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  • UK’s Ant to demonstrate IPTV system at CES 2006

    MUMBAI: Ant, the UK-headquartered software and solutions provider for the IPTV, hybrid TV and consumer electronics industries, will demonstrate its Galio TV application manager and client software at the 2006 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), which kicked off in Las Vegas today.
    In the IPTV Tech Zone at the Sands Convention Center (72241-J), Ant will feature the award-nominated ANT Galio client. ANT Galio is at the heart of the world’s premier TV Application Manager, which provides a consistent and extensible platform for the delivery, presentation and control of interactive TV applications and enhanced services. More than 70 percent of the world’s IPTV deployments depend on Ant, states an official release.
    Visitors to the IPTV Tech Zone will see demonstrations of the increased service value and differentiation that can be achieved through the use of ANT’s standards-based, extensible client software. Along with partners Amino Communications, BitBand, Kreatel and Orca Interactive, the company will show elements of IPTV, including fast channel change, next generation electronic program guide (EPG) and various interactive services that form the basis of the majority of the world’s IPTV deployments, the release adds.
    Additionally, in meeting room 70359 Ant will demonstrate ANT PurePlay, a fully-featured digital media manager that is driving the evolution of personal media players (PMPs). With PurePlay, ANT has solved the problems of content navigation and, through its partnership with leading silicon providers, has developed turnkey reference designs which OEMs can use to build PMPs and grow their share of the market for personal media solutions.

  • UK’s Tandberg TV to acquire IPTV solutions provider for $78.5 million

    MUMBAI: UK-based Tandberg Television has announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire US based GoldPocket Interactive, Inc. (GPI) for a total consideration of $78.5 million. GPI provides open-standards interactive television technology, solutions and systems.

    Under the terms of the agreement, Tandberg Television will acquire privately-held GPI for a mix of cash and Tandberg Television shares. The transaction is expected to close in December 2005, states an official release.

    The combined resources of the two companies will broaden Tandberg Television’s market offering and enable it to continue to build its high margin software business. Earlier this year, Tandberg Television completed the acquisition of N2 Broadband, North America’s leading provider of open platform on-demand solutions. With today’s announcement, the combined company is strongly positioned to lead the new television era by providing network operators with the highest quality digital TV solutions including HDTV, video on demand, advertising on-demand, IPTV, and interactive TV applications, all of which are designed to maximize consumer appeal and generate increased return on network investment, the release adds.

    GPI develops and sells products and services that create, manage, and deliver digital and interactive media. The company specialises in high performance interactive television systems used across digital television, the internet, and wireless/mobile networks. GPI serves many of the world’s largest media companies, cable and satellite operators, and wireless carriers through five major business lines: Interactive Television, Cable & Satellite, Wireless, Digital Media Security, and Interactive Advertising.

    The acquisition propels Tandberg Television up the media value chain and extends the company’s position as a revenue generating partner to operators, content owners and advertisers, as well as a key provider of digital infrastructure technologies for the critical network delivery phase.

    “The acquisition of GoldPocket will enable us to significantly expand our presence within existing and new customers. We already have numerous common customers with GPI in the North American market, such as DIRECTV, FOX, NBC, News Corporation and Time Warner. Our traditional relationships are with engineering/technology management who make critical decisions regarding network architectures. The addition of GPI’s interactive technology and tools will bring us into the content core where we can assist our customers in deploying interactive applications that have a direct impact on their revenues and consumer appeal,” says Tandberg Television president & CEO Eric Cooney.

  • UK’s Orange TV to debut live cricket telecast on mobile TV

    MUMBAI: UK’s first mobile TV service Orange has announced a live cricket channel covering the ICC Super Series for Orange mobile TV users.

    The Cricket channel is one of eight new channels being added to the UK’s first TV-on-the-mobile service, Orange TV (originally launched in May 2005) bringing the total number of channels available up to 16.

    The ICC Super Series will be the first cricket series ever to be broadcast live to mobiles and will feature Australia Vs. the . The Super Series starts with three one-day events on 5th, 7th and 9th October with the test on 14-19th October. Live coverage of the matches will be broadcast on Orange TV and replays available through the following day.

    The new channels are being launched for the Nokia ‘great for TV’ handsets, the N70, 6630 and 6680, states an official release.

    The ICC Super Series will be the first cricket series ever to be broadcast live to mobiles and will feature Australia versus the best in world cricket. The Super Series starts with three one-day events on 5, 7 and 9 October with the test on 14-19 October. Live coverage of the matches will be broadcast on Orange TV and replays available through the following day, states an official release.

    Running over the Orange high-speed 3G network, Orange TV, powered by MobiTV, builds on its existing line-up of channels allowing users to access a combination of live and made-for-mobile programmes, including 24-hour TV stations Kerrang and Kiss, as well as ITN Weather and Reality TV, produced by Big Brother creator Endemol, the release adds.
     

  • Orange rolls out UK’s first TV on mobile service

    MUMBAI: Television on mobile is all geared up to be the next big thing as UK provider Orange, rolls out a mobile handset service, which will offer customers top TV shows and channels.

    Channels such as Cartoon Network and CNN will be made available for a monthly subscription of ?10. This will be UK’s first TV-on-the-mobile service, which will allow customers to watch news, sport and entertainment programmes on their phone.

     

     
    Running over Orange’s high-speed 3G network, the service – which will be available from next week – has an initial line-up of nine channels including ITN News, CNN, Big Brother, Celebrity Love Island, Comedy Time, Cartoon Network, Toon World, Fashion TV and extreme sports. Further channels will be available in the coming weeks.

    All of the channels will be streamed over the Orange 3G network and are available through the new Orange TV section on Orange World. Customers need to be in 3G coverage to use the service.

     
     
    Orange TV will initially be available on the Nokia 6680 from Orange, with further handsets to follow throughout the year. Customers can download the TV application for free from Orange World, then pay a subscription to watch the channels.
     
     
    Orange chief marketing officer Alexis Dormandy said, “Our customers will be the first in the UK to watch TV on their mobiles, be that CNN or 24 hour coverage of the Big Brother house. This signals the start of a huge new opportunity for our customers, broadcasters, handset manufacturers and production companies.”
    “We’ve partnered with some of the most respected broadcasters in the industry to ensure we offer a compelling and diverse selection of launch channels that match our equally diverse customer base. We’re talking to broadcasters about new, exciting content and we’re looking forward to adding more great Orange TV channels in the near future.”

    In India, Hutchinson Essar launched the Hutch TV-on-mobile in September last year. The channels from where content would be available to Hutch users include CNBC-TV18, AXN, NDTV India, NDTV 24X7, Discovery, Sony, Zee TV, Max, Nick, ETV, Animax, Raj TV and Trendz.

  • Al-Jazeera TV to replace its CEO Jassem al-Ali

    DUBAI: Al-Jazeera television has announced its intentions to replace its chief executive officer Mohammed Jassem al-Ali.
    A Reuters report quotes spokesman Jihad Ballout as saying that CEO al-Ali, who headed the channel since its launch eight years ago, would remain on the board of directors but would hand over the day-to-day running to someone else.
    “Mohammed Jassem al-Ali was seconded from Qatar Television to set up and run Al Jazeera and what has been decided is that this secondment be ceased and for him to go back to his normal job,” Ballout was quoted as adding. “Changes take place for various reasons and for Mohammed Jassem al-Ali to remain on the board means that all these rumors and allegations about Jazeera are not taken at face value whatsoever.”
    A report in the UK’s Sunday Times had stated that three Iraqi intelligence agents were working inside al-Jazeera with the aim of gaining favourable coverage. Al-Jazeera, which often aired exclusive material from Iraqi officials during the US-led war, denied the report.
    The channel came under fire from the US as well as Iraq and Al-Jazeera correspondents were temporarily banned from the New York Stock Exchange and from reporting in Iraq.
    Al-Jazeera gained international renown due to the airing of exclusive audio and video comments from Osama bin Laden (news – web sites) and senior members of al Qaeda, the group blamed for the attacks.