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Next Generation television offering from Sezmi
Trials are being conducted in pilot markets on a next generation television offering from Sezmi Corporation.
The commercial launch with broadband service providers and US retailers will follow later this year.
Sezmi is designed to address fundamental shifts in consumer television viewing behaviour. It is a complete TV 2.0 solution that delivers all TV content in […]
May 2, 2008
Zattoo launches in UK
Zattoo, a TV distribution service, which lets viewers watch real television on a desktop or laptop computer, is launching in the UK with all five UK terrestrial channels.
Zattoo’s media player can be downloaded to a computer from the company’s website, providing access to Bloomberg, Cbeebies and a number of special interest channels, as well […]
April 30, 2008
Free content delivery network from Volocix
Global on-demand video delivery, file download and website acceleration have been made available free of charge as part of the Velocix Accelerator digital delivery service.
The new service is aimed at the growing number of entrepreneurs and new start-up ventures, as well as larger organisations wishing to distribute rich media such as video, music, games and […]
April 21, 2008
Europe leading worldwide growth in IPTV
Europe accounts for almost 60% of the worldwide growth in IPTV, which rose to 14 million households in 2007 from 4.7 million users in 2006.
The figures have been produced following new research by Parks Associates, a market research and consulting firm focused on all product and service segments that are digital or provide connectivity within […]
April 2, 2008
Velocix and MediaMelon in HD video delivery partnership
Velocix and MediaMelon have entered into a partnership to deliver high definition video on behalf of content owners, with a consistent performance and uninterrupted viewing
Cambridge-based Velocix provides the world’s leading Digital Asset Delivery Network, while MediaMelon offers a leading HD Video Delivery Network which provides easy access to content over the Internet.
The partnership […]
April 2, 2008
blinkx BBTV fuses TV with the Web
Video search engine, blinkx, has launched blinkx BBTV, which provides a new kind of online television than exploits the potential of the Internet.
blinkx BBTV uses the company’s patented speech and visual recognition technology to deliver TV over the Internet, while using the information available on the Web to add dimension and context to the […]
April 1, 2008
PlayTV in channel deal with Baeble Music
UK-based IPTV company, Global Digital Broadcast (GDP), has secured a deal with Baeble Music, to provide a music channel on PlayTV UK.
Baeble Music, which distributes live concert videos online, of emerging bands, together with album reviews and band profiles, will launch a 24 hour music channel on GDB’s PlayTV UK service.
PlayTV UK has incorporated […]
March 26, 2008
BSkyB claims Sky+ is UK’s leading on-demand service
Broadcaster, BSkyB, highlighted the importance of online video via its Sky Anytime on-demand Service, at the recent IPTV World Forum 2008 event, at Olympia, London, claiming that it is the leading on-demand service in the UK.
At the event, Griffin Parry, BSkyB’s Director of On-Demand, spoke on the theme “Technology is not an end in […]
March 17, 2008
Google sees TV’s future in online video distribution
Vincent Dureau, the head of television technology at Google, believes that the future of television lies in online video distribution.
Speaking at the IPTV World Forum event in London, Dureau argued that IPTV is already deployed on a very large scale on the Internet, in the form of online video delivered over broadband. He argues […]
March 12, 2008
Orange UK adopts Witbe technology for VoD rollout
Communications company, Orange UK, is to deploy technology from Witbe to help with its nationwide rollout of video on demand (VoD) services.
Witbe develops and operates software solutions which help manage the performance of information systems.
Its technology will help Orange monitor the possible impact of last mile issues and parasitic signal interferences in the home […]