Archive | May, 2009
IMS-based EV-DO video telephony in China by ZTE
ZTE Corp announced that it has successfully established first IMS-based EV-DO video telephony call in China in partnership with Sichuan Telecom. The network will ultimately be used by China Telecom for its CDMA –based services. “The successful launching of Sichuan Telecom IMS project demonstrates a good example of how far China’s 3G CDMA market has achieved,” [...]
Continue reading...Alcatel-Lucent ties up with SkyTerra, TerreStar Networks
25. May 2009
Alcatel-Lucent has partnered with SkyTerra and TerreStar Networks to develop a mobile network technology that incorporates EV-DO-based satellite communications technology into an Alcatel-Lucent base station. On integrating 3G technology and satellite networks, Qualcomm will allow SkyTerra and TerreStar Networks dish out highquality mobile voice and data coverage to remote and uncovered areas across North America. Further, [...]
Continue reading...Fox Pan American Sports joins Intelsat Network
25. May 2009
Fox Pan American Sports, the Spanishlanguage sports programming venture, has signed a multi-year contract for capacity with fixed satellite services provider Intelsat. As per the deal, Fox Pan American Sports will launch its new high-definition (HD) channel on the Intelsat Network’s IS-805 satellite, located at 55.5° W, to distribute its HD programming throughout Latin America. [...]
Continue reading...Orange trial 3D TV
25. May 2009
Orange is broadcasting an experimental 3D broadcast of a football match. The Ligue 1 game between when Olympique Lyonnais and Paris Saint-Germain will be broadcast live to 3D screens in Parc des Princes and Gerland stadium for supporters and football fans invited by Orange and the two clubs. Orange will deploy six stereoscopic cameras, a standalone [...]
Continue reading...Sky wants 3D
25. May 2009
BSkyB’s director of strategic product development Gerry O’Sullivan told NAB delegates to push on3D television. “We can deliver 3D to people’s homes using the investment we have already made in broadcasting. I think that should be the first step for 3D in the home.” O’Sullivan argued that broadcasters should keep things simple and he urged [...]
Continue reading...Flash in TV sets
25. May 2009
Adobe has announced a deal to put its Flash software into many of the chips that go inside TVs and set-top boxes. This will enable developers and content providers to create applications to deliver web-based content to TV screens. Flash will be included on chips made by Broadcom, Intel, NXP and STMicroelectronics. The first applications [...]
Continue reading...NDTV Good Times now in Singapore
25. May 2009
NDTV Good Times will now be available in Singapore. The English travel and lifestyle channel has launched on Singapore Telecommunications’ (SingTel) mio TV platform. Says NDTV affiliate sales and network distribution head Rahul Sood, “NDTV 24×7 is already present on mio TV and we are very happy to put NDTV Good Times on the Singtel [...]
Continue reading...BSNL sets up separate int’l biz unit
25. May 2009
Moving aggressively on its overseas expansion plans, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has set up a separate international business division to explore telecom opportunities abroad. We have created an international business unit recently which will look at possibilities — be it acquisition of companies and bidding for licences — abroad. MK Jain, GM (international business) is [...]
Continue reading...Chinese vendors seek new telcos
25. May 2009
Innovative financing options for the new telecom operators may be just the deal clincher for Chinese equipment vendors, now competing with European ones, in the Indian market. The European vendors dominate the market here, with over half the share. Recently, Chinese equipment vendor ZTE inked a deal with Essar grouppromoted Loop Telecom. It is also in [...]
Continue reading...ZillionTV deploys Verimatrix VCAS
25. May 2009
Content security technologist Verimatrix has revealed that personalised television platform ZillionTV has deployed the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System for IPTV to secure its on-demand library of programmes delivered over an IP connection and streamed directly to the television. The ZillionTV service, launched in March 2009, is expected to offer 15,000 titles from Hollywood studios and [...]
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