Monthly Archives: July, 2010
Today’s Digital News July 30, 2010
BT Vision suffers sluggish quarter | News | Rapid TV News BT signed only 14,000 subscribers to its hybrid DTT/IPTV service, BT Vision, during the second quarter of this year, giving a total of just 481,000 paying customers. Hybrid TV conquers German living rooms | News | Rapid TV News TV sets with inbuilt internet [...]
Today’s Digital News July 29, 2010
MifiClub will rent you an MiFi for £19 (3-days) | Mobile Industry Review Thank you to Richard who sent me a note asking me to check out MifiClub, a service that will send you a MiFi next-day in the United Kingdom. TiVo & Apple: There’s an App for That Rumors that Apple is cooperating with [...]
Today’s Digital News July 28, 2010
Customer demand for high end TV drive KPN network strategy | News | Rapid TV News KPN sees the end customer’s need for functionality such as triple-play services, including, HD TV, as the main driver of its network strategy following mixed half-yearly results. What Am I Missing?, by Bill Klages I was recently reading a [...]
Today’s Digital News July 27, 2010
The Beeb to charge for web TV? It seems that the government has turned its attention to the folks who have taken to watching TV on their computer to avoid paying for a TV licence. Latens takes middleware everywhere | Broadband TV News Middleware and conditional access specialist Latens is turning its attention to the [...]
Today’s Digital News July 26, 2010
Tele 2 sets Open Cable pricing | Broadband TV News Dutch telecoms operator Tele 2 will this Tuesday start marketing its Open Cable product with prices starting at €5 a month representing a savings of up to 70%. The Hermes Project: Virgin to offer multiscreen ‘pause and resume’ Virgin Media are set to offer a [...]
Today’s Digital News July 24, 2010
"Will I need to replace my Sky HD Box to get 3D?" – ITProPortal.com No. British satellite broadcaster Sky will be launching a full 3D TV service this autumn – but existing subscribers to its Sky HD service won't need to replace their Sky HD boxes to take advantage of the new broadcasts. FLO TV [...]
Today’s Digital News July 23, 2010
Qualcomm Looking To Sell Off FLO TV Qualcomm aren’t happy with their Mobile TV unit, FLO TV. UltraViolet brings consortium a step closer to digital utopia It would seem we’re a step closer to the digital video utopia promised by the Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem (DECE), as the consortium has unveiled its new consumer brand [...]
Today’s Digital News July 22, 2010
Sky confirms Easynet sell-off • The Register And lo, it came to pass. Sky has announced it will sell Easynet to private equity house Lloyds Development Capital, which will back its current management. The Feldman File: DECE’s Ultraviolet: Still invisible to the naked eye The Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem, a consortium of 60 video content, [...]
Today’s Digital News July 21, 2010
Connected TV Shipments Surge, Group Says | homemediamagazine.com More than 45 million connected HDTVs, or about 20% of all flat-panel screens, will be shipped this year, with that number ballooning to 42%, or 119 million, by 2014, according to a quarterly report from DisplaySearch. The Hermes Project: Sky to sell Easynet? Sky are said to [...]
Today’s Digital News July 20, 2010
Boxee looks at earlier STB release; is it worried about Goolge TV? – FierceIPTV Boxee, which last month announced a delay in bringing its set-top box-the Boxee Box–to market until the fourth quarter (hopefully November in time for the holiday shopping season), has done a turnaround and now says the box is going to land [...]