News Archive

Shazam reveals major Super Bowl campaign

03.02.12
Media discovery specialist Shazam is looking to make a big splash in the 2012 Super Bowl event this Sunday (February 5th), by making the entire Super Bowl experience (including ads, the game itself and the halftime show) into a discoverable experience via the Shazam app for mobile devices ...read more

EBU starts fast-tracking HbbTV deployments

03.02.12
Members of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) are to be offered free white-label interactive applications to help them deploy Hybrid Broadcast Broadband (HbbTV) services this year ...read more

BT trials "FTTP on-demand"

03.02.12
UK telco BT has successfully trialled the delivery of Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband on an on-demand basis in St Agnes, Cornwall, delivering speeds of up to 300 Mbps...read more

BT Vision passes 679k subs

03.02.12
UK telco BT added 39,000 subscribers for its hybrid DTT+IP television service 'BT Vision' in the fourth quarter of 2011, bringing the total to 679,000 ...read more

Sky: "By giving people more choice we can reach even more homes"

03.02.12
Exclusive: UK broadcaster BSkyB has revealed further details about the major new online TV service it announced earlier this week, including its rationale for launching the service, how it will be positioned in relation to the existing 'Sky Go' service, and some of the pricing models which are being considered ...read more

Connected TV Marketing Association appoints president for CEE region

02.02.12
The recently-formed Connected TV Marketing Association (CTVMA) has appointed a board of directors for its Central and Eastern Europe operations, with Mirek Smyk being named executive president of CTVMA Central and Eastern Europe ...read more

Orange: "Welcome to the era of Social TV!"

02.02.12

We speak to Nicolas Bry, Senior VP at Orange Vallée, (an Orange entity dedicated to rapid innovation), about the new opportunities created by second-screen apps and Social TV, and what plans Orange has to implement these capabilities ...read more

Multi-screen services to go "from hype to reality" this year, says IMS

02.02.12
2012 will be the year the consumer electronics (CE) industry finally realises the promise of multi-screen content consumption, asserts a new report from IMS Research ...read more

TeliaSonera celebrates half a million Swedish TV subs

02.02.12
Nordic telecoms giant TeliaSonera reached the milestone of 500,000 subscribers for its Swedish IPTV service 'Telia Digital TV' in the fourth quarter of 2011, giving it an 11% share of the Swedish TV market ...read more

SeaChange cuts costs

02.02.12
US firm SeaChange International, a specialist in video solutions and services, has cut annual costs worth over US$ 5mn during its fiscal 2012, which ended January 31st ...read more

Star TV: "Mobile is the most ubiquitous screen in India"

01.02.12

We speak to Sanjay Gupta, Chief Operating Officer of India's STAR TV, one of the world's largest media and entertainment companies with viewers in over 65 countries, including more than 168mn viewers in India alone.
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