Digital Home zone
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Orange board backs Richard
The board of directors of Orange has issued a statement in which it publicly asserts “full confidence” in CEO and chairman Stéphane Richard, who has been arrested in connection with a corruption investigation in France dating back to 2008 -
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UK’s smartclip wins global ad deal for Philips Smart TVs
smartclip, a UK developer of multiscreen video and brand advertising platforms, has partnered with TV maker TP Vision to deliver adverts on the Philips Smart TV portal homepage and sub-pages, such as the App Gallery. -
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Rural communities key to Europe’s superfast broadband target
Despite all households in the European Union now having access to basic broadband, significant challenges remain before the same can be said of high-speed services, according to UK research firm Point Topic - not least of which is the high cost of wiring up rural areas.
Analysis & Opinion
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Innovation in services and partnerships hold the key to future growth
According to the results of Informa Telecoms & Media’s annual industry survey, innovation is a key priority for global telecoms and media players in 2013. Over 500 senior executives from across both these sectors were asked how their businesses and markets would perform in 2013 and the role innovation would play in driving future revenue growth.
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Tomorrow Calling – but will broadcasters and operators pick up?
Broadcasters and TV operators take note: consumers are tired of clunky user interfaces, weary of digital rights issues, and willing to run into the arms of a big technology company like Apple or Google if these problems are not resolved, and fast.
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Better the devil they know? BT and UK cities’ £114 million superfast-broadband fund
The most interesting question looming over the UK government’s latest broadband funding announcement is whether each of the 10 cities chosen spend their portion of the £114 million (US$185 million) with BT or with the former state-owned monopoly’s existing competitors and new entrants.
Bollywood comes to YouView from TalkTalk
Bright future for residential security at the Digital Home World Summit
Virgin Media's new COO named
Shazam's Daniel Danker: "This can be a very confusing time for TV viewers"
Worldwide IPTV subs up 36% in 2012
Twitter amplifies TV advertising
INTERVIEWS
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“There is a general expectation from consumers that tech support is not their problem”
Mustafa Khanbhai, CEO of UK tech consultancy Seamlessly and...
June 4th, 2013 -
Orange: smart home services will become the 5th play
Alvaro Gallardo, director of smart home services at Orange...
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Technicolor: “The Internet of Things needs a universal mother tongue”
Pascal Portelli, SVP solutions strategy & portfolio management at...
May 21st, 2013
EXPERTISE ZONE
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The operator survival guide: rules of engagementViaccess-Orca’s Ofer Weintraub discusses the requirements for second screen apps....
March 25th, 2013
By Dr. Ofer Weintraub -
IPTV meets Big Data – predicting user behaviour to create attractive offeringsThe tough challenges faced by communication service providers (CSPs) from...
March 13th, 2013
By Spyros Sakellariou -
Podcast: Multiscreen video, consumer expectations and user-generated contentIn this podcast, we speak to Steve McCaffery, VP and...
March 8th, 2013
By Jamie Beach
