informitv newsINFORMING INTERACTIVE TELEVISIONInteractive Wimbledon delivers ace service for viewers- June 20, 2008 Wimbledon will once again be interactive this year on the BBC, with the addition of live streams on the web and highlights available through the BBC iPlayer. DirecTV is also doubling up with ESPN to provide interactive Wimbledon coverage. Viewing figures suggest that those using such interactive services tend to...http://informitv.com/articles/2008/06/20/interactivewimbledondelivers/ IPTV numbers rise in America without affecting satellite- June 19, 2008 The number of subscribers to IPTV services in North America quadrupled last year, but still reached only 1.2 million homes. These mainly seem to be net additions to the pay-television market, rather than at the expense of satellite, which gained 1.5 million customers....http://informitv.com/articles/2008/06/19/iptvnumbersrise/ Microsoft acquires Navic Networks for addressable adverts- June 18, 2008 Microsoft is buying interactive television company Navic Networks to gain an addressable advertising system. Navic Networks is a pioneer of interactive television and has developed an advertising management system known as Admira. Meanwhile Microsoft says its Mediaroom platform is now powering over two million television sets worldwide....http://informitv.com/articles/2008/06/18/microsoftacquiresnavic/ Amino unveils first fully digital high-definition IPTV box- June 17, 2008 Amino is launching the first 100% digital high-definition set-top box. It is on show at the NXTcomm conference in Las Vegas. With an HDMI digital socket and no analogue outputs it is cheaper to produce and simpler to install. Amino has also acquired a former BT man as its new...http://informitv.com/articles/2008/06/17/aminounveilsfirst/ 11 billion videos viewed online last month in America- June 17, 2008 Young American adults viewed nearly five hours of online video each in April. The latest figures from online measurement company comScore showed that almost 11 billion online videos were viewed during the month, with YouTube accounting for more than 4 billion of them. The vast majority of this was viewing...http://informitv.com/articles/2008/06/17/11billionvideos/ MHP licence fees dropped for free-to-air broadcasters- June 13, 2008 Free-to-air broadcasters will no longer have to pay patent licence fees for using MHP interactive television middleware. The fees set by the patent pool administrator Via Licensing have been controversial and have partly accounted for the lack of widespread adoption of the DVB standard....http://informitv.com/articles/2008/06/13/mhplicencefees/ Win for Digisoft middleware in Thailand and China markets- June 13, 2008 Win Multimedia in Thailand has selected Digisoft TV from Ireland to provide its service delivery platform and middleware for IPTV services in the Thai and Chinese markets. Win Media is a subsidiary of Win Win Net Corporation based in Bankok. It plans to launch its service across 10,000 retail outlets...http://informitv.com/articles/2008/06/13/winfordigisoft/ Broadband Britain remains a pipe dream rather than a vision- June 10, 2008 Britain risks its economic competitiveness as a result of lack of investment in next generation networks, but there is no clear business case to build new broadband infrastructure. That was the message from a conference of the self-appointed industry advisory body the Broadband Stakeholder Group held in London....http://informitv.com/articles/2008/06/10/broadbandbritainremains/ BBC plans web page for every programme it has ever made- June 9, 2008 The BBC is planning to provide a permanent web page for every episode of every programme it has ever broadcast. The ambitious proposal was outlined by Jana Bennett, the director of BBC Vision at the Banff World Television Festival in Canada. Separately, the BBC has outlined multi-million pound plans for...http://informitv.com/articles/2008/06/09/bbcplansweb/ JumpTV and NeuLion to merge online video operations- June 9, 2008 Loss-making online television pioneers JumpTV and NeuLion are planning to merge. This will create a single operation covering a range of sports, international and religious channels, delivered on the web and to set-top boxes. The transaction is expected to be completed in the autumn. The merger is expected to result...http://informitv.com/articles/2008/06/09/jumptvandneulion/ |