October 31, 2008

US Election Viewing and Combined Live Chat

by Alan Harten

As British schoolchildren look forward to the bonfire night festivities, the polls will be closing on perhaps the most important American election in many years.
On November 4th (local time) the American population will decide who will spend the next four years running the White House.
This may be big news for American citizens and other […]



October 30, 2008

Bollywood Heading for IPTV with en2go

by Alan Harten

The market for Bollywood movies is huge and over just the last few months has seen major deals with Hollywood big hitters, including Stephen Spielberg’s DreamWorks company.
There are several other Asian mass-market movie companies possibly unheard-of by Westerners, such as Tollywood, Malyalam, Punjabi, Tamil, Kannada, Gujarati, Bhojpuri, but nonetheless major players in the gigantic Asian […]



October 30, 2008

CopperGate Takes On New Managers

by Alan Harten

Producer of silicon that is used in coax and phone line delivered IPTV, CopperGate, is to begin a new stage of what the company refers to as “explosive” worldwide expansion.
Coppergate has taken on several new experts in their fields as executives at the company.
Previously located at Alvarion is Tsach Shwartz, who will now endeavour […]



October 29, 2008

BT Vision Extends Comtrend Power Line Deal

by Jan Harris

BT Vision has renewed its contract with Comtrend, a leading global supplier of broadband customer premises equipment, for a second year.
BT will continue to use Comtrend’s Power Line Communication Technology to deliver its BT Vision service.
BT Vision, which provides over 70 free TV and radio channels, is available to UK customers via a […]



October 28, 2008

Verimatrix Receives Patents for Forensic Watermarking

by Alan Harten

Content security company, Verimatrix, has announced that the U.S. Patent office has issued patents for its VideoMark forensic watermarking technology used by pay-TV networks to secure their content.
The company still has several other patents awaiting approval from the patents office.
The new VideoMark patent covers the so-called human recognisable watermarking.
These electronic watermarks are visible […]



October 23, 2008

New Processor Capable of 1.5 Billion Decisions Per Sec

by Alan Harten

NetLogic has announced the launch of its fifth-generation knowledge-based processor under the badge NL91024XT.
This new processor is a hybrid which is fully programmable and capable of converging high-performance with very low power usage and Sahasra algorithmic technology.
The new processors are capable of dealing with 1.5 billion decisions each second; they have also been built […]



October 22, 2008

Metrosystems Expands Swiss IPTV Offerings

by Alan Harten

Swiss system integrator, Metrosystems, has opted to make use of ECI Telecom’s 9700 Series Carrier Ethernet Switch Router (CESR).
The first installation is already in place in Metrosystems hometown of Wil.
The company hopes that making use of the ECI equipment will allow them support they need for their expanding IPTV service in the region. […]



October 21, 2008

Global-MIX announces affordable outside broadcasting

by Jan Harris

Global-MIX, which specializes in the delivery of live and on-demand content via the Internet, has announced new outside broadcasting services which allow events to be broadcast live for just £1,500.
The new services mean that events previously considered too small to justify the expense of deploying outside broadcast (OB) units can now be covered.
Global-MIX’s […]



October 17, 2008

ITN On partners Livestation

by Jan Harris

ITN On is the latest platform to partner with Livestation, which allows users to enjoy interactive TV and radio channels on their desktop via a broadband connection.
ITN is a world leading producer of news and entertainment content for multimedia platforms.
Its 24 hour channel, which provides new, showbiz and sport, is now available […]



October 16, 2008

Adobe and BBC in iPlayer deal

by Jan Harris

Mac and Linux users should soon be able to download TV programmes with the BBC’s iPlayer.
PC users have been able to do this for some time, and now a platform-neutral download client is being launched to extend the service to other platforms.
The news was released by Erik Huggers, the BBC’s director of future […]



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