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Ofcom grants BBC restrictions on HD
Ofcom has agreed to allow the BBC to restrict access to the EPG for Freeview HD programming. The BBC plans to restrict access to manufacturers of STBs and integrated Freeview HD TV’s that include copy protection technology. This technology will allow broadcasters to control the multiple copying of HD content and its retransmission over the [...]
Continue reading...Digital dividend auction for Australia
7. July 2010
The Australian government is to release 126 Megahertz of broadcasting spectrum as a digital dividend, once the digital TV switchover is completed on December 31, 2013. “This presents a once-in-a-generation opportunity to improve communication services available in Australia,” said Minister Stephen Conroy. The digital dividend will be released as a contiguous block of spectrum in the upper [...]
Continue reading...CNN co-founder Wussler dead
7. July 2010
Robert J. Wussler, a CNN co-founder who became the youngest president of the CBS television network when he took over at age 36, has died. He was 73. Spokesman Arthur Sando says Wussler died June 5 at his home in Connecticut after a long illness. Wussler started his 21-year career at CBS working in the mailroom. [...]
Continue reading...Arqiva to trial DTT 3D
7. July 2010
Broadcast infrastructure specialist Arqiva is planning a trial of 3D TV broadcasts over the UK digital terrestrial network. Although implementation of any commercial service is likely to be some years away, Mike Brooks, Head of Technical Development, says the company is “trying to understand the techniques” involved in the transmission of 3D. Any such trial will [...]
Continue reading...Mobile operators test new IMB TV service
7. July 2010
O2, Orange, and Vodafone have teamed up to test a new TV broadcast service which would allow British mobile phone users the chance to watch TV channels on their handsets. They are testing technology which would enable them to provide broadcast TV over their existing 3G mobile phone spectrum, without slowing up their networks, which are [...]
Continue reading...ESPN America HD on Sky
7. July 2010
ESPN America Hd is now available in the UK and Ireland for the first time. The new channel gives fans access to the best sporting action from the US in HD quality. The introduction of the channel brings the number of ESPN channels available in the UK to five, in addition to ESPN, ESPN HD, [...]
Continue reading...Google to end rerouting in fight for China biz
7. July 2010
Google said it will stop automatically redirecting web searchers in China to an uncensored portal in Hong Kong as it hopes to convince Beijing to renew its operating license in the world’s largest internet market. “It’s clear from conversations we have had with Chinese government officials that they find the redirect unacceptable, and that if [...]
Continue reading...Herb Scannell is BBC Worldwide America president
7. July 2010
BBC Worldwide has appointed Herb Scannell as BBC Worldwide America President responsible for the company’s US operations. Formerly Nickelodeon Networks president and MTV vice chairman, Scannell was most recently Next New Networks CEO, a digital media company he co-founded in 2006.In his new role, Scannell is responsible for growing the BBC brand and the business [...]
Continue reading...Ariane 5 lifts off Arabsat-5A, COMS satellites
7. July 2010
French launcher Ariane 5 lifted off Arabsat-5A and South Korea’s COMS satellites in French Guiana one minute after the launch window opened at 6:41 p.m. Saturday 26th June local time (GMT 0941). After two stops of the last minute countdown, the launch marked the second Ariane 5 flight of 2010. The heavy-lift Ariane 5 weighed approximately [...]
Continue reading...Dish TV rolls out its HD service – ‘Dish Tru HD’
11. June 2010
Dish TV has announced its foray into provision of high-definition (HD) services to its subscribers with the launch ‘Dish Tru HD’. Marking the launch of this new technology on its platform, Dish TV looks to leverage the use of its HD set-top boxes (STBs) by the Indian viewers backed by major sporting events 2010 FIFA [...]
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7. July 2010
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