Cable Congress – The battle for the screen is on
March 31, 2009 by Robert Briel
The battle for the screen is now on, with consumer electronics manufacturers all offering internet connectivity on their TV sets. The cable community is working on solutions on how to integrate web offerings with their own services, we learned at the Cable Congress in Berlin. Read the Story »
Dutch cable first to roll out CI Plus
March 31, 2009 by Robert Briel
The Dutch cable operator Ziggo is set to become the first to introduce the CI Plus standard. In the past few weeks, major consumer electronics manufacturers including Philips, Samsung and JVC have been showing CI Plus capable television sets during their dealer presentations for the Dutch market. Read the Story »
Global perspectives on IPTV
March 30, 2009 by Chris Dziadul
Western Europe may well be the world’s largest IPTV market at present, but over time it will almost certainly be overtaken by other parts of the world. Read the Story »
Solaris waits for EU licence
March 30, 2009 by Julian Clover
Solaris Mobile, the Dublin-based operator jointly owned by Eutelsat and SES, is awaiting the final approval for an 18-year licence to operate service in the frequency range known as the S-Band. Read the Story »
IPTV World on road to convergence
March 30, 2009 by Julian Clover
There are two things that are instantly noticeable about IPTV. The first is that the sector sees itself as being more distinct than, say, cable television is from satellite. The second is whatever happens to real opportunity lies with the various forms of converged and hybrid services. Read the Story »
Connected TV sets – are they a Trojan horse?
March 30, 2009 by Robert Briel
With platform operators employing proprietary solutions for the distribution of their signals, traditional consumer electronic companies have been losing some ground. Read the Story »
DVB seeking clarity of thought
March 18, 2009 by Julian Clover
Laven: “More than 100 ETSI standards derived from the DVB, but not all of those have been commercially successful. The DVB can’t be responsible for dubious business models.”
DTG summit tries to paint on Canvas
March 18, 2009 by Julian Clover
With an audience like the Digital TV Group you might have expected a little more detail on something as industry shifting as the Canvas IPTV proposals. Instead, like Canvas before it, there is just what people might think it might be. Read the Story »
Conax comes in from the cold
March 18, 2009 by Chris Dziadul
Oslo-based Conax is undoubtedly one of the big success stories of the digital content security sector. Part of Telenor Broadcast group, it has offices in 10 countries in Europe, Asia and the Americas and over 300 customers in 78 territories worldwide. Read the Story »
Freeview reveals HD plans
March 16, 2009 by Julian Clover
Cheryl Sloan, director of strategy and new product development, Freeview, said that of the 14 million HD Ready sets that were expected to be in the market when Freeview HD goes live, 26% were already in Freeview homes. This, she added, represented “low hanging fruit”.
