
The Ukrainian satellite operator Poverkhnost has selected Irdeto’s digital TV content security solution for its forthcoming DTH platform. The service, which is expected to launch next month, will offer over […]
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 […]
Telefonica eyes Latin expansion
Telefonica aims to secure an additional 35 million customers in Latin America by 2009. Speaking to the Spanish press, José Maria Alvarez-Palete, the group’s director for the region, added that […]