"pay TV" articles
Yesterday's news highlighted what NDS was expecting to show at SCTE next week in terms of a residential gateway platform. Today, there is an article highlighting the UPC Horizon Connected Home Gateway, which is expected to deploy across UPC's European network beginning in 2011.
The Horizon gateway will provide access for both broadband and pay-TV services, enable whole-home DVR, and allow any content stored on the home network (PCs and other storage devices) to be viewed on the...
There were a couple of announcements today that point to an expanded role for connected TVs beyond "over-the-top" video. Instead, the connected TV can also serve as a gateway for managed video services. Companies such as Verimatrix, Clearleap, thePlatform, Cisco, Motorola, ActiveVideo Networks, Alcatel-Lucent , Nokia Siemens , and Ericsson have all made recent announcements in this area.
Now, ADB has joined the fray, offering a solution called the Virtual Gateway ....
It's interesting that two different releases crossed my desk this morning, both related to interactive television services in developing markets (Malaysia and Latin America), but with different approaches.
Oregan Networks and Telefónica announced a collaboration whereby Oregan's Web hardware an software solutions will be used to bring online video and other Web content to Telefónica's customers via a set-top box. Although 64% of Telefónica's subscriber base is in Latin America,...
It's good to see companies like Wyplay getting design wins in the digital television space. Broadband TV News reports that the company's software has been chosen to power Vodafone's new hybrid television service in Spain and Italy, and SFR in France has also chosen it for its new offering. Time was when networked "middleware" players such as Wyplay were relegated to a specific market, such as home NAS/media servers. Companies such as Rovi and PacketVideo ( Twonky ) have...
Brett Sappington , Senior Reseach Analyst at Parks Associates will be presenting at the Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA ).
MoCA is hosting an interactive workshop being held at TelcoTV in Las Vegas, on Tuesday, November 9, from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Speakers and case study presentations will feature pay TV operators and integrated service providers including Verizon, Comcast, Cox and DirecTV. Parks Associates will provide an overview of integrated service provider and...
From AP and The Boston Globe ,Time Warner Inc.'s chief financial officer John Martin said Thursday that early next year the company will likely test letting people pay $20 or $30 to watch new-release movies at home within a month or two of their debut in theaters.
No question the demand is there, even at these price points, as we tested in previous surveys. Demand will be particularly significant in households with children, where the cost of going out to the movies, plus the...
From C21Media.net , NBC Universal and Viacom are the latest major US players to rule out placing their content on Apple TV's revamped TV rental service, following a similar call from Warner Bros.
Apple's latest attempt to penetrate the TV market has so far enticed Disney-ABC - unsurprising, considering Apple CEO Steve Jobs is the Mouse's largest shareholder - as well as News Corp-owned Fox and BBC America, which will offer individual episodes at US$0.99. However, many other companies...
In my introductory post to ivi TV, I had noted that ivi TV's model of redistributing broadcast TV over the Internet was likely to face legal challenges. The company has received cease and desist orders from NBC-Universal, CBS, Disney, ABC, The CW Television Stations, Inc., Fox Television, Major League Baseball, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, WGBH, WNET.org, and Fisher Communications. In addition, The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) filed a legal challenge earlier...
