Los Angeles Cable Show displays market differences
May 26, 2010 by Robert Briel
Walking the show floor at the Los Angeles Convention Center and attending a few sessions at the NCTA (The Cable Show) made me realise there are still huge differences between the US and the European cable markets. With regards to television, the US market is arguably way ahead of Europe with widespread deployment of set-top boxes, PVRs, a mature premium TV market and more. In technical terms, HD now seems to have become the standard. Read the Story »
Connected TV: past, present and future
May 26, 2010 by Chris Dziadul
While connected TV is now a reality, it is still hard to say where exactly it fits in to the strategies of some of the industry’s leading players.
Insights into those strategies, as well as the opportunities that connected TV offers, where nevertheless provided at last week’s Connected TV Summit in London. Read the Story »
IPTV floored
March 31, 2010 by Julian Clover
The recognition that IPTV is entering a new phase wasn’t just a topic for the conference hall, but was already permeating around the exhibits at IPTV World Forum (London Olympia, March 23 – 25). Read the Story »
ACT celebrates the past, looks to the future
November 10, 2009 by Chris Dziadul
Last week saw the Association of Commercial Television in Europe (ACT) hold its second annual conference in Brussels against the backdrop of a very special occasion: the 20th anniversary of commercial TV services in Europe. Read the Story »
Tough times for Hungarian cable
October 14, 2009 by Julian Clover
Hungary’s cable industry, like many others in the CEE region, is finding life increasingly hard in the current economic crisis. Read the Story »
RTS takes punt on the future
September 30, 2009 by Julian Clover
The Royal Television Society is very much the establishment of British broadcasting, with an emphasis on the Big Five channels. However, the bi-annual Cambridge Convention had its mind very much on new media. Read the Story »
On the IBC showfloor
September 30, 2009 by Julian Clover
There is a growing sense that set-top box manufacturers are doing more than just follow the list of instructions offered them by the platform operators. Read the Story »
Connected TV and 3D headline Berlin show
September 16, 2009 by Robert Briel
The consumer electronics show IFA in Berlin is the last remaining event of its kind in Europe. This year the focus was on the introduction of HD television in the German market, as well as new technologies including 3D HD displays and connected TV sets. Just months after the formation of the HbbTV alliance, the first full working applications of hybrid connected TV sets could be seen in Berlin. Read the Story »
Going over the top
September 16, 2009 by Robert Briel
Over the top delivery of television was one of the highlights at IBC, both on the conference floor and in the exhibition halls. Questions buzzing around included the chance of success for the new HbbTV consortium and whether broadcasters would accept widgets such as those from Yahoo/Intel as a layover over the broadcast signals. Read the Story »
IBC Conference Review
September 16, 2009 by Julian Clover
It is the event that brings together the European broadcasting scene with their counterparts from Europe and Asia. IBC (Amsterdam: September 10 – 15, 2009) shrugged off the recent woes of the financial markets and instead chose to talk about what all their clever technology could do. Read the Story »
