MUMBAI: Broadbus Technologies, Inc., the US-based next-generation video on-demand (VOD) server technology provider, has opened its European office and the appointment of industry veteran Alkesh Patel...
MUMBAI: US cable firm Comcast in conjunction with fitness expert Jake Steinfeld and equity partners New Balance and Time Warner Cable, has launched Exercise TV. This...
MUMBAI: UTStarcom, the US-based firm offering IP-based, end-to-end networking and telecommunications solutions has resorted to a re-branding exercise for its 15-month old IPTV system mVision. The...
MUMBAI: As digital television rolls out across South Korea, increasing the channel choice and bringing video-on-demand to viewers, Granada International has concluded a large number of...
MUMBAI: French electronic vendor Thomson has announced an agreement to acquire the Thales Broadcast & Multimedia (TBM) business unit, which provides IPTV services (TV services over...
MUMBAI: Tandberg Television, the UK-headquartered open digital services platform provider, has announced that Charter Communications has expanded its deployment of the Tandberg Television OpenStream(R) Digital Services...
MUMBAI: Marking a major milestone for the digital distribution of movies, the US-based broadband video-on-demand (VOD) service provider Movielink has signed a distribution agreement with 20th...
MUMBAI: US media conglomerate Viacom is said to be looking at acquiring video on demand site IFilm for $50 million. Media reports indicate that the site...
MUMBAI: Warner Bros. International Television Distribution (WBITV) has signed a multi-year deal to provide content to media firm T-Online for its broadband Video On Demand (VOD)...
MUMBAI: Canada-based Rogers Cable has added Sony Entertainment Television Asia to its extensive list of multicultural programming available to Rogers Digital Cable customers in Ontario. ...
MUMBAI: More than half the TV households in the US, 59 per cent or a projected 69 million digital subscribers to be be more precise, will...
MUMBAI: The US-based Lions Gate Entertainment, an independent filmed entertainment producer and distributor, has closed its asset purchase agreement to acquire substantially all of the Modern...
MUMBAI: US-based IP Television (IPTV) delivery solutions provider Minerva Networks and the California-based open-platform provider SureWest Communications have announced enhancements to SureWest’s IPTV deployment with Minerva...
MUMBAI: A new research study carried out in the US has demolished common gender stereotypes regarding consumer uptake of TV technology – specifically the notion that...
CANNES: One of the highlights of MIPTV 2005 featuring MILIA takes place tonight when Reed MIDEM honours kids’ programming major HIT Entertainment’s founder and chairman Peter...
MUMBAI: Expo Communications in the US has announced a multi-platform affiliation agreement with broadband firm Bresnan Communications for the rollout of Expo TV. This is the...
MUMBAI: Broadband is the mantra being chanted by the broadcasters as they seek to leverage emerging new media platforms. MTV is no exception. Earlier this year,...
MUMBAI: UK broadcaster BBC has announced that CBBC controller Dorothy Prior will take up a new role. She will spearhead the drive to deliver more effective...
MUMBAI: This is an initiative that sees National Geographic in the US trying to leverage the strength of emerging digital media delivery platforms. American company Akimbo...
MUMBAI: The kids television landscape in the US will see a new entrant. Comcast, Hit Entertainment, PBS and Sesame Workshop have announced plans to launch a...
MUMBAI: European cable and satellite companies will have to convince nearly 232 million households that TV is worth paying for if they are to lure audiences...
MUMBAI: Movie acquisition for broadband content has started. At least two major deals have been struck recently. Time Magnetics (India) Pvt Ltd and Ultra Distributors Pvt...
MUMBAI: Emblaze Ltd has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Orca Interactive Ltd has signed a licensing agreement with India’s I-Spatial Communications Pvt Ltd for its...
MUMBAI: American independent cable channel Anime Network moves from a strictly video-on-demand (VoD) format to a 24×7 national network from today (27 July). The network has...
MUMBAI: Make no mistake about it, broadband is coming. And it is not just Reliance Infocomm, which is scheduled to unleash its Netway offering at the...
Envivio, which provides MPEG-4 and H.264 broadcast and streaming solutions, has launched the 4Front MPEG-4 IPTV middleware for network operators. A company release informs that the...
MUMBAI: Tom Ascheim has been named to the newly created position of executive VP, GM for Nickelodeon in the US. A 13-year veteran of Nickelodeon and...
CALIFORNIA: This is an alliance that aims at taking the concept of Video on Demand (VOD) beyond just films. TVN Entertainment which provides on demand television...
FRANKFURT: This is a move that should give a boost to video-on-demand (VOD) in Europe. MGM International Television Distribution, has agreed to supply European Internet Service...
MONTREAL: For the second year in row, DVcolor inc. will participate in one of the world’s most prestigious and renowned festivals, the Festival international du nouveau...
HOUSTON: Anime Network, the first North American cable channel dedicated to anime (Japanese animation), is eyeing the MIPCOM market in Cannes, France for acquiring additional anime...
WASHINGTON: Microsoft Corp. has announced that Time Warner Cable plans to perform a trial of the Microsoft® TV Interactive Programme Guide (IPG) software in Beaumont, Texas....
NEW YORK: Northstar Media, a new and strategically diverse New York-based television programme distribution company, has positioned itself to serve as a comprehensive source of programming...
MUMBAI: Channel Guide India Ltd has posted a net profit of Rs 721,000 for the year ended 31 March 2003 as against a loss of Rs...
MUMBAI: Panamsat, which claims to be the premier provider of global video and data broadcasting services via satellite, has introduced two new digital services designed to...
A report, about to be released by analyst Kagan Media Appraisals shows that hard drive-enabled set-top boxes and the personalised services they make possible will give...
The Indian arm of the California-based animation and graphics workstation company, SGI, organised a seminar on 5 December at Hotel Le Meridien Mumbai focusing on interactive...
Scientific-Atlanta has developed a supercharged version of its Digital Network Control System (DNCS) software. The software will help cable ops give subscribers Video-on-Demand (VOD) and Subscription...
Scientific-Atlanta has developed a supercharged version of its Digital Network Control System (DNCS) software. The software will help cable ops give subscribers Video-on-Demand (VOD) and Subscription...
Professionals of broadcast, film and multimedia industries from all over the city converged at the Y B Chavan auditorium to participate in the 11th Broadcast India...

