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Peter Doherty chooses Babelgum for video launch
Indie music star Peter Doherty has launched the video for his latest track ‘Broken Love Song’ exclusively on mobile and web TV service Babelgum.
Babelgum will also host Doherty’s live acoustic versions of ‘Arcady’ and ‘Lady Don’t Fall Backwards’, as well as a never-before-seen two-part interview with the singer.
In the interview, Doherty confirmed plans to re-form […]
July 1, 2009
ITU approves IPTV standard
The International Telecommunications Union (ITU), a United Nations agency for ICT issues, has given initial approval to a standard that will make it easier for IPTV users to find and consume content.
The recommendation, known as ITU-T H.770, describes the mechanisms for service provider discovery, service discovery and selection.
It will enable IPTV users to locate […]
June 29, 2009
Online ads will not solve TV’s funding crisis
Internet advertising will not generate enough revenue to counter the funding gap currently being experienced by TV broadcasters, a leading media specialist has warned.
In a new report published this week, Screen Digest said extra advertising generated from posting content online will not be enough to plug the $2 billion shortfall expected to hit US broadcasters […]
June 24, 2009
Open IPTV forum gets four quality members
The Open IPTV forum has welcomed four new members who want to develop an open set of specifications for IPTV: British Telecom, Netgem, Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), and Pirelli Broadband Solutions.
British Telecom is one of the largest IPTV service providers across the UK, providing On Demand Programming alongside regular IP digital television.
It is […]
June 24, 2009
Babelgum launches two new shows
Independent iptv service Babelgum announced that it will be debuting two new comedy series on its comedy channel today, including Turbo Dates and Horrible People.
Turbo Dates was originally created by Jocelyn Stamat and is co written with the aid of Terry Rossio who is best known for the movie blockbusters of Shrek, Pirates of the […]
June 22, 2009
Livestation helps with refugee broadcasts
Livestation is now broadcasting the plight of people who are refugees, in a joint effort with the United Nations refugee agency (UNCHR), to help raise awareness of how many refugees there are currently in the world, who need urgent help.
The UNCHR is using the channel to broadcast appeals for aid to people in the UK, […]
June 22, 2009
SeaChange Smart Digivision wins Global Telecoms Award
SeaChange International and Smart Digivision have been honoured at the Global Telecoms Business Innovation Awards 2009 for their innovative consumer service titled MyWay IPTV.
The MyWay service was developed by Smart Digivision and focuses on offering personal TV apps and on-demand offerings while using the professional offerings and digital video systems of SeaChange.
The new […]
June 18, 2009
IPTV booming in Germany
According to new figures released at the BITKOM IPTV summit in Berlin, the amount of German households that receive IPTV services is rapidly growing, with 1.2 million households projected to receive IPTV by the end of 2009 and an even more stunning projection of 1.8 million by 2010.
This is a large jump given that BITKOM […]
June 16, 2009
Encode photos and DVDs to IPTV
Exterity this week launched a new IPTV encoder that allows photos, DVD videos and Satellite TV to be streamed over an internal IP network.
The Exterity IPTV Encoder encodes content in the MPEG-2 format, and supports widescreen encoding on the 16:9 aspect ratio.
Households and businesses using the encoder can stream content from a digital camera, satellite […]
June 15, 2009
Will you pay three quid a month to view iPlayer?
Despite repeated pressure on the BBC to pay for the extensive bandwidth used by the iPlayer, it looks as if the general public may end up paying for it instead of the BBC.
According to a report issued by Ofcom, a broadcast regulator, soon households may have to pay £3 more each month for their broadband […]