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16 May, 2013
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| | | Better the devil you know – Vodafone enters broadband tryst with DT |
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| | | ABC goes paid by the back door – uses pay TV authentication for App |
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| | | Brazilian pay TV slows at last |
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| | | Lift off for stadium WiFi multicast |
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| | | US TV Channel unbundling bill not being taken too seriously |
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| | | Sandvine data shows BitTorrent falling, Netflix doubling, YouTube high |
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| | | Intertrust subsidiary chases App and content protection |
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| | | Content redistribution will trump regional variations in piracy |
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| | | iPowow enables a whole new kind of interactive second screen App |
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| | | Deals, Launches and Products |
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9 May, 2013
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| | | Microsoft volunteers to take Nook, as Barnes and Noble start to breakup |
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| | | Quantenna gets closer to ST Micro, expect it to get “ascloseasthis” |
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| | | Liberty Global cruising, pushing Horizon but losing more TV homes |
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| | | Telenet reveals a little more of the iceberg of its cellular strategy |
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| | | Google chairman goes over the top about death of linear TV |
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| | | Sony ship now facing the right way – it now needs to accelerate |
|
| | | Dish and DirecTV – More than two ways to skin a recession |
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| | | Obama ruffles feathers with FCC Wheeler appointment |
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| | | Nielsen goes live with online TV audience measurement |
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| | | Blip TV steps into original content ring |
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| | | Chromebooks ahead of time but behind curve |
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| | | Deals, Launches and Products |
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2 May, 2013
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| | | Ziggo to add 1m homespots by August, work with Liberty Global |
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| | | Netflix Hastings predicts OTT world – should stick to profit predictions |
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| | | Comcast video revenues up, but price increases drive some away |
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| | | Amazon set to release box |
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| | | Operators rush to QA monitoring for OTT to avoid churn |
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| | | Broadcom takes clear set top lead on IC revenues |
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| | | New Hulu CEO advertises jump to 4m Hulu Plus subs |
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| | | Media Excel enters contribution, readies eMBMS streams for Verizon |
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| | | TWC files patent for two layer content protection in the home |
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| | | AOL offers ad tools, audience measurement, original content at Newfront |
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| | | Telebyte offers Vectoring testing in a box |
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| | | Carphone Warehouse buys out Best Buy |
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| | | Sony bets the house on 4K |
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| | | Deals, Launches and Products |
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25 April, 2013
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| | | CEA says tablets, smartphones on the rise, mobile dominates spending |
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| | | Verizon, AT&T continue zero sum broadband game, video up |
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| | | Netflix price correction happens at last |
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| | | Amazon and Google make purchases to bolster attack on Siri |
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| | | Apple - the last Great American Whale |
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| | | Audio sync the winner for second screen |
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| | | Intel hit by Baldwin resignation in final run in to TV launch |
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| | | Aereo expands to Boston as broadcasters keep up fight |
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| | | Saffron Digital makes Ultraviolet easy for retailers |
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| | | RGB sticks to Ambarella for next gen transcoder, says it remains top dog |
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| | | AlcaLu: No vectoring test by telcos have failed |
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| | | Ericsson makes early running in smart meters on back of EU ruling |
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| | | Deals, Launches and Products |
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18 April, 2013
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| | | WiFi offload to become the cellular kingmaker |
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| | | LGI cannot buy KDG – so what’s really going on |
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| | | French and German Ultraviolet launch as Disney threatens to join |
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| | | Dish snubbed by Softbank refusal to raise bid – still in driving seat |
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| | | Sprint should choose Dish over Softbank, tie in TMo too |
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| | | Ericsson bought aging rock star Mediaroom, to be first – er… that’s it |
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| | | America Movil to merge Brazilian outlets to lead Latam pay TV |
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| | | BBC iPlayer takes on new DRM to bypass piracy |
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| | | Facebook picks Rovi for metadata to drive social recommendations |
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| | | Magic Ruby brings the second screen magic to Rogue |
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| | | Nearly everyone watches video online |
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| | | Broadcast and mobile operators need each other says FCC |
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| | | German broadcaster DTT exodus continues |
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| | | Deals, Launches and Products |
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11 April, 2013
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| | | Swedish Magine cloud to break over Spain and Germany |
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| | | Broadcasters move towards IP only delivery, common ecosystem |
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| | | Hulu’s bait bags big fish but $500 million bite may be too small |
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| | | Adobe shows Primetime at NAB, Comcast, NBC already using it |
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| | | What’s left of Microsoft’s entertainment dream post Mediaroom |
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| | | Congress may intervene in row between Fox and Internet start up |
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| | | Warner Brothers launches subscription OTT service |
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| | | KPN turns to local Belgium OTT player Alpha |
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| | | Ericsson sees disaster recovery as a way into TV |
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| | | WhatsApp “We’re not talking to Google? We’re not talking to anyone” |
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| | | AT&T Boingo deal the start of multiple WiFi landgrabs |
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| | | Can ZTE scale to “China sized” and challenge in IPTV |
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| | | Microsoft, others behind new Android EU complaint |
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| | | Deals, Launches and Products |
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4 April, 2013
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| | | Ericsson makes bid to outsource global broadcasting |
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| | | US networks will fight Aereo all the way to Congress |
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| | | Ukraine cable hybrid plugs 5 suppliers in to make instant OTT |
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| | | G.hn is popping up all over, especially in Asia |
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| | | Asset Management mops up multi-screen revenues |
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| | | The Vodafone buyout rumor that never was – this time |
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| | | Warner Brothers getting serious about online video |
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| | | Ericsson flexes TV integration credentials after Mexican win |
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| | | $5 million to keep it Simple on TV |
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| | | upLynk comes out of Disney only mode, is ready to party |
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| | | Loudness concerns heard at last |
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| | | Ex-Windows Phone boss joins Amazon for unspecified project |
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| | | Deals, Launches and Products |
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28 March, 2013
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| | | Ericsson should take over Mediaroom, but it doesn’t mean it will happen |
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| | | Nokia tries to block Google VP8 plan by withdrawing patents |
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| | | Liberty Global throws its cash around in the Netherlands |
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| | | TV Connect shows OTT running fast, so as not to go backwards |
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| | | Verizon in fantasy land over pay as you view – for now |
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| | | US companies file more patents in mobile says analyst |
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| | | Round one in the patents war goes to Microsoft over Motorola |
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| | | WiFi coming of age for home automation |
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| | | Entropic and Broadcom amass Chinese EoC and set top deals |
|
| | | DNA could soon answer our archiving prayers |
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| | | Spotify coy about VoD move |
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| | | Harmonic lands Virgin OTT win to dominate UK TV Everywhere |
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| | | Analyst changes view on Netflix, sets the price bar high |
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| | | Zenverge transcoder gives pay TV services a multiscreen solution |
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| | | Envivio latest figures show no respite, negative value |
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| | | Deals, Launches and Products |
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21 March, 2013
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| | | Tested Intertrust patents line up against Apple recalcitrance |
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| | | Strains appear on the Horizon – Liberty Global gets 15,000 calls a week |
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| | | Many ways to skin the discovery cat; Veveo and Viaccess |
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| | | From Bigfoot to Streamboost; from gaming to M2M |
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| | | America Invents or doesn’t as is often the case |
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| | | Cloud transcoding comes of age for multiscreen |
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| | | Mariner piggybacks on Mediaroom into Telefonica |
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| | | Verimatrix and Access power secure video translation for the home |
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| | | Cable Europe Labs urges MSOs to bring on IP and mobility |
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| | | EE asks right video questions, calls for consensus on broadcast LTE |
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| | | Knetik launches Netflix-like subscription OTT service |
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| | | Broadcasters get real about second screens |
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| | | Deutsche Telekom says vectoring can provide 100 Mbps now |
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| | | Patent wars shift to wider range of mobile IPR holders |
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| | | Deals, Launches and Products |
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14 March, 2013
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| | | European Court rules broadcasters can block Internet streaming |
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| | | TiVo adds IP client, plays games, Apps, OTT video and DVR content |
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| | | Netflix site shows just how much ISPs are slowing its services |
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| | | Germany in two minds over DVB-T2 |
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| | | Inside Secure goes after content on Blackberry |
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| | | DOCSIS 3.1 plus HEVC to accelerate cable migration to IP |
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| | | Nielsen’s report focuses on people who just don’t watch TV |
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| | | European pay TV not falling, but paid DTT is, as services proliferate |
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| | | Google frees up royalties on VP8, but the world wants HEVC now |
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| | | Netflix adds Facebook connection before completing private profiles |
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| | | Xbox releases its first content exclusive |
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| | | Ex-FCC commissioner puts his hand up to denounce Sprint Clearwire deal |
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| | | Free’s market disruption in France brings anti-trust scrutiny |
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| | | Cloud not yet shining for smart TV |
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| | | Swisscom head to 100 mbps with vectoring |
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| | | Deals, Launches and Products |
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8 March, 2013
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| | | Throwaway lines show that Cloud TV is just around the corner |
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| | | European Cablecos consider mass WiFi roaming network |
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| | | End game for Hulu as Disney and News Corp look for exit |
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| | | Chavez failed to bring premium TV to the people |
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| | | Cable’s fear of the Regulators Penalty |
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| | | NBC Universal bows to FCC, offers programming to OTT providers |
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| | | Billions of Free VoD and multiscreen streams set to be harnessed |
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| | | Fox picks Watchwith for syndicating related content |
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| | | Fanhattan moves to the web with discovery service |
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| | | News Corp exits NZ as Sky expands in UK broadband with O2 buy |
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| | | Samsung confronts Apple in every product category |
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| | | Augmented reality gets chip augmentation |
|
| | | We always said Apple’s patent win was illusory |
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| | | Deals, Launches and Products |
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28 February, 2013
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| | | Qualcomm envisions UHD video in Snapdragon, video downlink |
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| | | UHDTV prompts US to look again at DVB |
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| | | TiVo says it’s safe at Virgin; we argue that it can’t be |
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| | | Cablevision break silence on Viacom channel bundling |
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| | | 2013 - European pay TV and cellular on the edge of convergence |
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| | | EchoStar signs to use CRI CryptoFirewall |
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| | | Cisco wants to mind our Big Data |
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| | | Africa saves Canal Plus blushes |
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| | | Red Bee supplies metadata nectar for Samsung’s smart TV discovery |
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| | | Lantiq chips lower cost of deploying fiber |
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| | | Prysmian Group’s new FTTH cables easier to install |
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| | | Deals, Launches and Products |
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21 February, 2013
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| | | KT partners with Samsung – First operator to push eMBMS |
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| | | PS4 unveiled – mostly as a promise to be out by Christmas |
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| | | Deutsche Telekom continues push towards virtualized set top box |
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| | | Vodafone appoints advisors, as KDG is told “No” to Tele Columbus deal |
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| | | Elemental boosts power with new chips, new code – lots of attitude |
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| | | NDS accounts for 20% of Cisco record growth |
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| | | Com Hem recruits Tivo, Verimatrix and Harmonic for IP migration |
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| | | Too easy for headline writers to write off European pay TV |
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| | | Copying a real HD move to your device while you put your coat on |
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| | | France and Italy pin future digital terrestrial hopes on HEVC |
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| | | The dark corridors of Italian power, politics and media ownership |
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| | | Five operators win UK spectrum, but proceeds well below expectations |
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| | | Opera taps into cloud-based optimization trend with Skyfire buy |
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| | | Deals, launches and products |
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14 February, 2013
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| | | The last Turkey in the shop – Vodafone on Eurozone spending spree? |
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| | | Xbox TV revs up for Microsoft’s final assault on the living room |
|
| | | ThinkAnalytics burgeoning client list requires reading between the lines |
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| | | Huggers opens kimono on Intel Media – launch is this year |
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| | | Despair over slashed EU broadband budget from “Cameron cuts” |
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| | | Video growth driving mobile operators to HEVC |
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| | | iListen, iHear, iWatch? Or iDo nothing |
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| | | Western Europe unable to shake off Eurozone crisis in TV ad spend |
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| | | ZenithOptimedia says Netherlands the most advanced country |
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| | | Arris alerts market to Justice Department taking a longer look |
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| | | Spotify targets TV Connect to boost music consumption on the TV |
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| | | Frequency brings global news to TCL TVs |
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| | | Redbox strikes gold with launch on Xbox |
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| | | Alca-Lu’s rising star is vectoring |
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| | | Deals, launches and products |
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7 February, 2013
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| | | Liberty Global besieges Sky’s Fortress, in surprise Virgin deal |
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| | | Two thirds mobile traffic will be video by 2017 says Cisco |
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| | | DirecTV FreeWheels it way towards multiscreen monetization |
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| | | Contrasting fortunes of IPTV’s two big Ks. |
|
| | | Could a freeze set in among pay TV vendors, post Virgin deal |
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| | | Virgin Media hits financial high, just as it bails out |
|
| | | Netflix House of Cards spurs stock climb |
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| | | Media Bankers to the world trigger complex Virgin formula |
|
| | | ComScore unleashes Big Data to measure multiplatform audiences |
|
| | | Redray 4K players challenge Blu-ray |
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| | | Redbox Instant doesn’t disappoint or impress |
|
| | | DSL Rings to be demonstrated publicly for the first time in the US |
|
| | | Cisco readies internet tools for the Internet of Things |
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| | | Deals, launches and products |
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31 January, 2013
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| | | YouTube’s shift to pay TV, long in the planning, soon to arrive in US |
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| | | Latin America gets together at last to crack down on satellite piracy |
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| | | Oregan pushes to multiscreen on the back of two top tier Telcos |
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| | | Belkin buys Linksys in spiraling retail home networks |
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| | | Video impact on mobile networks revealed by Akamai |
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| | | CenturyLink digs deep into big data to combat churn for IPTV |
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| | | Online revolution can boost traditional content consumption |
|
| | | Redux uses thoughtful programmers to bring TV experience online |
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| | | Comigo gets its first customer for Smart TV |
|
| | | Up to 40 Telcos testing or deploying VDSL2 Vectoring |
|
| | | Deutsche Telekom to boost Wi-Fi with FON buy? |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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24 January, 2013
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| | | ATSC makes final push to 2.0 standard for American digital TV |
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| | | Telmex may get TV licence from new Mexican government |
|
| | | Apple stock subdued after best quarter ever – get used to it |
|
| | | Operators and broadcasters caught between two stools over 4K |
|
| | | Idle imaginings - How could Intel take over the TV world? |
|
| | | Fon stretches to embrace free WiFi at KPN |
|
| | | White Spaces pigeon steps in Japan and France |
|
| | | Verizon Wireless selling a fixed location LTE Broadband service |
|
| | | The latest wireless standards war: UltraGig vs Miracast? |
|
| | | Skies brighten for News Corp’s Sky |
|
| | | Dish Network shaves Blockbuster down to 500 stores |
|
| | | Sigma Designs, Marvell both claim G.hn wins at Comtrend |
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| | | Netgem decides it needs Videofutur for OTT multi-screen after all |
|
| | | Samsung Galaxy hits 100m, Microsoft Surface only manages 1m |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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17 January, 2013
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| | | US MSOs shed subs while IPTV gains and DTH flat says Nielsen |
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| | | Aereo – the New Hulu, or a fly in the ointment? |
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| | | Comcast picks up 10% of Arris and so of Motorola Mobility |
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| | | Jinni claims 7 new deals, includes Vudu, Multichoice and C More |
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| | | Apple - Innovation is dead, long live Innovation |
|
| | | ARM flexes its muscles quietly at CES |
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| | | Quickplay brings hosting formula to Europe – after multiple tier 1 plays |
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| | | HMV and Blockbuster UK go down, echoes of Woolworths and JJB |
|
| | | Economic woes see 30% of Turner’s EMEA staff redundant |
|
| | | Broadband Unlimited – Satellite broadband to lead growth |
|
| | | Broadcom aims to accelerate the coming of UltraHD |
|
| | | New Arris gateway shows where cablecos are headed |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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10 January, 2013
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| | | DigitalSmiths uncovers TWC as first US pay TV major customer |
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| | | Dish Clearwire move is too strong to ignore, too weak to complete |
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| | | Kilar quits Hulu after all and takes CTO with him |
|
| | | Technicolor makes Qeo gambit for smart home |
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| | | Arris has to clean out the hallways at Motorola to bring back its margins |
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| | | Marvell shows G.hn, Google TV, AC WiFi and aims for Chinese dominance |
|
| | | WiGig steals the thunder from 802.11ac at CES |
|
| | | AirTies opens doors as BSkyB and Swisscom with video WiFi |
|
| | | Audible Magic takes ACR to Sling and set top SoCs |
|
| | | Broadcom hyperactive at CES |
|
| | | Broadcom tries to tamper-proof the set top |
|
| | | LG Display brings ultra-HD to 7-inch tablets |
|
| | | Mostly CES - Deals, launches and products |
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20 December, 2012
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| | | Arris lands the big fish of Motorola Home, Pace counts cost |
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| | | OpenTV is doing Blockbuster’s work in legal attack on Netflix |
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| | | Cox breaks first in the US rush to recommendation |
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| | | No more rumors of Kilar leaving as Hulu continues to defy gravity |
|
| | | Bell Labs says OTT will make us watch TV 7 hours a day |
|
| | | Nielsen Twitter alliance based on illusion of live TV measurement |
|
| | | Cable pair outbid in Dutch LTE Auctions |
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| | | Liberty holds all the cards, but Telenet shareholders may still hold out |
|
| | | Hungary cable tax will drive consolidation, says Association |
|
| | | Discovery reaches out into European fiction and sports |
|
| | | European antipiracy group hopes re-launch will gain attention |
|
| | | Net2TV brings web-based TV-shows to smart TVs |
|
| | | 13m households would be “extremely interested” in buying Apple TV sets |
|
| | | Confidence in Apple falters as shares flirt with $500 |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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13 December, 2012
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| | | KPN deepens outsourcing with Accenture to get money out of OTT |
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| | | Pace has insufficient assets for full frontal approach to Motorola Home |
|
| | | Deutsche unleashes capex, will pioneer home hybrid LTE-WiFi |
|
| | | Ericsson takes on Telefonica’s Global Video Platform |
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| | | Entone unravels its cloud vision, built on the same logic as its first |
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| | | Megafon switches from IPTV to OTT for fast entry to Russian pay TV |
|
| | | Oregan enters OTT with multiscreen synchronization |
|
| | | Operators get wise to second screen hype |
|
| | | Dish network gets the nod, but no terms yet for LTE on its spectrum |
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| | | Digiboo opens digital movie kiosks in malls, universities, stations |
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| | | Surface sales held back by poor distribution and high prices |
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| | | Deals, launches and products |
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6 December, 2012
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| | | FCC moves to mandate DLNA for HD IP set tops |
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| | | RTL out on limb over Google TV block |
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| | | Multiscreen transcoding shake up as Envivio flounders, Elemental grows |
|
| | | Battered, bruised, with lowered expectations, G.hn finally hits the road |
|
| | | Accedo broadens revenue base on the back of OTT and App stores |
|
| | | Qualcomm Sharp alliance to bring news display technologies to life |
|
| | | OTT streaming spurs new approach to combine low latency with quality |
|
| | | Marvell pushes gigabit WiFi into HD video |
|
| | | Who competes with Netflix – Redbox or Comcast – Or who? |
|
| | | Online video advertising growing but not right for 30 second spot |
|
| | | Mobovivo explores new frontiers in second screen |
|
| | | Motorola cannot ban Microsoft products, court rules |
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| | | Deals, launches and products |
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29 November, 2012
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| | | Hubris, intrigue and incompetence bringing Kit Digital down |
|
| | | Regulators get their act together for White Spaces Broadband |
|
| | | Accenture survey sees opportunity for crowd funding content |
|
| | | TiVo beats guidance without the $100 million thrown by Verizon |
|
| | | IPTV will be big winner of China’s tri network convergence strategy |
|
| | | Synchronizing start up chases cash, courts broadcasters, cinemas |
|
| | | Google aims to create AirPlay-like open platform |
|
| | | Smartglass is here - Well sort of |
|
| | | Death of the PC – Tablets rule forever |
|
| | | European pay TV advertising boom is over optimistic |
|
| | | Social Media ad spend to double in 4 years |
|
| | | Shortages of new touch technologies will only get worse |
|
| | | Ikanos has node scale vectoring at 200 Mbps on existing copper |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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22 November, 2012
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| | | Telefonica finally succumbs to Microsoft-Alcatel duo for global video |
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| | | Viggle swoops on GetGlue to slam door on rising Social TV competition |
|
| | | Ceva plucks $75 m counter bid out of the air for MIPS |
|
| | | SFR takes TV Everywhere everywhere |
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| | | DVRs up, DVDs down, as US viewers finally begin watching less TV |
|
| | | Tvinci gets set for second wave of TV Everywhere |
|
| | | Time Warner earns $250 million in first 3 Qs in streaming |
|
| | | French big hitters weigh into CDN market |
|
| | | BitTorrent recruits broadcast engineers to get live P2P to work properly |
|
| | | Riks TV and Stofa join Nordics OTT party |
|
| | | FCC offer gives Dish terrestrial network as 5th broadband player |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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15 November, 2012
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| | | Deutsche Telekom looking beyond Microsoft for middleware and CA |
|
| | | Stressed Verivue falls foul of spending restraint and caves in to Akamai |
|
| | | Microsoft follows Intel into the consumer watching space |
|
| | | EBU wants a universal digital radio chip in every European phone |
|
| | | French pay radio rolls on – Onde gains license as expected |
|
| | | One screen is enough for the cinema |
|
| | | AT&T commits $14 bn to expand all broadband networks |
|
| | | Sweden’s Magine reinvents pay TV |
|
| | | US survey shows complex changes in TV viewing habits |
|
| | | Microsoft pins OTT revival on Xbox and Windows 8 |
|
| | | European results mixed in a familiar way |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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8 November, 2012
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| | | Deutsche Telekom to build around Mediaroom but embrace OTT |
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| | | Chinese OTT duo completes Hollywood set with Sony Pictures deal |
|
| | | Liberty Global slowly eases into Horizon sales, does everything else right |
|
| | | Amazon gains on Netflix in US but most of its subscribers take both |
|
| | | Netflix rumors do more for its share price than a year of record results |
|
| | | Changing threats mean cardless CA can work for DTH says Farncombe |
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| | | Cloud Transcoding Elemental style |
|
| | | Can Imagination really be a CPU contender with MIPS buy? |
|
| | | DirecTV and Dish dragged down by contractual issues and lack of broadband |
|
| | | Vodafone takes on Sky in New Zealand pay TV after Telstra acquisition |
|
| | | Actelis doubles DSL speeds in rural areas |
|
| | | Cablecos not waiting for Telcos to catch up – Part II |
|
| | | Sigma Designs looks ahead at home networking |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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1 November, 2012
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| | | Microsoft Netflix takeover rumours feed on logic as well as froth |
|
| | | Cook tries to put distance between himself and Apple’s foul-ups |
|
| | | CEA invokes Betamax case in support of streaming service Aereo |
|
| | | Liberty Global likely to find a Telenet resolution, despite hiccups |
|
| | | HBO hits teething problems in first standalone OTT service |
|
| | | DVB passes “pointless” NGH TV standard that cellcos will ignore |
|
| | | CDN federation and transparent caching coming together for OTT |
|
| | | New Nook tablets out this week, video deals with Fox and NBC |
|
| | | Telefonica Latin America follows up Brazil IPTV launch in Chile |
|
| | | Farncombe and Intertrust team for IPTV/OTT content protection |
|
| | | Cablecos not waiting for Telcos in broadband |
|
| | | ZTE’s vectoring gear ready to ship |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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25 October, 2012
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| | | Apple dumps Jobs’ advice and offers cut-price, low end iPad |
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| | | End game for MPEG DASH, oiling the moving parts of OTT streaming |
|
| | | KPN and Virgin Media prosper while MTG struggles amid Nordic woes |
|
| | | US Telco TV thrives, broadband withers, as wireless takes headlines again |
|
| | | DigitalSmiths – Recommending a change for US TV |
|
| | | Ericsson takes sides in WebRTC, won’t sit on web sidelines any longer |
|
| | | Cloud transcoding comes of age |
|
| | | Netflix Report – Shares drop – Investors not listening |
|
| | | As you were, Jinni handles recommendations on all Belgacom TV |
|
| | | Vivendi faces 400,000 subs loss after failing to overturn regulator ruling |
|
| | | Is G.hn dead at Lantiq? Or just dormant? |
|
| | | Microsoft combines functions of Spotify and iTunes in new music service |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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18 October, 2012
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| | | TiVo hints at magnitude of its claims against Cisco and Motorola |
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| | | Alcatel, Adtran, Assia, Lantiq bring vectored guns to bear on BBWF |
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| | | Debt explains Vivendi Numericable interest |
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| | | South Korea delivers first third party IPTV service to Google TV |
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| | | Arris strides ahead emphasizing the upstream, as new vendors join cable |
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| | | We all agree you need to go to fiber. Right? Well don’t we? |
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| | | Arris lines up Celeno as route into Horizon purchasing program |
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| | | Netgem not yet back to its “A” game, but the slump has stopped |
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| | | Netflix comes to the Nordics with confidence and high prices |
|
| | | YouTube becoming more and more TV-like |
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| | | Softbank – not so soft, bank on it creating genuine US competition |
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| | | Assia moves into managing and maximizing the home’s WiFi network |
|
| | | Spinning light rays herald revolution in communications and computation |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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11 October, 2012
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| | | Samsung sticks to walled garden on smart TV content deals |
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| | | HBO ramps up for Nordics with Starz deal |
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| | | Avalanche of DTH orders may scupper Indian cable as deadline nears |
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| | | DTH to overtake cable TV in Europe – but Telcos the real winners |
|
| | | TV personalization – US cable has to be the next convert |
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| | | Vivo places orders for Cisco Mediaroom set tops for 2013 launch |
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| | | Cablecos developing DOCSIS 3.1, with 10 Gbps down and 2 Gbps up |
|
| | | Technicolor enhances 11n and 11ac performance |
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| | | Canal Plus points to US OTT players as reasons to call off the dogs |
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| | | Sky Italia sees social gaming as key to capturing second screen audience |
|
| | | Samsung S3 attributed with 3rd quarter surge despite Apple’s attentions |
|
| | | Google and Microsoft expand hardware activities |
|
| | | IBM AT&T cloud alliance throws down gauntlet to other Telcos |
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| | | Deals, launches and products |
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4 October, 2012
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| | | Accenture picks up NSN staff, assets - to broaden pay TV offering |
|
| | | M-Go gears for launch with new partner Dreamworks, and new content |
|
| | | TalkTalk aims high with YouView but has few kinks to iron out |
|
| | | DishNet is same old, same old satellite broadband after all |
|
| | | Recommendation paradigms – Somewhere between charming and tedious |
|
| | | DLNA plods forward towards premium home heaven |
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| | | Verizon ready to shut down future FiOS investment post 2014 |
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| | | Telcos developing copper wire technology with fiber like speeds |
|
| | | Apple versus the World part 18 – Samsung can sell Tabs, sues iPhone 5 |
|
| | | Google TV lands in France after limping through UK |
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| | | Celeno gets additional $24m Investment |
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| | | French move to enforce minimum QoS highlights basic issues still unresolved |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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27 September, 2012
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| | | Verizon starts buying video friends - TiVo and ActiveVideo up first |
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| | | Liberty Global quickly moves to self-install for Horizon |
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| | | Say it softly – “I always wanted a Nook” |
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| | | Microsoft grateful for some good news for Mediaroom at VimpelCom |
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| | | Germany Hulu, like Hulu, breaks the rules of TV engagement |
|
| | | Sky catches up on catch up, targets TiVo Virgin; offers social TV |
|
| | | BSkyB finally clears Ofcom hurdle |
|
| | | Big week for HbbTV |
|
| | | Nintendo jumps into the Smarter TV market |
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| | | There’s only room for one App Store in this town, so can I buy you? |
|
| | | Vectored DSL (not fiber) is sweeping Europe |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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20 September, 2012
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| | | Edgeware’s VDN has a huge first birthday |
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| | | Entropic “We’re a set top company now” |
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| | | Shazam adds full TV tagging to take on Zeebox in companion TV app market |
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| | | Viaccess-Orca tries to show whole is greater than sum of its parts at IBC |
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| | | European Pay TV pressure creates some “illusory” wins at IBC |
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| | | Amagi pushes cloud advertising delivery at IBC |
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| | | Digital rights are blocking Internet access to video archives, says EBU |
|
| | | Irdeto adds Intelligence to the rising tide of video piracy |
|
| | | Big screens, China and E Europe only bright spot for TVs worldwide |
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| | | Broadcom welds 11ac WiFi and DOCSIS 3.0 into a single chipset |
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| | | Taboola: Context over content in recommendation engines |
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| | | Deals, launches and products |
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13 September, 2012
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| | | What’s the fuss on the Horizon – Pay TV at the tipping point, that’s all |
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| | | IBC sets a tone of “getting on with it” for 2013 |
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| | | Tversity AirFlinger ready, cloud based browser around the corner |
|
| | | Technicolor steals Cubovision away from Amino |
|
| | | DVB reaches out to expand its influence in hybrid and connected TV |
|
| | | The 3D slump at IBC |
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| | | Vidmind: ‘Any company can offer pay TV’ |
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| | | HBO goes cordless in Northern Europe |
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| | | CRI lands job of making 4K storage secure for premium content |
|
| | | FIMS no longer unsung hero after IBC Judges Award |
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| | | MoCA camp muted about Liberty Global Horizon |
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| | | Amazon attacks the iPad while Apple’s is focused on phones. |
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| | | Deals, launches and products |
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6 September, 2012
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| | | Conax deal at DNA means it will not champion TiVo in Europe |
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| | | Samsung hedges bets over smart TV security |
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| | | Broadpeak sets up new body to promote best breeds |
|
| | | Arqiva deal to buy Connect TV must upset broadcasters and partners |
|
| | | YouTube prepares for phase 2 of its content experiment |
|
| | | Akamai inches closer to the ideal HD go between, in the cloud |
|
| | | Smart TV to shift balance of music power again |
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| | | TiVo adds 230,000 subscribers in the quarter |
|
| | | Pace integrates its head end software with ThinkAnalytics |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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30 August, 2012
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| | | Jinni’s recommendations stretch to 3.8m European homes |
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| | | Ivi appeal dashed - cheap TV over the internet unlikely to happen |
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| | | French U turn on TV advertising |
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| | | ActiveVideo on cloud warpath after patents victory over Verizon |
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| | | If Apple gains Samsung tablet injunction, it can write its own content rules |
|
| | | Netgem expands Nordic hybrid OTT front with YouSee |
|
| | | Global TV findings more interesting when you drill down to US numbers |
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| | | China’s Hisense puts out $99 Google TV |
|
| | | IBM could pitch Watson against Siri in mobile devices |
|
| | | Bendable batteries cause flap |
|
| | | Small comeback for 3D |
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| | | ThinkMovies or ThinkTV – You still have to build the system right |
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| | | WiFi Alliance broadens its direct connectivity capabilities |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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23 August, 2012
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| | | OnLive uses “unorthodox” bankruptcy, drops staff, finds new owner |
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| | | Latest rumor of Hulu CEO departure heralds end of stormy honeymoon |
|
| | | Altice waves €500m check and know-how at Cabovisão ‘s woes |
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| | | Ericsson waves token H.265 gains at smart phone - more PR than IPR |
|
| | | Tivo SeaChange partnership could let Netflix in through backdoor |
|
| | | Cloud still just for snacking – but will soon eat big data |
|
| | | The Apple-pro press rub their hands over Samsung’s discomfort in the dock |
|
| | | New faces in the pay TV ecosystem |
|
| | | Video Everywhere – it’s our Destiny |
|
| | | Dish Clearwire deal leaks to US press |
|
| | | Rovi: EPG and remotes aren’t dead yet |
|
| | | Microsoft unveils its RT Tablet dream team |
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| | | Deals, launches and products |
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16 August, 2012
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| | | Verizon tipped to get FCC approval on cable deal, with few conditions |
|
| | | Netflix Scandinavian launch news, does not dent its hull further |
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| | | China plans super Comcast with 200 million customers |
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| | | Cisco’s NDS lands Canal Digital, but it’s still DTH, not a telco |
|
| | | Beware of tip-sheets dressed as tech sheets |
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| | | Primacom is no way back to cable for DT – only idiots would suggest it |
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| | | Germany’s Sky TV surging towards profitability |
|
| | | We’d argue that Motorola layoffs won’t touch Home |
|
| | | Kabel Deutschland fortunes turning – but slow as the whale it is |
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| | | Dish loses 10,000 subscribers |
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| | | Race is on for AMOLED screen dominance once again |
|
| | | Codec stand-off intensifies between Microsoft and Google |
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| | | Ace CEO: Microsoft should rethink its Surface table decision |
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| | | Deals, launches and products |
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2 August, 2012
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| | | Class Actions abound around AuthenTec sell-out to Apple |
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| | | UTStarcom CEO takes IPTV business private, leaves the company public |
|
| | | Can TalkTalk walk the walk with YouView |
|
| | | UK revising chamber tries to hijack Broadband Stimulus funds |
|
| | | The cloud and home gateway are not mutually exclusive |
|
| | | Telehealthcare could be the fifth play |
|
| | | Cisco NDS deal c’est fait |
|
| | | BSkyB builds bridges with buyback, Latam props up Telefonica |
|
| | | Amazon and Samsung step up iTunes attack |
|
| | | Miracast needs to convert Intel, Google and Apple to dominate streaming |
|
| | | IPTV homes to treble, Santa Claus is real and fairies dance in my garden |
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| | | Broadcom promises 11ac WiFi in tablets and smartphones by Q1 |
|
| | | Verizon gets serious about upcoming Redbox Instant OTT/DVD service |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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26 July, 2012
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| | | European pay TV squares up to Euro crisis |
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| | | TiVo plots move to tablets and PCs as European momentum grows |
|
| | | Knives out for Netflix - Good numbers but crashes on a throwaway line |
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| | | US Telcos TV services slow, increase Wireline revenues by inches |
|
| | | NDS and Cisco – free to pursue their loveless marriage |
|
| | | Kaltura – opening up the source is the way to do it all in video |
|
| | | Alcatel and AuthenTec named as new Meo Go helpers at PT |
|
| | | Yahoo shakes up media future with new hire |
|
| | | Investors ponder a future where Apple is no longer perfect |
|
| | | Apple wants $2.5bn to settle Samsung cases |
|
| | | DirecTV faces down Viacom in blackout battle but war not over yet |
|
| | | Verizon Wireless quad play deals with MSOs dent competition |
|
| | | Qualcomm follows other display innovators into licensing model |
|
| | | A Third Choice for Consumers in Wireline Broadband |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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19 July, 2012
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| | | Rovi falters on slack new biz, IPR woes, as older business winds down |
|
| | | Aereo Internet antenna verdict opens door to full blown OTT in US |
|
| | | Sky’s Now TV may actually help Netflix in UK |
|
| | | China opens door to DSL management specialist Assia |
|
| | | The set top as a concept is finished, or not – Part 6 |
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| | | TiVo to springboard off TRA into multiscreen, DVR ad analytics |
|
| | | Belgacom to bring IPTV integration in house from NSN |
|
| | | Red Bee surveys consumers on VoD, recommendation and pay TV |
|
| | | DigitalSmith offers pay TV OTT-like search and recommendation |
|
| | | UK TV revenues up, catch up slowing, as smart TVs take hold |
|
| | | Netflix should slow expansion outside the States, says analyst |
|
| | | MIT has another bite at 3D |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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12 July, 2012
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| | | Cable assets coming to market too early as Euro Squeeze hurts GET |
|
| | | Ten years on DLNA fills in final piece of home video puzzle |
|
| | | Design patents move to center stage in next wave of patents wars |
|
| | | EU pushed both ways over net neutrality |
|
| | | Fast zapping? I’d rather watch my own channel thanks |
|
| | | Billion-dollar white spaces goldmine at risk, says report |
|
| | | Qualcomm and Akamai team on fast browsing |
|
| | | AuthenTec scores another protection win at J:COM in Japan |
|
| | | Intellect delivers slap in face for YouView |
|
| | | French cinema helps rescue Canal+ takeover in regulator U-turn |
|
| | | 4K faces obstacles in consumer market |
|
| | | LG: Apple won’t take TV industry by storm |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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5 July, 2012
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| | | Sony whips the gaming cloud out from under Samsung |
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| | | Microsoft's aQuantive write down wipes out Q4 profit |
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| | | Ooyala – a cradle to protect Online video |
|
| | | Comcast settles dispute with Boxee over cable encryption |
|
| | | Verizon provokes outrage with latest attack on network neutrality |
|
| | | The Sorcerer’s Apprentice – “You’re fired” |
|
| | | Samsung ploughs its own furrow over smart TV |
|
| | | Nokia, Google and even Qualcomm emerge from patent war sidelines |
|
| | | Orange to trial L-band to supplement capacity |
|
| | | Global CEOs to sit, think and ponder broadcast’s problems |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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28 June, 2012
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| | | Google goes to war in language Apple can understand |
|
| | | Smart TV makers get wise over split standards danger |
|
| | | TiVo lands another major European cable co |
|
| | | America Movil set for clearance to enter Mexican TV market |
|
| | | Sony and Panasonic bet the farm on OLED |
|
| | | WiFi Alliance takes historic step towards global wireless coverage |
|
| | | Latin America to become Pay TV powerhouse by 2015 |
|
| | | Verizon offers 300 Mbps to the OTT Tablet crowd |
|
| | | German TV civil war intensifies but RTL settles with KDG over HD |
|
| | | Samsung inhospitably invading LG’s Hospitality turf |
|
| | | Belkin belatedly joins Placeshifting after it stops being a trend |
|
| | | Amazon store comes to Europe, Fire to follow? |
|
| | | Microsoft’s second surprise WP8 based on Windows 8 |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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21 June, 2012
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| | | Microsoft tablet pitched at TV addicts as well as wordsmiths |
|
| | | Traditional measures of TV audience face social challengers |
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| | | Advertising to rise on the back of social media surge |
|
| | | LCD TV shipments fall for the first time |
|
| | | Production heading for the clouds |
|
| | | AuthenTec lands DRM deal on major NTT DoCoMO video app |
|
| | | Broadband passes 600m, IPTV passes 65m, China prominent |
|
| | | EU seeks to put broadband broadcast wars to bed for good |
|
| | | Popcornflix’s free movies to appear on smart Tvs |
|
| | | Qualcomm Atheros and Lantiq team up to design next gen home gateway |
|
| | | Ruwido’s last stand for the remote |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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14 June, 2012
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| | | French ambition, Israeli intensity – Tying the multiscreen knot |
|
| | | FCC wants to relieve MSOs of dual viewability |
|
| | | Google woos broadcasters while Apple puts the boot in over maps |
|
| | | Kabel Deutschland urges German regulator to see big picture at ANGA Cable |
|
| | | Intel science fiction – can we watch you, watching TV |
|
| | | AMD enlists mobile bedfellows to hit Intel in hybrid processors |
|
| | | ATSC M/H goes for emergency appeal, readies social system for launch |
|
| | | China and Sony lead the charge towards Smart TVs |
|
| | | Viaplay and Telenor run for OTT |
|
| | | Mexico’s Cablevision building 100 Gbps network |
|
| | | Nagra shows there’s life in QAM |
|
| | | G.hn approaches finish line with certification testing |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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7 June, 2012
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| | | Cisco sues, TiVo countersues, over the core patent behind DVRs |
|
| | | New ITU recommendations for 3D – too little too late |
|
| | | Netflix digs own CDN for victory |
|
| | | Microsoft E3 moves underscore its focus on Xbox from here on in |
|
| | | How Amazon, Netflix, Vudu, iTunes stack up against DVDs |
|
| | | Broadcasters have most to gain from IPv6 as it goes live on many networks |
|
| | | Samsung to use Gaikai to break into cloud gaming |
|
| | | Soros takes Sunrise in Sao Paolo |
|
| | | G.hn player Marvell shows off five design wins in Taiwan |
|
| | | WiFi expands beyond home data networks |
|
| | | Google aims at Nokia and Microsoft with its first European suit |
|
| | | TV viewers turning to connected devices |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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31 May, 2012
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| | | TDF presents its credentials for winning the pay radio bid in France |
|
| | | Second largest Cinema chain sold out to the Chinese |
|
| | | Ono restructures debt in downtrodden Spanish economy |
|
| | | Ateme designs a multiscreen encoder from the ground up |
|
| | | Time for MSOs to integrate legacy VoD and Internet infrastructures |
|
| | | Motorola Mobility shows DreamGallery search and recommend |
|
| | | Japan weighs in against HbbTV for global hybrid dominance |
|
| | | Technicolor pushes back on plan B, but holds it in reserve |
|
| | | TiVo misses by an inch, the market treats it as a mile |
|
| | | Digital storage does not solve all archiving problems |
|
| | | US re-applies satellite signal distribution rules to Internet |
|
| | | Entropic first to ship MoCA 2.0 chips |
|
| | | Comcast previews next-gen UI for all devices and services |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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24 May, 2012
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| | | Cable operators tie up WiFi across the US, build out to accelerate |
|
| | | TiVo enters tablets with TiVo stream, offers cable 6 way Pace box |
|
| | | Verizon Viewdini offers route to wireless devices for all forms of video |
|
| | | Cloud marriage made in heaven for MSOs? |
|
| | | YouView is now too late for the Olympics |
|
| | | UK Competition Commission ducks Sky decision, says things have changed |
|
| | | Greed and the chocolate IPO factory |
|
| | | Apple and Samsung CEO forced to talk nice, look for solution |
|
| | | US jury finds no Java patent case for Android to answer |
|
| | | The third way of pay TV |
|
| | | Sandvine tries to sow Netflix doubts – just for publicity |
|
| | | Germans take to smart TV |
|
| | | MaxLinear goes up directly against Broadcom Full Band Capture |
|
| | | HomePlug Crowd ready for HomeGrid Challenge |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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17 May, 2012
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| | | Apple’s rules of engagement constrain any TV effort it may try |
|
| | | Samsung switches to OLED early – sets up challenge to all TV players |
|
| | | Dish locks horns with broadcasters over ad skipping |
|
| | | Cabo Visão fires 100 staff, in content payment arrears |
|
| | | Netflix broadens European focus – Sweden is next |
|
| | | The three speeds of European pay TV |
|
| | | Verizon-cable deal in doubt |
|
| | | Vivendi warns of major change at SFR to counter Free |
|
| | | Verizon courts CE vendors to cut set tops |
|
| | | KDG lands TeleColumbus says FT, after bids from Liberty, Deutsche |
|
| | | Sony promises no more losses after last year’s $5.7 billion loss |
|
| | | Game console war goes to TV as Xbox outguns iPad |
|
| | | LG plans Google TV launch next week |
|
| | | Tablets slump 38%, new iPad gains shipment share |
|
| | | HomeGrid aims at telcos and powerlines markets |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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10 May, 2012
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| | | Pay radio moves inches closer to a 2013 take off point in France |
|
| | | Darth Vader set on ownership of Sirius – while the Empire sits powerless |
|
| | | Elemental takes on new cash, pushes past $10m, lands new Latam customer |
|
| | | Samsung buys US music service to focus in on the Apple eco-system |
|
| | | Netgear First to ship 11ac WiFi router with Broadcom inside |
|
| | | Redbox DVD rentals growing like an internet company |
|
| | | Deutsche TV navigates Eurozone crisis by switch to satellite |
|
| | | Latam powers ahead, Europe grows subs while US boosts ARPU |
|
| | | Bouygues Telecom swallows Darty to gain 300,000 subs |
|
| | | OTT will not be a cheap lunch, says Agama |
|
| | | LG launches cloud TV service as smart TV makers struggle over delivery |
|
| | | Why video discovery is so hard to implement |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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3 May, 2012
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| | | Technicolor tidies up balance sheet, reminds shareholders of its value |
|
| | | Plenty left unsaid in $300 million Microsoft Barnes & Noble tie up |
|
| | | Minerva packs ranks with heavy hitters to turn the tide |
|
| | | Epic European adventures for OTT |
|
| | | Olympics stokes debate over video contribution compression |
|
| | | French show how to improve video on the move |
|
| | | IPTV homes jump to 60 million, Verizon leaps too |
|
| | | Samsung goes quad-core with Aquila |
|
| | | Accedo adds Apps to flying German OTT service maxdome |
|
| | | Old Whitey flips his lid on dreams of Apple global domination |
|
| | | Harris decides to cut its losses in broadcast, writes off $400m |
|
| | | Now NBC shows of its Upfront for 115 million gamers |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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26 April, 2012
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| | | AOL first to chase broadcast $$s with new content deals at NewFront |
|
| | | Investors circle Barnes & Noble as its plans Nook spin off |
|
| | | Virgin Media, KPN and AT&T toast rising subs and ARPU |
|
| | | Investors run for the hills without reading the Netflix small print |
|
| | | Separating the hip from the hype at Connected TV World Forum |
|
| | | Entropic bets farm on Trident, but 28nm merged SoC, some way off |
|
| | | NTT backs push VoD for mobile TV |
|
| | | Lantiq’s video grade 802.11n making inroads at pay TV services |
|
| | | Walmart jumps out front with DVD-to-Digital service |
|
| | | China key to Apple success, as its ekes out another immense quarter |
|
| | | Ofcom makes it clear Sky Movies not affected by Netflix |
|
| | | EBU and global broadcasters put weight behind DTT with FOBTV |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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19 April, 2012
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| | | Sony extends its “lack of” vision to a new piece of junk hardware |
|
| | | Conax weighs in with pre-integrated multi-screen platform |
|
| | | AOL embraces Nielsen metrics, in bid to dominate first online Upfront |
|
| | | Axio TV - If you can’t beat cable networks at first, try fresh technology |
|
| | | EBU drinks the NovelSat elixir |
|
| | | Post-recession bounce over for global broadcasting |
|
| | | Chip maker use MIPS SoC design to bring order to China’s DTH |
|
| | | Brightcove opens the door on thousands of pay OTT video services |
|
| | | Sony pumps free ad driven movies into Crackle in Latin America |
|
| | | MyGlobeTV is second French TV service to operate in the US |
|
| | | Tabletomics – the art of keeping your viewers engaged |
|
| | | IBM report highlights four steps to reach connected consumer |
|
| | | Russian WiFi adventure ahead for Quantenna MIMO chips |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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12 April, 2012
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| | | Arxan talks of a decade of software only protection – we think far less |
|
| | | Yahoo enters last chance saloon through revolving doors |
|
| | | Scandinavia joins procession to HbbTV in Europe |
|
| | | Will OTT kill IP Multicast – or merely change the terminology? |
|
| | | H.265 will be for TVs rather than mobiles – for now |
|
| | | Elemental hopes Olympics will springboard GPU based encoding |
|
| | | Technicolor rests IPTV future on M-Go and MediaNavi |
|
| | | The US cord is growing not being cut |
|
| | | Walmart’s disk-to-digital venture to bring millions into digital media era |
|
| | | “World Series of IP cases” approaches as Oracle guns for Android |
|
| | | US TV ARPU may rise and rise to 2020 - or it may not |
|
| | | New Sony CEO shakes up the executive suite |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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5 April, 2012
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| | | Google TV to push its luck in France |
|
| | | Verizon and Cablecos face stern opposition to their plans |
|
| | | Virgin France does pay TV MNO on SFR for full, cheap Quad offer |
|
| | | Mobile security majors close ranks to slam tablet security holes |
|
| | | SnapDragon 4 has a shot at unseating Broadcom, ST Micro on set tops |
|
| | | Satellite industry victim of own success |
|
| | | Microsoft reveals multi $billion Xbox patent claims from Motorola |
|
| | | SeaChange goes from hard to soft |
|
| | | War of words over DirecTV local TV deal |
|
| | | Envivio still hankering after IPO |
|
| | | Lantiq shipping chips for 100 Mbps over Telco copper wires |
|
| | | More iPad purchases on the horizon |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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29 March, 2012
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| | | TiVo - undefeated champion of next gen TV – so do we have any offers? |
|
| | | Consolidation in German cable as KDG hovers over Telecolumbus? |
|
| | | After many dark days, Marlin is having its day in the Sun |
|
| | | Something rotten in the state of Denmark – but not in neighboring states |
|
| | | New world order to emerge from wreckage of IPTV and Mediaroom |
|
| | | Franco Qatar bond giving Al Jazeera leg up into big sporting rights |
|
| | | Sony and HTC chase content platforms and profits, of Apple and Samsung |
|
| | | NEC buys Convergys for back office push |
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| | | Astra backs research that says satellite is finally ahead in Europe |
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| | | Multi-screen can buy you money |
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| | | Tiny Ekioh finds itself embedded in IPTV eco-system |
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| | | Conax works on integrated plug ins for off the shelf OTT |
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| | | Deals, launches and products |
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22 March, 2012
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| | | Feeding on the rotting corpse of a 7 year old failed IPTV strategy |
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| | | Chunghwa comes out of the dark ages to light up Ericsson IPTV strategy |
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| | | Orange converges for OTT future with some HbbTV hybrid thrown in |
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| | | Flash pioneer turns his fortune at the emerging TV UI market |
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| | | Tversity throws content at the set top, with just software |
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| | | Set top disruption to spread to second TVs as tablets mop up viewing |
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| | | Broadcom targets China’s consumer market with 1 Gbps broadband |
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| | | Qualcomm Atheros launches first entry level HomePlug AV-based EoC chip |
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| | | BBC to mine its archive for license fee top up |
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| | | Drive for global terrestrial unity gathers steam |
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| | | Broadband and IPTV growing faster than ever |
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| | | Google back in the mainstream with Android and WebM |
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| | | Deals, launches and products |
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15 March, 2012
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| | | Cisco and NDS boards agree $5 billion buy-out |
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| | | TV Everywhere kills Telefonica’s Alice IPTV service in Germany |
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| | | Adobe faces life after flash with Prime Time |
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| | | Intel looking at TV again but rumors may be off course |
|
| | | The TV conundrum – the challenges ahead for pay TV networks |
|
| | | Are Apps a good idea on a TV screen? |
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| | | Competition Commission to take deeper look at UK movies and Sky |
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| | | Ofcom itself on trial over BSkyB? |
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| | | Google dumps Android Market as it chases iTunes and the new iPad |
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| | | The iPad’s growing component needs mean Apple can’t divorce Samsung |
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| | | TV shipments down for first time since LCD took dominance |
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| | | Marvell will upgrade all its WiFi 11n chips to 11ac |
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| | | Deals, launches and products |
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8 March, 2012
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| | | US News Corp paper takes a flyer at Motorola Home being up for sale |
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| | | The last Hurrah of the Golden Horde – Cable’s finest hour |
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| | | Oh yeah… (yawn) … Apple has launched another iPad |
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| | | Aereo “cloud antenna” draws heavy legal fire from US broadcasters |
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| | | The Cellco Broadcast wars: Tension spreads to US |
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| | | Alticast has its own super set top software stack with Android, HTML 5.0 |
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| | | US operators fiddling while Netflix burns their lunch |
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| | | France loves DTT but can’t make it pay |
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| | | Teleste proposes more intelligent cable network controls |
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| | | Wal-Mart to help register Ultraviolet content |
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| | | Generation C has high device ownership |
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| | | Is Apple finally weakening on its patents war? |
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| | | Deals, launches and products |
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1 March, 2012
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| | | Rising from the ashes, the Phoenix of DVD movies on a USB stick |
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| | | Europe happy hunting ground for Tivo |
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| | | Cisco bids, alongside minnows, for WiFi seat at Cellular table |
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| | | Entropic wins Trident’s hand – Now the work begins |
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| | | Assia – Chipping away at the DSL engineer’s workload |
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| | | Canada’s Cogeco dumps Cabovisao on Altice group |
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| | | Mixed TV fortunes for European Telcos |
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| | | OTT coming of age for paid services in Europe |
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| | | UK Start up opens 45 new channels on DTT service |
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| | | Digitalsmiths: CE devices changing the way we view video |
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| | | Smart TV growth will break old premium sports model |
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| | | Qualcomm Atheros targets smartphones for its 802.11ac tonic |
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| | | RIM: How not to run a tablet operation |
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| | | Deals, launches and products |
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23 February, 2012
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| | | Comcast erupts onto the OTT market – but you must read the fine print |
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| | | Technicolor appears undecided between the two video WiFi leaders |
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| | | Has Cisco tired of set tops yet? |
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| | | European free to air TV loses out at spectrum conference |
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| | | Can US pay TV stem the VoD leakage? |
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| | | Streaming attention may switch to DRM after mad rush for DASH |
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| | | Good start to 2012 for G.Hn |
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| | | Satellite still forging ahead in Latin America, cable consolidating |
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| | | Latin America puts gloss on DirecTV 2011 results |
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| | | Bye-bye Pay TV, Hello OTT - Withdrawal pains from cutting the cord |
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| | | Inevitable: Growth of OTT Market and its move to original content |
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| | | Deals, launches and products |
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16 February, 2012
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| | | Broadcast industry must face up to IPv6 migration at last |
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| | | Nielsen shows what it wants to show – cord cutters slide under the wire |
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| | | Mobile TV Advertising on the Move |
|
| | | PlayStation OS could be killer weapon in new CEO’s reinvention of Sony |
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| | | FCC strikes death blow to LightSquared, Dish must come into play |
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| | | Japanese TV set makers losing $billions |
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| | | UTStarcom lands two Chinese deals despite taking a back seat in set tops |
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| | | BT to offer 300 Mbps in 2013 |
|
| | | Google and Apple expose their Achilles’ heels |
|
| | | Russia takes to DVB-T2 with love |
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| | | Comcast continues to confound its customers |
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| | | Small cablecos look for alternative to CableCard |
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| | | Deals, launches and products |
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| | | InterDigital signs two white spaces partners |
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9 February, 2012
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| | | US plots third generation of ATSC TV even before second is deployed |
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| | | MPEG DASH overtakes Apple HLS in race for universal streaming standard |
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| | | Mediaroom to fight it out with Myrio for IPTV in merged US telco |
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| | | Satellite gains amid mixed 2011 results for pay TV |
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| | | Redbox deal signals the long erosion of the pay TV middleman |
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| | | Sony puts its hand in its pocket for video analysis patents |
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| | | Dish and LightSquared offer no solution to US mobile shortage |
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| | | Broadcom leads the way to backhaul on a chip |
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| | | Morega securely downloads Pay TV videos to tablets, smartphones, PCs |
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| | | MoCA boom brings revenue increase to Entropic |
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| | | Four hundred million homes have home networks – most run DLNA |
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| | | US TV stations find a use for sub channels at last |
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| | | Deals, launches and products |
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2 February, 2012
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| | | BT is first Pay TV operator to dump Microsoft Mediaroom |
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| | | Sky to launch Netflix spoiler in UK expecting Europe wide OTT battle |
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| | | AT&T reshuffle to put T-Mobile deal behind it, Stephenson dodges bullet |
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| | | Canal Plus TPS takeover debate rumbles on after six years |
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| | | Rights holders hoping for life after SOPA in PIPA |
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| | | Unexciting AT&T and Time Warner Cable pay TV results |
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| | | DiiVA debuts; world’s ‘next great’ CE home network |
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| | | Amazon still not ready to shout about Kindle Fire sales |
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| | | Broadband closes in on 600 million homes in the next few quarters |
|
| | | North Carolina’s ‘Super Wi-Fi’ headlines look premature |
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| | | ITU aims to sort out dog’s breakfast of cross border ENG |
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| | | Deals, launches and products |
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26 January, 2012
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| | | Netflix numbers should sweep away knee-jerk negative reactions |
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| | | Apple has a quarter of such magnificence – Can it ever repeat it? |
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| | | Amino opts for Celeno over Quantenna for wireless DVR |
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| | | European OTT stampede will reach 83 million devices by 2015 |
|
| | | Time runs out for DVB-H in Russia too |
|
| | | Accedo grows from small acorn to one stop shop on TV Apps |
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| | | No car chase or shoot out as NDS hacker case dies with a whimper |
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| | | Bouygues claims lead in cloud gaming, highlights French competitiveness |
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| | | FiOS puts in strong Q4, KPN in Europe follows suit |
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| | | Broadcom, Qualcomm Atheros fire pre-launch broadside at G.hn |
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| | | Qualcomm Atheros ready to start shipping draft P1905 upgrade |
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| | | Pace to eliminate IPTV service calls with ES3 partnership |
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| | | Sunrise joins incumbent Telco Swisscom in Swiss TV market |
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| | | Deals, launches and products |
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19 January, 2012
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| | | Kit Digital aims to become the Cisco of multiscreen TV, adds Sezmi |
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| | | Facebook and Hulu both coming back strong with video initiatives |
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| | | Comcast accelerates full TV on tablets with AnyPlay trials |
|
| | | Technicolor ventures into consumer market with M-GO |
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| | | Quantenna and Celeno, the Avis and Hertz of WiFi video |
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| | | Qualcomm Atheros launches universal media shifting platform |
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| | | 5.1 MPEG Surround from the folks that developed MP3 and AAC |
|
| | | Think again if you think Dish would make a nice snack for AT&T |
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| | | Wi-Fi standards proliferate to meet home video demands |
|
| | | Oracle’s offer to drop some Android claims to bring patents war to a head |
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| | | Toshiba keeps in the smart TV game with companion apps |
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| | | Wikipedia blackout over SOFA highlights legislative can of worms |
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| | | Deals, launches and products |
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12 January, 2012
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| | | Rovi – a vision or an illusion? – A Russian doll of many parts |
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| | | Dish rolls the dice in Vegas, shakes up its entire world |
|
| | | CES takes in LTE handsets, WiFi, TV Apps, tuners, Gimmicks and tablets |
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| | | Samsung throws down gauntlet to Google at CES |
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| | | Sony auditions for future with Crystal LED Displays |
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| | | The unglamorous world of video testing, acquires some neon in Las Vegas |
|
| | | Nokia returns to the US with LTE Lumia 900 – nobody laughs this time |
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| | | Like Ericsson, wanting to be Apple – Huawei opens US smartphone account |
|
| | | NFC not just about payments, say RIM and Marvell |
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| | | CES: PC makers become cloud providers, with dangers for the networks |
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| | | Polish TV funding crisis highlights European license dilemma |
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| | | TV playing pivotal role in China soft power game |
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5 January, 2012
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| | | MetroPCS to be standard bearer for ATSC M/H mobile TV |
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| | | Broadcom adds placeshifting, MoCA 2.0 as Entropic prepares SoC bid |
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| | | Google partially bests Oracle as patents are invalidated |
|
| | | TiVo wins yet another legal battle – investors kick it in the teeth |
|
| | | Chinese GPS offers threats and opportunities for Western chip makers |
|
| | | Liberty Global puts back German Horizon launch to second half 2012 |
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| | | Canal Plus pulls out of 3D for now |
|
| | | FilmOn claims internet TV workaround – which is just broadcast |
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| | | S3 lands key iPlayer App testing contract |
|
| | | Users Spend Twice as Much Time on Netflix than Hulu |
|
| | | S-LCD deal is some long needed good news for Sony, not Samsung |
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| | | Amazon could license Fire’s content platform, worrying Google |
|
| | | Tablets fail to ignite tablet viewing in the UK |
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| | | Deals, launches and products |
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15 December, 2011
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| | | Adtran to leverage NSN reach to build in Europe |
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| | | Verizon is NOT going to buy Netflix – so what IS it going to do? |
|
| | | Beware reports that say Apple will conquer the OTT world |
|
| | | Broadcom survey reveals growing appetite for connected and mobile TV |
|
| | | To lose one UK set top CEO may be regarded as misfortune…. |
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| | | UltraViolet Euro launch amid tech troubles and biz model concerns |
|
| | | TV set makers look ahead to a set top free world |
|
| | | Apple buying into Flash to get round Samsung |
|
| | | Facebook App may highlight future but doesn’t quite hack it today |
|
| | | Motorola gains first of an avalanche of patent reversals due for Apple |
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| | | China Mobile claims 50 million users of TV on the phone |
|
| | | France picks over regulatory bones of connected TV |
|
| | | EU looking at Apple, 5 publishers for price fixing |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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8 December, 2011
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| | | Verizon has Netflix class video play up its sleeve say reports |
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| | | Comcast, Time Warner collude with arch rival Verizon over quad play |
|
| | | Assia mounts vectoring assault on accelerating the world’s DSL lines |
|
| | | US battle over media pluralism rages while Europe dithers |
|
| | | OTT Video heaven to hit UK as Sky, Netflix and Amazon vie for control |
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| | | Celeno finally uncovers video WiFi Deutsche deal, adds deal in Oz |
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| | | Latam sources say Telefonica to ditch IPTV system for Microsoft |
|
| | | TV panels still needed in connected era by advertisers, broadcasters |
|
| | | Rovi, Pace team up on next gen cloud-based set top |
|
| | | Umami takes the lead in companion-social TV with CBS, Nat Geo deals |
|
| | | PHXX aims at Telcos wanting to add OTT; has 3 Middle East wins |
|
| | | Amazon Kindle off to flying start as Nook feels strain of keeping up |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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1 December, 2011
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| | | Cord erosion identified in latest round of pay TV surveys |
|
| | | Trust German efficiency to call a TV cartel a Kartel |
|
| | | Yahoo on the block? Does all the smoke mean a firesale? |
|
| | | Elemental - A transcoder which is finding its element |
|
| | | Apple will not repeat tablet success in connected TV |
|
| | | Nokia Siemens Networks throws in towel over fixed infrastructure |
|
| | | Broadcom brings DOCSIS based EoC to China |
|
| | | BSkyB preempts cord splitting by putting movies onto OTT |
|
| | | Roku looks across the Pond |
|
| | | Samsung mounts chip challenge for Tablet players |
|
| | | Black Friday confirms tablets are a two-horse race |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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24 November, 2011
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| | | WHDI could partner with WiFi to make the leap to video dominance |
|
| | | Alcatel’s ng Connect ecosystem gathers steam – but what is it for? |
|
| | | Yahoo and Sony tuck into interactive multimedia Ads |
|
| | | TiVo subscriptions turn the corner as Virgin and RCN deals cut in |
|
| | | Can all technology companies be like Apple? |
|
| | | Do Facebook and Amazon need their own phones to outwit Google? |
|
| | | Connected devices open new dimensions, not new markets says study |
|
| | | Knee jerk reactions could doom Netflix, but only to mediocrity |
|
| | | VideoSurf takes Microsoft into a whole new way of solving cloud problems |
|
| | | Europeans call for tighter standards in hybrid advertising |
|
| | | ST Micro joins pincer movement on MoCA’s Entropic |
|
| | | NTT seeks CDN pickings in Eastern Europe on back of IPTV boom |
|
| | | Apple, Google beef up music for tablets, CE |
|
| | | HomeGrid gang aims at lucrative SmartGrid market |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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17 November, 2011
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| | | Quantenna ups the ante with first move in next gen 802.11ac WiFi wars |
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| | | ConnecTV creates “Social TV Everywhere” local online viewing |
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| | | Motorola finds first taker for IPTV DreamGallery in Canada’s Shaw |
|
| | | Broadcom WiFi wants to hijack the “internet of things” from cellular |
|
| | | Adobe and Logitech pull out delivers further blow to Google TV |
|
| | | UltraViolet Digital Locker stutters into life |
|
| | | IPTV gathers force in Chile as FTTH takes over from hybrids |
|
| | | Sigma Design’s HPNA EoC may have edge in India |
|
| | | Qualcomm Atheros jumps to lead in China with HomePlug Ethernet |
|
| | | Long term TV decline for cable being made up in broadband |
|
| | | Netflix lines up more content deals for UK launch |
|
| | | Kindle Fire is attracting developers in their droves, Nook next |
|
| | | Nokia plans W8 tablet, critical moment for Microsoft and Qualcomm |
|
| | | Microsoft may be planning social network as Facebook Mobile grows |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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10 November, 2011
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| | | Latin America swings to satellite as TV subs explode |
|
| | | Carphone Warehouse pulls out of US to focus on UK and perhaps TV |
|
| | | Massive Chinese STB orders favor locals – Cisco and Ericsson get taste |
|
| | | Dish tantalizes with visions of mergers and mobile video – as subs fall |
|
| | | Quantenna opts for Europe’s Telefonica as first trade investor |
|
| | | Wireless patent giants bite back against Apple and Microsoft |
|
| | | Slashed churn and Latin American surge drives record subs at DirecTV |
|
| | | US home video spending is up for the first time since 2008 |
|
| | | iPad and TV get closer - 97 channels at Bright House, 38 at DirecTV |
|
| | | Tegra 3 “Superman” chip debuts in Asus Transformer Prime |
|
| | | Barnes & Noble takes a Nook at Kindle Fire – and iPad? |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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3 November, 2011
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| | | Google tinkers, but its TV is still not quite right |
|
| | | Broadcom chips sit behind the Alcatel 50 Mbps rewiring of Belgium |
|
| | | Liberty Media plan for German dominance scuppered by Cartel office |
|
| | | Adobe targets TV Everywhere and UGC sites with Auditude buy |
|
| | | Broadcasters call for CDN tweaks, to globalize online video delivery |
|
| | | LTE TV deployment accelerates as performance concerns subside |
|
| | | Android’s Window is narrowing as fragmentation continues |
|
| | | Connected TV fee proposal opens can of worms |
|
| | | UltraViolet needs a boost - Popular for all the wrong reasons |
|
| | | Kudelski cuts staff and platforms to chase profits in uncertain times |
|
| | | Top three US Cablecos lose 357,000 plus homes, rely on commercial |
|
| | | IPTV players dominate European pay TV quarterly highlights |
|
| | | Linksys survives and looks for role as home hub |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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27 October, 2011
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| | | AT&T cuts its own cord by going wireless |
|
| | | Netflix – learning to trust dumb, dumber and dumberer all over again |
|
| | | Broadcom and Intel pull out of smart TVs |
|
| | | Is LTE being primed for cheap mobile TV? |
|
| | | Irdeto buys pirate tracker Bay TSP |
|
| | | The job of turning Cablecos from dinosaurs into dynamos |
|
| | | Pace continues to manage bad news badly with third profit warning |
|
| | | Broadcom loses touch in traditional markets – chases mobile |
|
| | | TVGuide.com breaks through the social TV barrier |
|
| | | TV Everywhere brings little joy to operators |
|
| | | Will Qualcomm shift Skifta when it could not move FLO TV? |
|
| | | Philips, Panasonic, LG having TV troubles |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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20 October, 2011
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| | | The new 60 GHz monster WiGig gets set to roll |
|
| | | Vdio may provide the internet video rush which Joost lacked |
|
| | | AT&T suit taking shape in TiVo’s favor – is it time to settle |
|
| | | Qualcomm Atheros argues once again for HomePlug – we argue back |
|
| | | Samsung Apple breakup continues, Apple misses numbers by fractions |
|
| | | EU budgets €9bn, hopes to leverage €50bn – to hit broadband targets |
|
| | | Netgem kicks off season of Q3 results with sharp decline |
|
| | | BSkyB in rude health despite weaker TV adds – ramps up Sky Go |
|
| | | Carlyle Group takes first cable holding in Spain through Telecable |
|
| | | UWB is back: NXP to use it for audio streaming |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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13 October, 2011
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| | | Arris lands BigBand, investors make a noise about the price |
|
| | | Microsoft scores against Apple, with global Xbox TV deals |
|
| | | Qwikster PR disaster derailed, but Netflix share slump goes on |
|
| | | Hulu bidding continues minus the troubled Yahoo |
|
| | | TiVo’s new $500 DVR debuts - OTT, 2TB, 4 tuners |
|
| | | EU call for private Broadband cash is not passing the buck |
|
| | | Roku has low end, $50 player and takes HBO Go |
|
| | | Comcast alludes to Xbox 360 TV service in denouncing FCC AllVid |
|
| | | Red Bee Media lands exclusive multi-year deal with UPC |
|
| | | Virgin Media aims to lift the fog from the cloud |
|
| | | Sony trying to buy all of mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson |
|
| | | GSM Association says there will be 12 billion cellular connections in 2020 |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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6 October, 2011
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| | | Steve Jobs – The industry mourns a man who dared to “think different” |
|
| | | Kroes pounces with new consultations on broadband price and sharing |
|
| | | Telecom Italia snubs Media arm, by grabbing control of IPTV content |
|
| | | Quantenna comes out fighting on the power consumption front |
|
| | | Oh, yes and just one more thing – Apple has launched another phone |
|
| | | Amazon and Adobe should come closer to grasp cloud initiative |
|
| | | M7 takes Euro pay TV tally towards 3 million homes with Skylink buy |
|
| | | Nagra buys subscriber module from Sigma to guide addressable ads |
|
| | | Rhapsody with few forward options – hangs Napster round its neck |
|
| | | 105 million Blu-ray devices by 2015 - all need a home network |
|
| | | Intel’s WiDi technology streams anything from a PC or Tablet to a TV |
|
| | | Kindle Fire on track to outdo iPad’s first month sales: |
|
| | | BT takes fiber up to 300 Mbps next spring, 110 Mbps now |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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29 September, 2011
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| | | Amazon – Firing up the Kindle; an iPad for grown-ups |
|
| | | Marvell’s DS2 technology weighs in on G.hn, as more silicon is promised |
|
| | | Sigma joins CRI crypto fans, expects CryptoFirewall on chip soon |
|
| | | Coax? We got Coax? Half of Europe dying for new broadband approach |
|
| | | Fiber up, Broadband up, IPTV up – say Broadband World Forum reports |
|
| | | Broadband World Forum is a platform for changing world of copper |
|
| | | Qualcomm and Atheros take their war to World Broadband Forum |
|
| | | Nagravision insists it’s had cloud search for years, offers soft DRM |
|
| | | Google tries to unseat Hulu discussions with overbid – Dish is top bidder |
|
| | | Facebook could become THE place to watch movies, TV shows |
|
| | | Léo’s out, Meg’s in as stock market pauses to draw breath |
|
| | | Android reaches a huge 43% of US smartphones |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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22 September, 2011
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| | | Netflix – A company that the world says can do nothing right |
|
| | | CRI not alone in Broadcom secure region – but perhaps more open |
|
| | | Google Wallet goes live under PayPal’s shadow |
|
| | | Samsung-Apple lawsuits reach 21, action threatened against iPhone 5 |
|
| | | Moca 2.0 may have throughput edge, but is it enough to invade Europe? |
|
| | | Pace insists it “ was always” a software company – we suppose it’s right |
|
| | | Celeno offers client MIMO chip, pre-integrates it with Sigma chips |
|
| | | Oregan puts out ISDB-T hybrid system for Latam partner Telefonica |
|
| | | Irdeto broadens OTT software stack with Aprico recommendations |
|
| | | Viaccess takes Microsoft PlayReady as basis of its tablet secure platform |
|
| | | RVU remote tech aims for CE device interoperability with pay TV |
|
| | | Intel shows potential ARM killer for tablets and smartphones |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
|
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15 September, 2011
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| | | The Emperor’s new clothes are woven with OTT Tablet strategies at IBC |
|
| | | Broadcom bids for dominant role as “Intel” of the Internet |
|
| | | Two doors open for Mobile broadcast TV at IBC – very small doors |
|
| | | US falls do not mean the dream is over at Netflix |
|
| | | Envivio – steeped in MPEG history, trying to hijack the OTT future |
|
| | | OTT may trigger remote mouse uWand usage for Philips |
|
| | | Horizon plans predictable – but few in Europe have been so bold |
|
| | | Playcast offers cloud gaming for pay TV providers |
|
| | | UPC Ziggo deal is off that was never on in the first place |
|
| | | Pay TV revenue continues to grow globally |
|
| | | Let’s take the Netflix model to books says Amazon |
|
| | | Vizio issues upgrade to fix tablet problems |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
|
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8 September, 2011
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| | | CRI coup ushers in HD DRM era on Broadcom and ST superchips |
|
| | | Sigma puts on HomePlug speed burst, keeps powder dry on G.hn |
|
| | | AirTies opens up its Media Gateway whole home box for cable and satellite |
|
| | | Broadcom rattles Full Band Capture saber at IBC show |
|
| | | Intel MeeGo on the ropes? Or is it just falling out of cellular |
|
| | | Dish ready to batter Netflix if it can land Hulu and a Starz deal |
|
| | | GET cable puts OTT plans in Pace’s hands |
|
| | | MoCA’s certification rate accelerates to 100 devices |
|
| | | Apple streams do the semantics dance |
|
| | | Apple now get Samsung to pull the 7.7 inch version of Galaxy Tab |
|
| | | Apple gets ready to sue Google |
|
| | | AT&T $6 billion kill fee looks like mostly propaganda – Now Sprint sues |
|
| | | AMD’s new CEO must get serious about a portable strategy |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products – mostly from IBC |
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1 September, 2011
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| | | NDS changes habits of a lifetime, offers Sky and DirecTV downloadable DRM |
|
| | | Pace embraces set top Superchips with software revamp for Pay TV |
|
| | | 600 million Asians wait with bated breath for digital TV about-turn |
|
| | | US Justice surprises everyone, raises objection to AT&T T-Mob deal |
|
| | | Google TV not just coming to the UK, but destined for everywhere |
|
| | | Harmonic integrates encoders with AuthenTec DRM agent code |
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| | | Bids for Hulu are in with hopes for $2bn price tag |
|
| | | Amazon has to be radical in tablets, but will Apple dare sue? |
|
| | | AMD’s new CEO must get serious about mobile, keep chasing tablets |
|
| | | Sony has 3D HMD gem hidden among tablets and books |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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25 August, 2011
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| | | Jobs departs and Apple stares at the precipice – Can it continue to climb? |
|
| | | Dish leaps one wireless generation, straight to LTE Advanced |
|
| | | TiVo gets used to the words “exceeding our guidance” and it feels good |
|
| | | Ant and Oregan both address OTT streaming from the browser |
|
| | | HP cannot compete with Apple, but a free PC group can find new belief |
|
| | | UK to never get more than 58% pay TV – really? Think again |
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| | | Intertrust lands Fujitsu as new Marlin client |
|
| | | Amazon drives up online video offerings, makes moves in the Cloud |
|
| | | Amazon follows trend by buying its own content |
|
| | | Sony slashes prices of Google TVs |
|
| | | HomeGrid shows signs of more Asian support |
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| | | Oracle points to Android’s real issues, which are masked by handset litigation |
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| | | Deals, launches and products |
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18 August, 2011
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| | | AirTies tempted away to Quantenna chips for home video distribution |
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| | | Son of DVB-H comes up for air – in mobile TV allergic Europe |
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| | | Vodafone Netherlands joins Germany and Spain offering TV, triple play |
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| | | Arxan sees rise in tamper-proofing DRM, as Ultra Violet takes form |
|
| | | The Google-Motorola deal is an iceberg – 90% of it is not visible - yet |
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| | | Hauppauge offers PC to WiFi app for free to Air TV on your iPad |
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| | | As you were - Samsung Tab back on the menu across Europe – for now |
|
| | | Wi-Fi eyes every aspect of home networking |
|
| | | Intel’s Wireless Display TV technology takes on Apple’s AirPlay |
|
| | | Walmart finally buries its MP3 service |
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| | | TWC jumps 750k subs with Insight purchase |
|
| | | The slow pace of US TV Everywhere has Fox pulling content from Hulu |
|
| | | Siano and Chinese chip maker Innofidei make friends, play nice |
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| | | Deals, launches and products |
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11 August, 2011
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| | | A bad week in US stocks crystallizes thinking on Pay TV |
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| | | Apple says “Don’t copy our design” in battle of Tablets – files in Germany |
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| | | New Dish CEO talks openly about getting into cellular |
|
| | | Broadcasters and the great American Spectrum swindle |
|
| | | Will Hulu end up as the perennial orphan? Or will it be taken into care? |
|
| | | Cablevision ignores TV Networks complaints – shifts channels to iPhone |
|
| | | Quad play boom: Carlos Slim acts decisively, US cablecos left floundering |
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| | | Cablevision supplier establishes core VoD patents in Verizon suit |
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| | | Intel capital invests in Chinese STB maker JoySee |
|
| | | Adobe Edge builds bridge to HTML5, but codec war still rages |
|
| | | Liberty Global slows TV losses, Deutsche Telekom continues TV ramp |
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| | | Deals, launches and products |
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28 July, 2011
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| | | NAB says chunks of US broadcast TV will go dark if FCC plan goes ahead |
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| | | Netflix shakes off disappointment at its results with confident predictions |
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| | | Spanish Pay TV tips into the black – with a little massaging of the figures |
|
| | | US proposals would seek to auction unlicensed spectrum |
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| | | Google calls for patent reform, Apple judge “sort of” provides it |
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| | | Euro telcos thrive on IPTV, as Spain continues in financial mire |
|
| | | Virgin limps in with 2.2% growth, begins losing TV customers again |
|
| | | VoD to grow says researcher, despite obvious attractions of OTT |
|
| | | Europe claims LightSquared could affect Galileo too |
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| | | NetMovies beats Netflix to Samsung Smart TVs in Brazil |
|
| | | Broadcom’s Palm Makes Overwhelming Case for P1905 |
|
| | | Mozilla and Baidu join battle for the new cloud OS |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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21 July, 2011
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| | | Belgium could be Europe’s test case to unbundle pay TV services |
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| | | Czech and Slovak Skylink separately up for sale |
|
| | | Rovi loses second European patent case – investors completely ignore it |
|
| | | Telenor confuses with mixed pay TV support |
|
| | | TeliaSonera now has 1 million pay TV customers in Europe |
|
| | | Apple conquers AsiaPac, overtakes IBM and lines up $100 billion year |
|
| | | Intel results strong, but low end a bit of a worry |
|
| | | NextWave – US players pass on yet another spectrum opportunity |
|
| | | Another ‘Cutting the Cord’ study says 10% would |
|
| | | 1Gbps start-up Hyperoptic said to be ready in September |
|
| | | Apple targets GetJar for name suit |
|
| | | Does Android now have a licensing cost? Many supporters fear so |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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14 July, 2011
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| | | Investors confused as Netflix economic model changes |
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| | | News Corp could be shaken to its foundations by UK hacking scandal |
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| | | Netgear takes 2nd gen Quantenna chip for home gateways, video bridges |
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| | | EU asks how to make our film industry great – answers by video please |
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| | | Patents war chests being scoured to find ways to halt Android momentum |
|
| | | Quickflix online service for Bravias is anything but a quickfix |
|
| | | The Open IPTV Forum sets ambitious multiscreen oriented release 2.1 |
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| | | EU survey shows double play, triple play but almost no quad play |
|
| | | European homes already panting for multiscreen TV strategies |
|
| | | UltraViolet’s digital locker is built - Consumer launch later this year |
|
| | | P1905 venture to help sales of MoCA, HomePlug devices |
|
| | | Apple bust up with Samsung means $5 billion will be going elsewhere |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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7 July, 2011
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| | | Irdeto chases studio contracts with Blu-ray BD+ security purchase |
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| | | The next Netflix territory turns out to be 43 separate countries |
|
| | | Will Google stay the course and pay the price to land Hulu? |
|
| | | Dish sneaks to home base on TerreStar bankrupt spectrum |
|
| | | Netgem uses partner Monaco Telecom to test new tablet TV architecture |
|
| | | WiFi offload moves into the heart of the cellcos’ 4G strategies |
|
| | | Three major Japanese players poised to re-assert LCD for phones, tablets |
|
| | | TiVo pitched by US bankers as takeover target, or is it a buyer? |
|
| | | Asia Pacific pay TV driving upwards, but ARPU still largely low |
|
| | | Skype powered Facebook video chats will take off like a range fire |
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| | | Deals, launches and products |
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30 June, 2011
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| | | New satellite modulation from Novelsat pushed as possible DVB-S3 |
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| | | Airties points way to HD video on shared WiFi/powerline networks |
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| | | Americans in love with eReaders, but confusion halts Tablet progress |
|
| | | Cablecos prove disruptive force as European 4G auctions pile up |
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| | | Pay TV revenue to swing satellite’s way as cable hits bump in the road |
|
| | | DLNA elevates the use of HPNA to being level with MoCA |
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| | | OMVC lines up tools, but the big push for MoTV is yet to come |
|
| | | Transition to LTE will wreak havoc in mobile chip landscape |
|
| | | Google begins to move in the same social Circles as Facebook |
|
| | | Real time chat is Google’s next frontier in browser wars |
|
| | | YouTube may take another stab at pay TV competition |
|
| | | Vizio Tablet looks good on paper — But will it sell? |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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23 June, 2011
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| | | Sigma launches palm sized set top, adds Clearpath for HomePlug |
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| | | BT plans to be a super head end to all UK ISPs for Multicast TV |
|
| | | LightSquared faces up to its spectrum conundrums – but is it enough? |
|
| | | Com Hem picks up 220,000 Swedish homes as Telenor bales out of cable |
|
| | | So if the set top can become a plug, will it go away all together |
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| | | Broadband dominated by China, in IPTV Europe still leads |
|
| | | Same old claims from Nielsen, it must wake up to Netflix realities |
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| | | Cable TV companies take aim at Netflix, other online video services |
|
| | | Investment analysts on the state of the cable economy |
|
| | | Two years on OnLive gets Intel backed gaming rival with Wal-Mart deal |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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16 June, 2011
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| | | Intel gets into the Comcast product catalog – At Broadcom’s expense? |
|
| | | Dish goes for jugular on S-Band with Terrestar bid |
|
| | | Motorola unveils parallel DTCP-IP and cloud strategies for pay TV |
|
| | | Broadcom tuner core slashes power/price reaches entire cable spectrum |
|
| | | Apple undamaged by patent deal, but is it a change of fortune at Nokia? |
|
| | | Could Facebook spiral out of control? If so do you want it on your TV? |
|
| | | The cord cutting argument – two more voices in favor |
|
| | | 5m US homes cut the cord and rely on free to air TV |
|
| | | Comcast embraces Skype and only Skype for TV to TV chats |
|
| | | MeeGo charges ahead in Smart TV market |
|
| | | SeaChange offers TV Everywhere in a box plus Multiscreen ad insertion |
|
| | | Sky UK follows German multiscreen strategy, way ahead of the crowd |
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| | | Deals, launches and products |
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9 June, 2011
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| | | Forget watching games on the TV - Nintendo adds another screen |
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| | | EchoStar offers cablecos Aria hosted OTT service using Sling and Move |
|
| | | Sony brings full 3D to every PlayStation for $500, give details on PS Vita |
|
| | | Jobs unveils OS updates, but impresses only a little with iCloud plans |
|
| | | Will the arrival of an App store on a TV near you lead to less TV viewing? |
|
| | | Satellite industry to reach $20 billion a year by 2016 |
|
| | | G.hn excluded from P1905.1 - not now, maybe later |
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| | | $ per megabit plummets in broadband, as users worry less about bandwidth |
|
| | | Generation Y not connecting the cord to pay TV |
|
| | | Verimatrix shifts the watermarking goalposts with studio help |
|
| | | Microsoft touts voice search for video on Xbox – is that the right way to go? |
|
| | | eReaders double in the US, tablets reach 8% |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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2 June, 2011
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| | | Qualcomm Atheros shamelessly copies Sigma’s powerline strategy |
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| | | AT&T backs up HomeGrid promises and joins the board |
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| | | Celeno lands French major IPTVer for its video WiFi |
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| | | Qualcomm Atheros has three way WiFi/WiGig chip first – in samples now |
|
| | | Swisscom breaks the half million mark for TV customers |
|
| | | Arris looks like the right home for SeaChange as it looks for bids |
|
| | | Greek Deutsche subsidiary says no to snapping up RomTelecom shares |
|
| | | Blockbuster begins tiny steps towards a new life under Dish |
|
| | | Quantenna claims lead over wireline home networking |
|
| | | Hard times for Sigma as revenues crash and it moves it into loss |
|
| | | Sprint outlines just what is wrong with the AT&T T-Mob merger deal |
|
| | | Cox ends plan to build 3G network |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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26 May, 2011
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| | | Mobile TV rises from the ashes – Market leader takes on cash to rekindle US |
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| | | Liberty’s bid for Barnes & Noble may not be entirely financial |
|
| | | BT to embrace IPTV as it upgrades broadband network to multicast |
|
| | | Deutsche Telekom is confident enough to talk about spending $39 billion |
|
| | | Same message, different conclusions for speakers at UK TV summit |
|
| | | DSL growth flattens, as PON fiber build outs take root |
|
| | | Verizon FiOS could be available soon on just about any connected TV |
|
| | | TiVo turns in best quarter ever, still has to turn the corner in core offerings |
|
| | | G.hn wins P1905 skirmish, bigger battles may lie ahead |
|
| | | MeeGo and Mango promise mobile web delights – did Nokia choose right? |
|
| | | Apple close to launching cloud music service |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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19 May, 2011
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| | | Chinese build Hulu iPlayer catch-up services using Czech know-how |
|
| | | Vodafone aims lowbrow, scattergun TV approach across Europe |
|
| | | Cryptography expert joins licensing giant Rambus for $342.5 million |
|
| | | Copyright expert calls for reforms, European patents and an Exchange |
|
| | | UK expert waves prospect of international Digital Copyright Exchange |
|
| | | Netflix jumps to 30% of US peak internet traffic, entertainment almost 50% |
|
| | | Google washes the face of Google TV, pushes it as just part of Android |
|
| | | RCS & RDS tries steal a piece of Romtelecom ahead of OTE |
|
| | | Telefonica drops TV homes in Spain, relies on Latin America for growth |
|
| | | Pay TV services to jump over $100 billion between now and 2015 |
|
| | | ActiveVideo says court decision favors it against Verizon’s FiOS |
|
| | | Google launches cloud-based music locker |
|
| | | Warner Music acquired by Access Industries |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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12 May, 2011
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| | | Netflix courts Latin American content – but is that it’s next destination? |
|
| | | TiVo signs Premiere box to deliver Comcast Xfinity programming |
|
| | | YouTube adds 3,000 me-too movies but needs its own content engine |
|
| | | Microsoft digs a grave for Skype by buying it |
|
| | | Mobile analyst subjects AT&T T-Mob merger to HHI3 scrutiny |
|
| | | Motorola sees dawn of multiscreen in SunUp buy |
|
| | | LG adds $129 TV adapter for OTT services, adds App Store |
|
| | | New version of Google TV coming |
|
| | | Visa puts cat among the NFC pigeons with m-wallet launch |
|
| | | TI deal may resurrect Neonode |
|
| | | News Corp down on weak movie revenues |
|
| | | Pace stock flounders after Tsunami shock, but how well are its rivals? |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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5 May, 2011
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| | | Dad did you fight in the TiVo – Dish – EchoStar war? And who won? |
|
| | | Satellite to overtake cable TV in Europe by 2014 – IPTV catching fast |
|
| | | Intel wants to make 3D chips to solve Watts per Mip conundrum |
|
| | | Dish’s plan - “Like a Seinfeld episode,” will come together at the end |
|
| | | Euro Telcos in trouble over broadband as fiber investment looks tough |
|
| | | France Telecom continues pay TV strength, others flat or worse |
|
| | | KPN buys up customer rights for CAIW cable in Netherlands |
|
| | | US home video viewing changing dramatically as DVDs falter |
|
| | | Nielsen says less US homes have TV – viewing patterns more complex |
|
| | | Amazon’s tablet plans may unnerve Apple, Nokia’s will not (yet) |
|
| | | KPN steps out of line with European Commission neutrality principles |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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28 April, 2011
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| | | Wall Street love affair with Netflix suffers first tiff |
|
| | | Major US telcos continue to surge in TV connections, wireline recovery |
|
| | | G.hn and HomePlug get tetchy over which will conquer the world |
|
| | | Sony brings two tablets to town, one you can fold up and put away |
|
| | | Why aren’t G.hn and HomePNA included in P1905? |
|
| | | BT plans to use YouView just for marketing, with no OTT in sight |
|
| | | MIPS ports Honeycomb, chases tablets and Google TV |
|
| | | Crackle adds Apps for free movies & TV shows |
|
| | | One online music locker arrives and suddenly there’s a bunch of them |
|
| | | Nook gets upgrade to Android 2.2, adds 125 new Apps, keeps price |
|
| | | iPad2 is component constrained - Apple shipment forecasts fall |
|
| | | Microsoft-Nokia to push Navteq assets ahead in social location apps |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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21 April, 2011
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| | | Dish reaches for Supreme Court as final chance to evade TiVo suit |
|
| | | 60 GHz wizard SiBeam falls cheaply to bigger brother |
|
| | | Envivio picks up steam in 2010, readies IPO |
|
| | | German broadcasters to appeal block on OTT service |
|
| | | Commissioner will name and shame telcos who break Neutrality rules |
|
| | | There are 8,600 Apps for how to skin a cat – Broadcast is only one |
|
| | | Be careful what you wish for - AT&T merger wishes may come true |
|
| | | Ziggo ticks all the financial boxes in preparation for IPO |
|
| | | Virgin takes 65,000 orders for TiVo, grows base, revenues up |
|
| | | Apple sues Samsung – ITC staffer says Apple patents not infringed by HTC |
|
| | | AT&T rains on PlayBook’s parade by blocking BlackBerry bridge |
|
| | | YouView spec out, more set top players show their hand |
|
| | | Samsung elegantly skips out disk - making a partner of Seagate for Flash |
|
| | | Atheros pushes Wi-Fi into ZigBee’s territory |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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14 April, 2011
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| | | Verizon makes a play to carry video content to any device on the planet |
|
| | | Mobile TV dead but won’t lie down - US signal now reaches 66% of homes |
|
| | | Viacom sues to prevent “Free online lunch” for cablecos |
|
| | | Amazon invokes music industry ire for introducing Cloud Drive |
|
| | | Theater owners outraged at VoD movie plans, but what else can studios do? |
|
| | | Rovi brings advertising to Smart TVs |
|
| | | Google’s YouTube goes for the OTT jugular, will add 20 Channels |
|
| | | Nagra opens up CEA compliant route to CA on a MicroSD chip |
|
| | | Brazil set to become manufacturing home for tablets for the region |
|
| | | Chinese partnerships raise Intel's tablet hopes for MeeGo and Atom |
|
| | | HTC takes tablet movies service onto next generation of phones |
|
| | | On opposite sides of m-payments divide, Amex and AT&T make progress |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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7 April, 2011
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| | | Dish says “We bought Blockbuster” – Market says, “What now?” |
|
| | | Quantenna wins favor at Motorola as its chip for video WiFi |
|
| | | Liberty Global supposed deal with Ziggo is all smoke and mirrors |
|
| | | Breakthrough for touch screens shatters price curve, drives down power |
|
| | | Spanish pay TV only in growth because of upstart DTT soccer service |
|
| | | Sony and Acer arrive late in the Tablet market |
|
| | | Telefonica alleged to have abused Czech DSL market with margin squeeze |
|
| | | Nearly all western cellcos will adopt traffic shaping by 2013 |
|
| | | Sprint and Amazon join push to make 2012 the ‘year of NFC’ |
|
| | | Mergers and IPOs raising as financial players recover from debt crisis |
|
| | | Hulu Plus numbers blurted from blog, open to many interpretations |
|
| | | VMIX offers platform for renting movies on Facebook |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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31 March, 2011
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| | | Korean lines up as one bidder in Blockbuster auction |
|
| | | Rovi suffers final Virgin defiance over core EPG patents |
|
| | | By moving to the cloud Amazon opens door on the simplest of rights lockers |
|
| | | CMMB tries sneak attack in the US, on back of wide eco-system |
|
| | | Apple 1 Nokia 1 – Apple draws level in ITC legal wins with Nokia |
|
| | | Second investor voice points to Apple joining connected TV battleground |
|
| | | Netherlands doesn’t take to DVB-H, as KPN throws in the towel |
|
| | | Romanian pay TV consolidation accelerates – Liberty may bow out |
|
| | | Honeycomb delay deepens concerns over control of Android experience |
|
| | | Verimatrix in German marriage of Comvenience |
|
| | | Google adds Apple style in-App billing feature on Android market |
|
| | | RIM PlayBook to launch with too many risk factors |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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24 March, 2011
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| | | Suppliers help Telcos reshape in CDN image to stave of ravages of video |
|
| | | Motorola adds last stroke to TV Everywhere strategy with Dreampark buy |
|
| | | New German Liberty Global deal may prick the interest of Euro regulators |
|
| | | Celeno admits to deal with Deutsche on WiFi for T-Entertain |
|
| | | AT&T and the Giant Peach (or the Big Friendly Giant - part II) |
|
| | | Homegrid claims war is won in the US |
|
| | | Pay TV strikes back partnering on Adobe secure ‘TV Anywhere’ |
|
| | | Netflix sets the pace for ‘Pay-TV’ by threatening premium channels |
|
| | | ZTE 100 Mbps DSL devices turn out to have Ikanos inside |
|
| | | Amimon takes $15 million to push the non-WiFi ticket, in WiFi’s space |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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17 March, 2011
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| | | Ikanos to use IPTV show as springboard for 100 Mbps DSL chip |
|
| | | The Heath Robinson approach to offering a Netflix service |
|
| | | Dish reveals major case of Sour Grapes over Qualcomm spectrum sale |
|
| | | US OLED specialist doubles as industry takes first volume steps |
|
| | | AT&T broadband cap is great – as long as traffic shaping not also planned |
|
| | | Finnish islands will switch to Dreamgallery IPTV middleware |
|
| | | Viaccess enables Russian DTH provider to extend through ISPs |
|
| | | Social TV - 80% chat online with friends while watching the same show |
|
| | | Zune end of life in sight – WP 7 software platform only, from here on in |
|
| | | Sony Reorganizes for convergence, again |
|
| | | Intel promises 10W Atom to wrongfoot ARM in ‘microserver’ race |
|
| | | Amazon is brightest hope of a viable alternative to iPad |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
|
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10 March, 2011
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| | | Facebook shows first move towards video social networking tie up |
|
| | | Pace stock trashed by over 20% by one unspecified US customer delay |
|
| | | TiVo lines up war chest to chase Intellectual Property suits |
|
| | | US grows 0.2% in Pay TV in a quarter, Europe manages 3% |
|
| | | Just who will pay for the next TV advertising revolution |
|
| | | NDS takes strain for App developers targeting pay TV |
|
| | | Hard man “set top” guru Sugar called up to bash heads at YouView |
|
| | | European patent enforcement pushed aside by EU Court of Justice |
|
| | | WD shells out for Hitachi storage – not all contractions lead to birth |
|
| | | “This TV survey could bankrupt us!” “Ignore it then.” |
|
| | | Runners and riders set for HD Video over WiFi race |
|
| | | $1bn, the price of Nokia killing its cross-platform strategy |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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3 March, 2011
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| | | Deutsche Telekom puts cable TV in an IPTV and satellite service squeeze |
|
| | | Now Motorola tries “trumped up” patent charges against TiVo |
|
| | | Bankrupt Romanian DTH player absorbed into local DT owned telco |
|
| | | Irdeto puts Cloakware center stage in OTT video systems |
|
| | | Kabel BW bids are in, but are they really high enough to win the prize |
|
| | | Technicolor grows again, delists from NYSE, has positive cash flow |
|
| | | TiVo still in downward spiral despite design wins in US, Europe |
|
| | | Motorola Invests in Company with Digital Rights Locker Technology |
|
| | | Pay TV thriving and driving across US and European results season |
|
| | | HDBase T adds 23 new members, but few heavyweights |
|
| | | Universal TV chip puts Mirics in pole position for Netbook TV |
|
| | | Apple adds dual core A5 chip to iPad 2, sticks to March delivery |
|
| | | Intel divided on whether mobile processors can make the grade in servers |
|
| | | Cisco’s Carrier Wi-Fi strategy puts 802.11u in the spotlight |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
|
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24 February, 2011
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| | | Amazon confirms the terms of its declaration of war on Netflix |
|
| | | DirecTV continues Latin American miracle with 1.2 million adds for year |
|
| | | Zoran snapped up by hungry CSR – becomes $1 billion class chip player |
|
| | | Blockbuster creditors seize auction initiative from bankruptcy court |
|
| | | Imagine a world where no-one much cares for an iPhone – You’re living in it |
|
| | | ADB preps US breakthrough with two tier one cablcos, $500m 2011 |
|
| | | KDG shares slide, on an unspectacular job well done |
|
| | | Virgin top of Euro Pay TV results, Zon doing nicely, aonTV stumbling along |
|
| | | Cisco appoints first COO to kickstart growth |
|
| | | Three IEEE efforts target new short range wireless standards |
|
| | | Splashtop releases MeeGo-based OS for OEMs |
|
| | | Aiming for every device - Netflix comes to Boxee |
|
| | | Viasat offers Viaplay for OTT sport, movies and more for cash |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
|
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17 February, 2011
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| | | What’s European Cable Worth? – With no answer Cable has no way forward |
|
| | | “Bun fight at the OK Corral” - Tivo and NDS take it outside in Lucerne |
|
| | | Cable Congress: The numbers – Cash up, digital up, total TV subs down |
|
| | | Latin America pay TV surge shown in new Rethink report |
|
| | | Viasat prefers third party TV adds; Telus IPTV growing fast |
|
| | | AT&T rumors over Dish are poor thinking on a slow day |
|
| | | Nokia could make no other decision – But that doesn’t make WP7 right |
|
| | | Qualcomm romps back into ARM based power leadership, pushed own GPUs |
|
| | | Xperia Play calls to 200 million ex-Kids, gets Verizon boost |
|
| | | Rovi, Myriad bring Android apps and content to almost any device |
|
| | | LG Tries to stop Sony PS3, Bravia sales in US |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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10 February, 2011
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| | | Sony-Google axis to take on Apple in touch based gaming |
|
| | | Texas brandishes ARM processing muscle in OMAP 5 SoC architecture |
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| | | EchoStar sleeping counter suit against TiVo can come back alive says judge |
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| | | Over the Top TV will never happen – Part II |
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| | | Rovi looks to Android and cloud for final pinch of strategy |
|
| | | YouView delay gives rivals more time to grab market share |
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| | | US online video viewing rises at 32%, comScore sees more video ads |
|
| | | Meet the new iPad, same as the old iPad |
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| | | Honeycomb: Springtime and the promise of an open OS |
|
| | | Why Apple MUST launch a Flat Television set - Or not |
|
| | | iTunes dominant in internet VoD, but slipping into a war with Wal-Mart |
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| | | Qualcomm - “Cut out the middle man, let handsets talk to one another” |
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| | | Deals, launches and products |
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3 February, 2011
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| | | Dish boss Ergen gambles $1 billion on MSS spectrum bid |
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| | | Samsung seeks for Holy Grail of display technology with Liquavista buy |
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| | | EMI acquired by Citigroup, refinanced, for one last tilt at survival |
|
| | | Netflix plans international launch soon, on the back of astonishing adds |
|
| | | Apple App Store policies will stoke consumer backlash and anti-trust moves |
|
| | | Pay TV results trickle in – AT&T, BSkyB numbers up, Ziggo ARPU growth |
|
| | | Intel and Smart TVs Part II - Intuitive, Limitless, Extensible |
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| | | Fiber driving down “cost per megabit” broadband, DSL prices in free-fall |
|
| | | Apple moves to secure touchscreen supply |
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| | | AT&T fills out its Android 4G lines with HTC and Motorola offerings |
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| | | Android faces potentially major copyright problems |
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| | | Deals, launches and products |
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27 January, 2011
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| | | TiVo gets shot in arm from another major US cable network |
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| | | Microsoft tries ITC with last throw of dice in TiVo patent war |
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| | | Disney dumps Playdom staff, just 6 months after laying out $563 million |
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| | | NDS lands second Euro major for Snowflake and cloud recommendations |
|
| | | Intel moves ahead in Smart TVs, Chrome laptops at CES |
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| | | IPTV numbers still flourishing at Verizon in the US and KPN in Europe |
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| | | New spec for CI Plus modules embraces VoD, DVR and stronger security |
|
| | | Sony aims to take back the High Ground in online music from iTunes |
|
| | | If Amazon likes LoveFiLM, then wouldn’t it LOVE Netflix? |
|
| | | Nvidia tantalizes with 4 cores at 1.5 GHz each for next year’s Tablets |
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| | | WebOS Tablet due Feb 9 – “Tablets won’t cannibalize laptops” says HP |
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| | | Deals, launches and products |
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20 January, 2011
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| | | Handheld gaming prepares a last Hurrah for the old stagers |
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| | | Gaming content down even if you include App Store casual gaming |
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| | | Full blown Windows on ARM – You can have it, but not now |
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| | | Microsoft TV appears in Intel’s CES booth in an Acer box |
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| | | Will WiMAX 2 do any better this time around |
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| | | A get well card to Steve Jobs – from everyone |
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| | | Yahoo dominates the connected TV space |
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| | | Hong Kong aggregator takes Verimatrix DRM for HTTP Live Streaming |
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| | | Arqiva to stick to its broadcaster knitting and invite partners to help SeeSaw |
|
| | | Nokia kills Comes With Music in all but six countries |
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| | | IPTV operators growing at 10 new operators a quarter says report |
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| | | Kudelski joins Korean DTH leader to build addressable, interactive ads |
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| | | Google only threat to Apple and Amazon in reading devices |
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| | | Deals, launches and products |
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13 January, 2011
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| | | EchoStar pounces on patents of Move Networks to strengthen Sling range |
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| | | Panasonic pushes Skype in quiet, video message revolution, in the sitting room |
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| | | Sky Deutschland smashes customer and churn targets, inches towards profit |
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| | | Fixed broadband reaches over 500 million, IPTV moves past 40 million |
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| | | iPhone in, Android out at Verizon – We think people are getting carried away |
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| | | LTE handsets to interfere with cable TV set tops? – Are you mad? |
|
| | | The years have chipped away at Conexant and now it is gone |
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| | | Falling inventories key to LCD TV production levels |
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| | | France Telecom offloads Polish broadcast assets, keeps mobile, pay TV |
|
| | | Comcast NBC Universal deal conditions leaked in the US |
|
| | | Google rejects H.264 in latest attempt to derail Apple |
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| | | Verizon boosts Z-Wave’s bid for smart home |
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| | | Intel runs Android on Atom, as its rivals target MeeGo for ARM |
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| | | Deals, launches and products |
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6 January, 2011
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| | | The year of the Rabbit (in the headlights) – Atheros accepts Qualcomm bid |
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| | | Motorola Xoom tablet wins admirers at CES |
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| | | Vizio TV maker the surprise entrant into tablets and phones at CES |
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| | | NDS picks ARM as the basis for its Infinite TV core |
|
| | | I’m in the Mood (y) for sticking my head in the sand |
|
| | | Hulu pulls IPO due to short-term content contracts from parents |
|
| | | Parks study says there will be 350 million internet connected TVs by 2015 |
|
| | | Despite report headline Online Video surge looks irrepressible |
|
| | | Rovi plus Sonic plus Divx begins to look irresistible |
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| | | Celeno kicks off 2011 with another couple of significant design wins |
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| | | Austria’s public broadcaster preps for next generation satellite service |
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| | | Europe takes big step towards unified patent process |
|
| | | Qualcomm spectrum deal changes ALL spectrum values - eventually |
|
| | | FCC pleases nobody with neutrality compromise |
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| | | Carriers will face delicate balancing act in world of dynamic spectrum |
|
| | | Wi-Fi Direct threatens Bluetooth, forcing sharper focus on low energy |
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| | | Deals, launches and products |
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16 December, 2010
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| | | Broadcom monster set top chip designed to outmuscle Intel CE chip range |
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| | | Novatel Wireless fires opening patents salvo in battle for cellular hotspots |
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| | | UPC bulks up in the competitive Polish pay TV landscape |
|
| | | Google needs to be magnanimous with big content – while it still can |
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| | | FCC survey shows why US consumers are scared of changing ISPs |
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| | | Mixed fortunes for wireless in US broadband plan |
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| | | Comcast has a new IP set top say reports - But what it does is a mystery |
|
| | | Notes from Television 3.0 |
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| | | Cutting the Cord dominates Communacopia conference |
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| | | Apple, Nokia and Google fight for Nortel patents |
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| | | More details surface on Stingray Tablet |
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| | | Broadcom has ARM SoC for low cost Android handsets, built in WiFi hotspot |
|
| | | Intel says it has 35 Tablet wins |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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9 December, 2010
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| | | Barnes and Noble may have a White Knight in its battle for a digital future |
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| | | What could Google possibly want out of buying Widevine? |
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| | | Yahoo! and AOL five years later – this time it’s nowhere near as important |
|
| | | Mobile TV in Africa has had to find its own way as Europe shuns DVB-H |
|
| | | Verizon boss claims LTE will eat into cable networks |
|
| | | Notes from a Shopping Trip to Best Buy On the Sunday after Black Friday |
|
| | | Germany’s number three cable operator prefers IPO to sale |
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| | | Sigma Designs ships 20 millionth HomePNA chip |
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| | | German cabler puts internet interactivity into its HD VoD viewing |
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| | | Welsh mountains to get LTE broadband where there are no wires |
|
| | | Adaptive video fix for fringsters |
|
| | | AT&T's customer ratings slump as it faces iPhone loss |
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| | | Deals, launches and products |
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2 December, 2010
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| | | Virgin squeezes TiVo based service out the door in time for Christmas |
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| | | It’s not too late to save Google TV, but basically it’s still in Beta |
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| | | DVB-T2 sneaks past DVB-T and ISDB-T to win out in Southern Africa |
|
| | | Microsoft rumors of “Xbox TV” about as credible as “Apple TV” |
|
| | | An elephant in your living room? - Sooner or later it will make a huge mess |
|
| | | Phantom Mode DSL patents now in a ready-made bundle from Assia |
|
| | | Camera leaders and SanDisk propose Flash format for RAW video |
|
| | | Europe decides that Google’s search business is worth a dig after all |
|
| | | AT&T says it has HBO and Cinemax on handsets, free to U-Verse customers |
|
| | | Sony announces 4.1 million Moves moved |
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| | | US internet ad revenues back on track for growth |
|
| | | Broadcom swoops for Israeli mobile graphics enhancement firm |
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| | | Deals, launches and products |
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25 November, 2010
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| | | Broadcom pounces on Gigle to break into HomePlug AV and G.hn |
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| | | The Pearl of the West – MCV has the CV to wake US up to mobile TV |
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| | | TiVo results show it is still cutting OTT deals in Europe, as US revenues fall |
|
| | | Dynamically controlling DSL lines could double throughput for IPTV |
|
| | | Airties merges WiFi and IPTV, accelerates rush to home gateways |
|
| | | Palm to copy Streak, Apple planning ‘worldpad’? |
|
| | | Acer unveils five touch devices and a store |
|
| | | Cox adds its own cellular network in 3 territories, offers quad play bundles |
|
| | | Not enough Copper to wire up China so ZJF acquires Firecomms |
|
| | | Verizon actually offering 150 Mbps throughout FiOS footprint |
|
| | | UK video search pioneer finds place in future of TV search |
|
| | | Sony finally delivers on the old Qriocity shop in Europe |
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| | | Siano does its second chip for TV, first for HD, in Latin America |
|
| | | Innofidei fails to upset CMMB status quo with dubious legal claims |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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18 November, 2010
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| | | FCC seeks tiny ivi internet broadcaster comments on Comcast content deals |
|
| | | Liberty Global puts cash into HD video WiFi specialist |
|
| | | Hybrid analog/digital mobile TV chip readied for Latin America |
|
| | | Putting the internet into Neutral (or Neutering the net)? |
|
| | | New widget platform taken on by Nokia Siemens for IPTV with social links |
|
| | | Europe’s top cableco loses 118k subs, but scores with debt agency |
|
| | | Netgear launches supercharged Wi-Fi gear for HD & 3D streams |
|
| | | Tablet sales may disappoint this year say analysts |
|
| | | Comcast puts predictable iPad app out, Android to follow |
|
| | | Cloud services give tablet vendors a chance to distance themselves from Apple |
|
| | | Augmented reality to grow to $2 billion in apps by 2015 |
|
| | | Hulu Plus goes out of Beta and into trouble with its first price cut |
|
| | | iiNet launches Internet-based IPTV in Australia |
|
| | | Intel Capital plows $77 million mostly into new video business models |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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11 November, 2010
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| | | Cable takes brunt of customer losses, Pay TV everywhere shudders |
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| | | Broadband? Certainly. Silver, Gold, Platinum? How far away do you live? |
|
| | | Mirics turns PC servers into multi-tuner DVRs for $5 BOM |
|
| | | IPWireless gets ST-Ericsson behind IMB chip designs for 3GPP mobile TV |
|
| | | Edgeware servers added to Minerva xTVFusion middleware mix |
|
| | | US DVD Kiosk leader wants to challenge Netflix online movies |
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| | | Ofcom sets stage for white spaces services, changes mind on refarming |
|
| | | Clearwire continues to hold the cards in tense funding game |
|
| | | Eastern Canada gets faster broadband than most of US |
|
| | | Apple’s iPad lead will quickly come under pressure from Google and Nokia |
|
| | | iPad too expensive says UK survey – most consumers will wait |
|
| | | Intel says Oak Trail for Tablets is due early 2011 |
|
| | | DirecTV on track in US, strong in Latin America – Dish dour and losing subs |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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4 November, 2010
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| | | Deutsche breaks 1m IPTV barrier 9 months late, eyes rest of Europe for TV |
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| | | Apple view of patent issues versus Nokia not shared by ITC staff |
|
| | | Belgacom still ramping IPTV, readies internet Entertainment options |
|
| | | TeliaSonera rushing towards 1 million IPTV homes, after cable sell off |
|
| | | Smartphones in the US – Once you’ve had Android there’s no going back |
|
| | | Harris picks up new Mobile DTV partner in South East US |
|
| | | Microsoft buys rival company to underlying Kinect technology |
|
| | | Entone offers telcos route to OTT services without IPTV investment |
|
| | | The Nook comes out fighting with color Tablet version for $249 |
|
| | | Sagem get into eReaders with White Label Binder, in France and Italy |
|
| | | HP aims Windows 7-based tablet at IT market |
|
| | | Microsoft trails badly in Tablets |
|
| | | Technicolor launches Media Touch 2 tablet |
|
| | | AT&T U-Verse IPTV gets a big dose of live Basketball |
|
| | | Time Warner improves on TV subs strength, advertising - films weaker |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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28 October, 2010
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| | | Sigma makes first chess move in G.hn MoCa home network wars |
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| | | Netflix eats 20% peak US internet, some US users download 5 TB a month |
|
| | | Now NSN gets into Phantom Mode for DSL, along with Alcatel, Huawei |
|
| | | Top US free TV blocked for Google TV, paid content appears to be free |
|
| | | Laugh long and laugh loud – Apple to buy Sony? |
|
| | | KPN IPTV numbers surge in Q3, installing up to 5,000 a week |
|
| | | AT&T, Verizon pass 6 million combined TV subs in U-Verse/FiOS |
|
| | | Netflix quarterly numbers blow the roof off |
|
| | | DVB-H gets another setback, while rival IMB gets a Samsung boost |
|
| | | Nokia merges MeeGo and Symbian development plans |
|
| | | Everyone is after Android, because they know it’s taking leadership |
|
| | | Sky lands Belgian pirates in prison and collects €2m in damages |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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21 October, 2010
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| | | Is DLNA worth the 7 year struggle which has brought it to the edge of mobile |
|
| | | All is blue sky for Apple and momentum can disguise many technology cracks |
|
| | | DVB-H support goes from weak to almost non-existent |
|
| | | Hybrid IPTV? Why not deliver it on a hybrid network says Atheros |
|
| | | Motorola goes after Apple’s 1990s programming patents |
|
| | | Internet TV is dead - Canvas gets the all-clear |
|
| | | Apple TV selling out |
|
| | | US video telephony use surging on back of tablets and ubiquitous Camcorders |
|
| | | Android Gingerbread should be ready for CES launches |
|
| | | Ruckus wants to convince western Cellcos that WiFi is the way |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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14 October, 2010
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| | | First ever Asian WiMAX DTT hybrid TV falls to tiny Sezmi |
|
| | | MGM about to change hands again, for $3 billion less than last time |
|
| | | Motorola added to cellular players pushing Apple for patents swaps |
|
| | | Microsoft steers OEMs away from putting Phone 7 on Tablets |
|
| | | Remember be careful out there – the Faultline is rough |
|
| | | BT to be one of first European Telcos to unbundle fiber lines |
|
| | | Veebeam lands cash to bring old Wireless USB TV to market |
|
| | | Sigma looks to Android despite DVD and Mediaroom credentials |
|
| | | Intel sets out tablet stall but Atom revenues fall |
|
| | | Wal-Mart to follow Best Buy into selling iPads across US |
|
| | | Google TV devices emerge from Sony in time for US holidays |
|
| | | Microsoft hullabaloo over impending Windows Phone 7 handsets |
|
| | | Broadcom Beceem buy takes it into 4G handsets |
|
| | | US numbers show Internet advertising is back on track |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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7 October, 2010
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| | | TiVo DOES own the patents to DVRs and that’s final – says USPTO |
|
| | | ATSC Mobile TV alive and well and about to emerge as a US force |
|
| | | Vodafone takes on Telefonica in hybrid Web TV in its own back yard |
|
| | | Google TV uncovers some media partnerhips – but nothing decisive |
|
| | | Widevine adaptive streaming upgrades Telstra to real IPTV |
|
| | | Roku, TiVo, Sony, Vizio, Xbox Live to Get Hulu Premium |
|
| | | Hands On with the New Apple TV |
|
| | | Qualcomm shutters FLO TV – MediaFLO not far behind |
|
| | | China and Latin America gear up for Mobile TV and digital TV |
|
| | | Toshiba to market low priced “personal” 3D TVs by Christmas |
|
| | | Samsung Tab shoots for US enterprise apps with Pyxis partnership |
|
| | | New iPod Touch has repeatable Bluetooth glitch, but says it’s a first |
|
| | | Cynical interventions - Microsoft vs Motorola, Oracle vs Android |
|
| | | Net neutrality bill fails, ball back with the FCC |
|
| | | Opera looks to dominate mobile ads on featurephones |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
|
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30 September, 2010
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| | | Nintendo numbers savaged by Touch paradigm of iPod, iPad |
|
| | | RIM opens its PlayBook – and it’s clear Tablets set for dominance |
|
| | | Studio group readies $30 a time cable movie store ahead of PPV |
|
| | | Telegent introduces hybrid mobile TV chip for Latin America |
|
| | | Is Netflix poised for era of dominance in global online movie delivery? |
|
| | | European CE markets up, but many individual regions are shrinking |
|
| | | Amazon’s Android store – this one should scare Google |
|
| | | “It’s the recession stupid” - internet video revolution has NOT begun |
|
| | | Sony readies Europe launch of Apple TV rival |
|
| | | US bill may sneak through this year to bring basic net neutrality |
|
| | | Pace brings Apps to pay TV set tops - may add Google TV |
|
| | | ABC, CBS launch ‘must have’ iPad Apps for watching TV, sports |
|
| | | MIPS drums up interest citing Android performance and Tablets |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
|
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23 September, 2010
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| | | Rovi triggers rumors of Apple entering TV market yet again |
|
| | | Move granted adaptive streaming patent, considers next steps |
|
| | | ADB takes direct route onto the iPad with in home TV services |
|
| | | IPTV flies on the back of Broadband growth, keeps step |
|
| | | Edgeware expects OTT goldrush in 2010, claims it’s out on its own |
|
| | | Sigma shows HomePlug MIMO, as Broadcom plays catch up |
|
| | | Viaccess CA adds defense against real time control word sharing |
|
| | | Verimatrix finds many ways to lean into the OTT task ahead |
|
| | | Irdeto see fruits of Viasat and Sky Deutschland OTT services |
|
| | | Tiny US OTT firm sues to be allowed to rebroadcast content |
|
| | | Facebook denies wanting its own OS and mobile platform |
|
| | | Nokia’s new MeeGo chief sets out his stall |
|
| | | Dell shows off Duo “Netvertible” concept at IDF |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
|
|
16 September, 2010
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| | | Intel ties in set top majors as CE chip gets a refurb |
|
| | | Bell Canada comes out fighting in IPTV – after 7 years of delay |
|
| | | IBC faithful present arms for the OTT war – but where’s the money? |
|
| | | Israeli start up Celeno lands several big video WiFi fish |
|
| | | Nokia Siemens Ubiquity adopts a cloud based multiscreen strategy |
|
| | | Nextgen, Alcatel-Lucent demo 100 Gbps backbone |
|
| | | Avaya chases Cisco with videoconferencing tablet |
|
| | | Is it worth waiting until tablets run Android Market? |
|
| | | Mirasol eReader screen from Qualcomm ready first half 2011 |
|
| | | Apple to sell 28m iPads, 52m iPhones in 2011 |
|
| | | Apple games about to overtake Nintendo in the US |
|
| | | Nokia welcomes new CEO with barrage of Symbian ^3 smartphones |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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9 September, 2010
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| | | Apple climbs down on Adobe Flash, levels playing field with Android |
|
| | | Vodafone tries again with pay TV in Germany with NDS technology |
|
| | | DVB-C2 test points to huge throughput gains for cable – but when? |
|
| | | Does cable really have such an advantage over European Telcos? |
|
| | | Why Apple will not break the mould with the latest Apple TV |
|
| | | Three top IPTVers team up for fast track integrated OTT system |
|
| | | French Anevia bundles multiple streaming protocols into OTT server |
|
| | | Zoran acquires Microtune as silicon tuners are about to get hot |
|
| | | Sony shows Google TV inside, which implies Intel Right? |
|
| | | Samsung 7 inch Tab signed by Vodafone in Europe, 3 in the UK |
|
| | | Telstra launches world's fastest mobile broadband |
|
| | | Qualcomm readies dual 1.5 GHz ARM cores, repositions Brew |
|
| | | Nokia’s new N8 goes on pre-sale now, has headset for DVB-H TV |
|
| | | Worthy iPad competitors won't appear until 2011 says Rider |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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|
2 September, 2010
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| | | Apple loses plot, and the war in OTT video with so, so Apple TV |
|
| | | Intel PC numbers topple – Is it the Economy or the rise of the Tablet? |
|
| | | Napster 10m tracks among first Samsung TV apps |
|
| | | MaxLinear first to jump on ATSC M/H chip bandwagon, after LG |
|
| | | AMD, Intel launch low-power, dual-core CPUs for Netbooks, Tablets |
|
| | | Archos promises Android Tablets and media players |
|
| | | Pandora, Spotify bring new features to online music |
|
| | | Nintendo cuts handheld prices ahead of Sony in run up to Christmas |
|
| | | For TiVo believers results add up to a successful change in direction |
|
| | | FCC readies rules for “white space” broadband |
|
| | | Marvell broadens base with DS2 Powerline buy, PND win |
|
| | | Fastweb partner justAd.TV to unearth interactive Ad platform |
|
| | | Paul Allen takes on internet majors in “futile” legal actions |
|
| | | Netflix has movies, TV streamed for the iPhone – ahead of Apple |
|
| | | Skype buy could boost Cisco’s mobile and UC strategies |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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26 August, 2010
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| | | Broadcom rides the ISDB-T train to Latin America |
|
| | | Dish has video Portal and Placeshifting all in one “place” |
|
| | | “OTT is never gonna happen” – enlightened or the dark before dawn? |
|
| | | Should TV apps sit in the cloud or in the TV? Discuss |
|
| | | Not with a whimper, but with a crash, Pay TV begins long US slide |
|
| | | Verizon has iPad TV app as dry run for the real thing |
|
| | | Broadband pricing in US and Europe now sliding post recession |
|
| | | Ruckus lands Telstra deal for video WiFi in its T-Box |
|
| | | UK youth culture squeezes 9 hours of media into 7 hours of the day |
|
| | | LightSquared boosts capacity with Inmarsat spectrum deal |
|
| | | Japan stalls KDDI on MediaFLO, could opt for ISDB-Tmm |
|
| | | Vodafone puts DLNA on Huawei MiFi device |
|
| | | Widevine ties up Boxee for DRM and streaming |
|
| | | Intel buying MacAfee may be a deal who’s time has come |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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19 August, 2010
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| | | Intel buys Texas cable unit for front attack on Broadcom heartlands |
|
| | | Should Hulu IPO? As certain a bet as YouTube was for Google |
|
| | | iPhone could embrace NFC to build m-commerce head start |
|
| | | Emerging portable needs seem to point to two clear, related devices |
|
| | | “No New Wires” to ship 200m chips, reach 110m homes in 2015 |
|
| | | Facebook and Congress fight Google “sell out” of Network Neutrality |
|
| | | Two firms bolster WiFi to plug straight into cable’s DOCSIS |
|
| | | PlayStation phone suddenly back on the cards for this Christmas |
|
| | | Tablet Watch from our partners at Rider Research |
|
| | | Verizon CFO: Tablets coming in 'Not to distant future' |
|
| | | Apple iTV drum beating returns, but TV strategy remains unclear |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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12 August, 2010
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| | | DirecTV results show a stable Latin America, eager for pay TV |
|
| | | Google and Verizon proposal puts traffic lights on the internet |
|
| | | Amazon will design more content specific gadgets, perhaps a phone |
|
| | | ST Micro shifts up gears to HD for leading Indian DTH player |
|
| | | Audiovox offers belated portable DVD player for FLO |
|
| | | Netflix conquering the movie world inch by inch |
|
| | | CBS has Hulu on the brain |
|
| | | Canvas lines up set tops makers – with some big names missing |
|
| | | Sezmi jumps from LA launch to half US states with $5 cable service |
|
| | | Dell shows a mean Streak to the Apple world |
|
| | | Netbooks – not dead, but dying |
|
| | | U-Verse customers can get pay TV service on iPhone – sort of |
|
| | | Microsoft demos digital home of the future |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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|
5 August, 2010
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| | | Telefonica, French telcos surge in IPTV – Liberty drives up RGUs |
|
| | | Technicolor wins deal for 300 Mbps Euro DOCSIS at UPC |
|
| | | One Motorola tablet will act as TV gateway for Verizon’s FiOS |
|
| | | AOL sell offs drive revenues off cliff – Execs focus on positives |
|
| | | MaxLinear reports major tuner deal, numbers bang in line |
|
| | | China Telecom buys Celeno Wi-Fi set tops to stream HD video |
|
| | | Homeplug selects technologies that will see it through to AV2 |
|
| | | Comcast adds 118,000 broadband subscribers, 230,000 for phone |
|
| | | Sony rides on currency, TV sales, camera and gaming dominance |
|
| | | Panasonic introduces first camcorder that takes 3D – the HD SDT750 |
|
| | | Amazon trebles Kindle sales, has new devices, cheaper, lighter, better |
|
| | | LCD TV shipments hiccup badly in Summer sales drought |
|
| | | RIM tries to set world alight with Torch – but may just singe AT&T |
|
| | | Android brushes past Apple – now Android Market is the Holy Grail |
|
| | | Virgin has iPlayer style player, complains on Canvas, lines up Cisco |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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29 July, 2010
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| | | Pace buys 2Wire, sees convergence between gateways and set tops |
|
| | | Disney throws $763 million at bringing its brands to social gaming |
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| | | Qualcomm puts “for sale” sign up at FLO TV, won’t sell spectrum |
|
| | | Technicolor gives Grass Valley away for less than it paid in 2001 |
|
| | | Apple plans to hand App developers the power of a GPU |
|
| | | Amino numbers show IPTV set tops motoring in Europe |
|
| | | Small jump at Virgin Media – but it’s still a record since merger |
|
| | | AT&T hits first $1b U-Verse TV quarter |
|
| | | DECE UltraViolet – “Buy Once, Play Anywhere” |
|
| | | EITO says Blu-ray sales to double in Europe – UK, Germany lead |
|
| | | Broadcom grows 54% compared to difficult 2009 |
|
| | | If the OS giants won’t open up, the market will force them |
|
| | | ARM has strong second quarter on all fronts |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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15 July, 2010
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| | | Cogo blurts out China’s HDTV secret – driving to 30m by 2012 |
|
| | | Netgem gives MaxLinear huge boost to silicon tuner revenues |
|
| | | Is iTunes TV around the corner? |
|
| | | Canvas unlikely to be phased by Virgin legalities or Five’s departure |
|
| | | Comcast price hikes, low satisfaction could signal demise of cable |
|
| | | Google launches Lean Back to be more like TV |
|
| | | Panasonic Viera signs for out of date Hollywood movie service |
|
| | | Survey tries to find differences between online and mobile games |
|
| | | Japan’s 3G leader eyeing handheld game consoles |
|
| | | World's best broadband deal: 1Gbps for $26 a month |
|
| | | France’s TNTSat surges to 2.3 million homes, adds 800,000 |
|
| | | Google launches App Inventor to drive Apps from non-nerds |
|
| | | Fring and Skype fall out badly after video calling app takes off |
|
| | | NTP sues everyone over email delivery on wireless |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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8 July, 2010
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| | | Kabel BW takes MVNO – as Telefonica partners all DTs rivals |
|
| | | Netflix touts online deal as landmark, but still has far to go |
|
| | | Reports of Move’s death are grossly exaggerated – or are they? |
|
| | | Motorola filings give full weight to the demise of its Home business |
|
| | | IPTV will grow to 102m homes, $46 billion revenues says report |
|
| | | Pixel Qi puts DIY hybrid e-ink LCD screen to market and sells out |
|
| | | Is the iPad denting sales of ebook readers like the Kindle and Nook? |
|
| | | OnLive online competition ready before others can get LEGO game |
|
| | | Apple could face EU probe under new antitrust rules |
|
| | | Silverlight comes to Symbian at last, Android may be next |
|
| | | HSPA accounts for 17% of European broadband |
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| | | Deals, launches and products |
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1 July, 2010
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| | | “So it begins, a war for Middle Earth” – US OTT battle lines drawn |
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| | | Viacom legal moves could be halted if Google rethinks its terms |
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| | | TiVo lands second major European Pay TV OTT hybrid in Spain |
|
| | | HDBase T emerges at 10 Gbps, ready to take on HDMI and MoCA |
|
| | | Droid X brings mobile movies to your TV, with Blockbuster deal |
|
| | | Mitsubishi tries to bring back appeal to eco-friendly RP TVs |
|
| | | Prysm pushes laser phosphor displays to break LCD blockade |
|
| | | Cisco fires off a tablet just right for enterprise video conferencing |
|
| | | Amazon, Barnes & Noble cut eReader prices to under $200 |
|
| | | Mobile phone and pay-TV Services may offer their own tablets |
|
| | | Siano drifts into software to consolidate CMMB lead |
|
| | | Mobile app firm asks customers what’s the best App Store |
|
| | | UK readies itself for new regime of product placement on TV |
|
| | | Apple tweaks terms, primes OS4 for location based advertising |
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| | | Deals, launches and products |
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24 June, 2010
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| | | IMB emerges after long sleep – IP Wireless, Ericsson push UK trial |
|
| | | OMVC tries to rustle up “excitement” in watching TV on the move |
|
| | | Nokia opens Pandora’s box with Conspiracy for Good Heroes game |
|
| | | Adobe addresses Apple power issues directly in Flash 10.1 mobile |
|
| | | Sonic Solutions drags Sears into the online movie business |
|
| | | Super Apple Mini looks like expensive replacement for Apple TV |
|
| | | Imagine a China which had all the world’s IPR instead of the US |
|
| | | ZTE awarded major contract in Chinese fiber upgrade |
|
| | | Shaw adds yet another TV Everywhere service in Canada |
|
| | | UK start-up promises rural broadband without DSL |
|
| | | Broadcom buys Innovision for NFC growth |
|
| | | AT&T, Apple pull iPhone 4 pre-orders after huge web surge |
|
| | | Blockbuster in death throes, re-jigs stock to stay public |
|
| | | Internet ad revenue about to pass newspapers |
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| | | iPads other tablets to kill netbooks |
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| | | Deals, launches and products |
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17 June, 2010
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| | | Apple needs to be more dominant for anti-trust authorities to act |
|
| | | Microsoft, Cisco pioneer Mediaroom TV on DOCSIS in Hungary |
|
| | | Murdoch no longer needs cash for his Holy War, seeks to tidy BSkyB |
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| | | G.hn MAC agreed, attracts new players – but success not guaranteed |
|
| | | Google races to a streamed music service to counter iTunes moves |
|
| | | MoCA rush is on to get version 2.0 to market, ahead of G.hn |
|
| | | DT IPTV penetration slowing, but CEO says it must go mass market |
|
| | | Western Digital adds $150 OTT video player for US and Europe |
|
| | | Crackle cracks UK, Australian market |
|
| | | Microsoft readies Project Natal motion sensing as Kinect at E3 |
|
| | | Ballmer responds to critics and the death of the PC |
|
| | | Sony Ericsson bundles Skype into its top smartphones |
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| | | Deals, launches and products |
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10 June, 2010
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| | | DirecTV unsheathes DVR Whole Home weapon – triggers 2010 war |
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| | | Nielsen ready to re-enter public ownership as global TV powerhouse |
|
| | | Apple doth protest too much – iPhone 4 may be too small a step |
|
| | | USPTO decides ten years on that maybe TiVo’s patents were obvious |
|
| | | Silicon tuners to become $500 million chip market thru’ 2014 |
|
| | | Wi-Fi vendors chase high definition video gold |
|
| | | Sony falls from grace, as Koreans strengthen grip on TV sales |
|
| | | iPad brings smiles to News Corp chief Rupert Murdoch |
|
| | | US Senate worries Comcast could crush Hulu |
|
| | | Real VoD from Sky in the UK, to upgrade from Push VoD |
|
| | | ARM and IBM, cluster of chip makers aim to simplify Linux SoCs |
|
| | | MIPS will run Android Apps “five times faster” with Myriad VM |
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| | | Deals, launches and products |
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3 June, 2010
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| | | DiVX follows On2’s lead and gets itself acquired for $323 million |
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| | | Apple to make a come-back in TV, with $99 iPhone based set top |
|
| | | Motorola puts icy set top grip on top end of 20% of Japanese homes |
|
| | | Rogers goes up against Bell Canada TV Everywhere service |
|
| | | Moses isn’t the only one that can tinker with tablets |
|
| | | SeaChange shows there’s little future in VoD hardware, storage |
|
| | | TiVo and Technicolor cosy up, today Europe, tomorrow the world |
|
| | | Qualcomm and AT&T in ESPN pact to show World Cup Soccer |
|
| | | Telegent highlights research showing UK consumers love mobile TV |
|
| | | Acer revamps with 1GHz Stream phone, Kindle-alike and cclear.fi |
|
| | | Qualcomm releases 3rd Gen Snapdragon to spur iPad rivals |
|
| | | ASUS shifts netbooks to tablets, re-invents notebook range |
|
| | | Amazon prepares next generation Kindle for the Summer |
|
| | | Nvidia shows Android tablet, Dell picks UK for tablet foray |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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27 May, 2010
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| | | Google TV: We expected so much, we got so little |
|
| | | Pace is now number one in pay TV set tops – so where is Motorola? |
|
| | | Shadows fall over Apple’s European iPad launch |
|
| | | E turns from Entertainment to Exit as Bach leaves Microsoft |
|
| | | South Africa allocates MoTV license for World Cup too late |
|
| | | Tvinci offers OTT with biz rules, pay plans to any internet device |
|
| | | Hulu: Keep waiting on subscriptions |
|
| | | Comcast’s Plaxo tries it hand at social TV sharing on the web |
|
| | | IBM and MediaTek show first fruits of 60GHz pact |
|
| | | Nokia and Yahoo! swap brands to take on Google and the world |
|
| | | Google needs to settle TV suit or lose relevance and ground to rivals |
|
| | | Are Pico Projectors really needed in a world full of iPads? |
|
| | | LG gets an update FLO phone into AT&T |
|
| | | Researcher finds netbooks are bought for iPad reasons |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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20 May, 2010
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| | | Liberty Global opens door for Intel at its 15m European customers |
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| | | Investor panic over patent case, but TiVo remains on course |
|
| | | BT grabs a piece of OnLive gaming system |
|
| | | Swedish stealth player ready to open up home wi-fi, FON style |
|
| | | BT to spend on revamping Vision, adds paid DVB-T sports channels |
|
| | | Vodafone coasts in recession – 33% of revenues not cellular voice |
|
| | | Cox picks Cisco multiroom DVRs - MoCA, tru2way, TV Anywhere |
|
| | | Upfront tries to re-invent TV – in the specter of Google and Apple |
|
| | | The world’s developers were never going to stay in love with Apple |
|
| | | Intel to launch 10 Gbps Light Peak fiber connectivity |
|
| | | Philippines closes myTV, it’s last DVB-H mobile TV network |
|
| | | Telegent may have pulled IPO because competitors hit its numbers |
|
| | | Cisco purchase brings tablet UI and consumer design |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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13 May, 2010
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| | | Will Dish and TiVo make up, play nice, become “best of friends” |
|
| | | Message to tablet makers – Eat fast, there’s a T-Rex coming |
|
| | | FCC touches political nerve by reaching for broadband regulation |
|
| | | “Old Hat” Quad play will arrive in two years in the Netherlands |
|
| | | SiBeam trumps Wi-Fi Alliance’s embrace of WiGig with hybrid chip |
|
| | | Harmonic buys rapidly growing playout player Omneon |
|
| | | The birth of a radical new investment environment for video |
|
| | | News Corp to announce Pay-to-View policy in 3-4 weeks |
|
| | | Microsoft pursues OS to bring vast PC apps base into mobile world |
|
| | | Firefly Video, adding demographics to video ads |
|
| | | Nokia steps up pressure on Apple with iPad suit |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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6 May, 2010
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| | | Mediaroom linked to Time Warner Cable IPTV trials |
|
| | | Portable problems at HP – the answer was Android, not WebOS |
|
| | | US consumers to slash pay TV as they look to Over The Top video |
|
| | | Dish mistakes TV Everywhere economics for DVRs everywhere |
|
| | | Thinkbox needs to think outside the box on TV viewing figures |
|
| | | France Telecom treads water, weak in Spain; Virgin has record year |
|
| | | Atheros aims for Wi-Fi/powerline standard |
|
| | | Google will lift skirt on TV plans in May says Bloomberg |
|
| | | Hulu bows out of UK negotiations |
|
| | | Apple could face antitrust probe over Flash |
|
| | | Intel launches first real smartphone processor |
|
| | | EU antitrust proposals push for openness on patent royalties |
|
| | | Nook adds web browser, beats out Kindle |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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29 April, 2010
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| | | CenturyTel Qwest merger may look to video, not radio for validation |
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| | | South African regulator tries to issue last ditch Mobile TV license |
|
| | | FCC calls for thoughts on universal video adapter – Is this Canvas 2? |
|
| | | Does G.Hn now face a steeper hill to climb? |
|
| | | Freescale and MIPS seek to oust processor incumbents |
|
| | | Microsoft says Phone 7 as free of patent problems – unlike Android |
|
| | | Siano begins to annex ISDB-T in South America with ZTE support |
|
| | | Nokia finally gets its head around multi-touch gestures with N8 |
|
| | | France gets broadcast mobile TV through Virgin deal |
|
| | | Adobe drops Apple scuffle - No future investment in Flash for iPad |
|
| | | Verizon and Vodafone seal Nexus' fate |
|
| | | Zeemote Bluetooth gaming controller ported to Android |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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22 April, 2010
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| | | Alcatel’s Bell Labs breaks 300 Mbps barrier with DSL bonding |
|
| | | AT&T U-verse TV is now bigger than falling DTH customer base |
|
| | | Tri-state wi-fi roaming may just be first step for cable operators |
|
| | | Orange UK deal signals European “Volte-face” on broadband lines |
|
| | | Set tops – not as predictable as iSuppli would have you think |
|
| | | HomePlug, HD-PLC see light at end of coexistence tunnel |
|
| | | Akamai tots up just how fast your internet is |
|
| | | Apple reports best ever non-holiday quarter |
|
| | | iPhone 4.0 found in bar, bigger battery and not much new |
|
| | | Microsoft to acquire mobile ad network |
|
| | | Warner Brothers buys out LoTR MMORPG game |
|
| | | Accenture offers OTT TV platform |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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15 April, 2010
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| | | Fox and NBC back the creation of a US national ATSC M/H network |
|
| | | Palm – a stock for trading, not for eating |
|
| | | Alcatel tries to use “operator appeal” to introduce opt in mobile ads |
|
| | | Europe may be forced to lead the global Net Neutrality debate |
|
| | | Apple-Google war moves to ads - may kill antitrust fears |
|
| | | Cancel cable - OTT video plus Netflix provides all the TV you want |
|
| | | Vodafone will have iPad in major territories by the end of May |
|
| | | Atom runs Android, Google plans tablet |
|
| | | FLO TV offers day pass, DVR and interactivity to tempt viewers |
|
| | | Apple previews next-gen OS for its i-products |
|
| | | Microsoft's Pink becomes Kin, with Zune and social nets |
|
| | | Sony Ericsson caves in to the lure of Walkman at the low end |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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8 April, 2010
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| | | The dawn of the iPad – The world stands on the brink of frenzy |
|
| | | Comcast court win over FCC dents dreams of network neutrality |
|
| | | RealNetworks lets musical child Rhapsody go – to uncertain future |
|
| | | Civolution cedes US and Japan to old partner Sony’s Gracenote |
|
| | | Ziggo continues to dominate cable in the Netherlands |
|
| | | Rovi announces Media Metadata Manager for PCs, STBs, NAS |
|
| | | DVR and Catch up viewing break into first run favorites – TDG |
|
| | | Sharp retains its focus on 3D without the paraphernalia |
|
| | | Motorola, LG, Samsung neck and neck, RIM leads US smartphones |
|
| | | Google buys Episodic for YouTube and Android video |
|
| | | Apple’s Intrinsity alliance shakes up mobile processor markets |
|
| | | Sling Media optimized iPad App coming |
|
| | | LG takes time off from its Windows pre-occupation to do an Android |
|
| | | Will the Comcast NBC merger kill off Hulu? |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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1 April, 2010
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| | | Skyterra plan for overnight US wide LTE network sounds flawed |
|
| | | MaxLinear goes public as Ecuador opts for ISDB-T |
|
| | | Small earthquake in digital media, none hurt - MPEG patents safe |
|
| | | Ofcom Sky decision will lead to far healthier content market |
|
| | | Orange plans online advertising exchange with technology partner |
|
| | | Advertising on track to recover in 2010 with some exceptions |
|
| | | Fox launches subscription-based Hulu-like mobile service |
|
| | | Apple latest: Indian rematch, and iPhone HD in CDMA flavour |
|
| | | Verizon’s V Cast Store knocks App World off Storm’s homescreen |
|
| | | Independent film makers target US pirates - Remake of a failed plan |
|
| | | SoftAtHome launches store for 3rd party STB Apps |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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25 March, 2010
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| | | The search for OTT TV - disappearing into a cloud |
|
| | | Swisscom dumps DVB-H, opts for OTT, mobile streams for Soccer |
|
| | | As predicted Verimatrix and Widevine drop DRM patent suits |
|
| | | Verizon cries wolf to ITC over theft of set top IP it has never owned |
|
| | | Orca has to fight external rivals for the hand of France Telecom |
|
| | | Pace shows new server based gaming systems for operators |
|
| | | Two Russian DVB-H networks would go commercial as soon as April |
|
| | | Qualcomm powers US' first WiMAX phone |
|
| | | Qualcomm adds LTE and embedded devices to Gobi roadmap |
|
| | | Mobile vendors tap video, squeezed between Google and iTunes |
|
| | | Absence of Flash could be serious setback for iPad |
|
| | | 3D Glasses: One pair to rule them all |
|
| | | Netflix kills contest, hints at mobile streaming |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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18 March, 2010
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| | | FCC fleshes out broadband plan – now the work begins in earnest |
|
| | | The Death of triple play – Part two – the rise of OTT |
|
| | | MeeGo could be led by QT into a world of 3 screens and TV set tops |
|
| | | Samsung is first Tier 1 believer in analog TV for the phone |
|
| | | OnLive still coming, as long as you are in the US |
|
| | | Where were you Dad when they wrote Digital Economy Bill? |
|
| | | Toshiba, Mitsubishi, Technicolor, Warner price Blu-ray patents |
|
| | | CE to surge in 2010 with 8% hike on Telehealth, phones, tablets |
|
| | | Mitsubishi selling 82-inch 3D TV set |
|
| | | Microsoft aims for Apple-style control on the phone |
|
| | | Android races ahead, but Motorola, carriers limit Google’s power |
|
| | | Disney favorites to drive 3 UK VoD service to mobiles |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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11 March, 2010
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| | | TiVo strides into Scandinavia with Telenor owned partner Conax |
|
| | | Samsung launches TV App Store, 3D TVs in US - pips Sony, Vizio |
|
| | | SiBeam growing in confidence, with more cash, more partners |
|
| | | The next big thing in TV requires an independent minded bully |
|
| | | Final Fantasy rocks London, ships 5 million; PS3 to outlast Wii |
|
| | | Games are key focus for giants’ hardware and software advances |
|
| | | Minerva displaces old Myrio system for Pioneer HD upgrade |
|
| | | MoCA thinks Europe shows Coax promise, especially in Poland |
|
| | | Sony sets date and price for 3D technology delivery |
|
| | | No media hub from Cisco this time, Qualcomm eyes the potential |
|
| | | Slate wars start, and Kindle may get full browser |
|
| | | Netflix eyeing streaming iPhone App |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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4 March, 2010
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| | | OTT fever stalks European set top deals – as old school collapses |
|
| | | Apple case against HTC could be the defining patent case for touch |
|
| | | Pace breaks £1 billion mark to make it No 2, buys in France |
|
| | | Cablevision brings web and PC videos to TV sets |
|
| | | Mobile TV firm gets into bed with location co to challenge GPS |
|
| | | Influential “study” finds no evidence in favor of Net Neutrality |
|
| | | Viacom pulls comedy shows in spat over cash and terms |
|
| | | G.hn chips from DS2 to be out in third quarter |
|
| | | USA, Japan classed as “youthful” as world races to 740m lines |
|
| | | Dish surprises Wall Street (and us) with 249,000 net adds |
|
| | | Skype comes to all Nokia Symbian phones via Ovi Store |
|
| | | Orange backs MeeGo to support its three-screen content strategy |
|
| | | Microsoft limits WinMo 7 to three designs, leaves 6.5 stranded |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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25 February, 2010
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| | | FCC tempts Broadcasters to share in “voluntary” spectrum sales |
|
| | | Motorola handset, this is my Motorola set top and my TV – play nice |
|
| | | DirecTV adds only 119,000, even with AT&T’s help |
|
| | | Google under Euro spotlight for rigging searches against rivals |
|
| | | Google versus China – a test case that is bound to be repeated |
|
| | | What kind of chasm does the iPad cross – exactly? |
|
| | | LG Arena is first “mainstream” FLO TV phone at AT&T |
|
| | | Vudu falls to Walmart – obscurity next? |
|
| | | Sezmi opens for business in downtown LA – the return of datacasting |
|
| | | Flash is power hog says Apple, in latest spat with Adobe |
|
| | | Spain tests HSPA as competitor to DSL |
|
| | | Amazon’s patent deal with Microsoft may point to ‘Kindle-pad’ |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
|
|
17 February, 2010
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| | | Intel Microsoft divorce finalized, Nokia and Qualcomm wife swap |
|
| | | TI’s future includes touching an image projected by your phone |
|
| | | Microsoft leverages Xbox, Zune brands at Windows Phone 7 launch |
|
| | | Kangaroo hits the streets as SeeSaw – ready now and free online |
|
| | | FLO-EV is the only whisper of Mobile TV at MWC show |
|
| | | Brightcove switches to mobile, on the back of Adobe Flash 10.1 |
|
| | | WAC aims for a single unified App Store for operators |
|
| | | Motorola break up is sensible – puts phones and set tops together |
|
| | | Netflix is afraid of the big bad ISP wolf |
|
| | | Sony Dash latest device to have Netflix added |
|
| | | FCC calls for 100m homes with 100 Mbps broadband |
|
| | | LED backlighting for TVs falling to $100 per set by year end |
|
| | | Ericsson replaces Alcatel IPTV system at Telekom Austria |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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10 February, 2010
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| | | Another iTunes killer falters – Apple’s icy grip on music grows |
|
| | | More than half of consumers say iPad’s not worth it |
|
| | | Is DVB-H the one case where Euthanasia is justified |
|
| | | Private equity groups confirm bids for biggest Cableco in Europe |
|
| | | Tablets and cloudbooks to hit 60m units, but as cannibal devices |
|
| | | Okay wise guy, what would you do with Microsoft in Mobile? |
|
| | | Telus retreats from Nortel IPTV to the safety of Mediaroom |
|
| | | DTG switches from support to criticism of BBC’s Canvas |
|
| | | Qtv teams with Widevine, offer media player for all three screens |
|
| | | Cuts finally stem the tide says Sony |
|
| | | Intel gets its Flash buddy Micron to take Numonyx |
|
| | | Samsung and Sharp kiss and make up over LCD suits |
|
| | | Apple restricts location ads as iPhone model goes on defensive |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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3 February, 2010
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| | | Comcast – The applause not quite deafening as it tries to be a telco |
|
| | | iPad we love you - Let us count the reasons why |
|
| | | AT&T analysts focus on wireless, but U-Verse is results bedrock |
|
| | | FLO TV shrinks in the US, but spends $ millions on Superbowl ads |
|
| | | The chips are no longer down – SIA says Semiconductors rising |
|
| | | Sony Ericsson and Motorola – stable, but still on life support |
|
| | | ExoPC is first iPad-alike to launch, days after Apple |
|
| | | Kindle readers take 6 Amazon books to every 10 physical books sold |
|
| | | Underlying broadband price falls slowing says researcher |
|
| | | Cisco weighs in on smart grid aspects of US broadband plan |
|
| | | Clearwire gains market confidence, others eye multi-provider model |
|
| | | Pay-TV declines at Time Warner, as broadband, voice look good |
|
| | | New music file formats debut at MIDEM - MP3 is so last decade |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
|
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27 January, 2010
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| | | iPad disappoints, then wildly celebrated, as “Raison d'être” sinks in |
|
| | | Liberty dumps Japanese cable, stalks Europe with a fat wallet |
|
| | | TiVo looks stronger against AT&T, Microsoft than counter suit |
|
| | | Authorities try to give kiss of life to German and French DVB-H |
|
| | | Mexican Cablecos call on watchdog to block Slim quad play plans |
|
| | | Orange, China’s BesTV collaborate on three-screen convergence |
|
| | | To infinity and beyond - BT gets fiber offering into UK homes |
|
| | | Satellite sidelined in new round of US stimulus awards? |
|
| | | Google taunts Apple as Voice appears as iPhone web app |
|
| | | The death of PNDs - Nokia gives away $ billions in navigation aid |
|
| | | Orange UK offers Blyk inspired advertising service |
|
| | | Vodafone jumps to 450,000 subs, as it gets its music act together |
|
| | | Live Nation Ticketmaster merger goes through with few concessions |
|
| | | Samsung shoots for 3D TV and glasses leadership with first factory |
|
| | | Apple knocks spots off its numbers |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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20 January, 2010
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| | | European TV database shows continued channel fragmentation |
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| | | Apple will not trip up on new iPhones, but must be wary of IP abuse |
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| | | Carphone update suggests Euro spending habits are back to normal |
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| | | 3D's cold shower – 3D Standards merely sub-standard |
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| | | Pace puts out BT Vision+ box – merges DVR with VoD service |
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| | | DECE selects Neustar to operate DRM rights database |
|
| | | Netgem grows through 2009, then hurt by French consolidations |
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| | | US streamlines process for second round of stimulus funds |
|
| | | French broadband plan gets first round of cash – way short of target |
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| | | China Unicom delays Android launches amid Google row |
|
| | | Apple may deliver tablet, but expect one, maybe two, new services |
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| | | Deals, launches and products |
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13 January, 2010
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| | | Motorola buys DRM pioneer – but why exactly? |
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| | | Siano absorbs $24 million to keep up with China’s MoTV chip supply |
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| | | Microsoft integrates streaming with IPTV – shuts down an industry |
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| | | SiBeam signs Vizio, shows 2nd Gen WirelessHD chips, boosts funds |
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| | | Liberty Global rumors of German cable deals a bit premature |
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| | | Vizio adds ATSC M/H to its portable TVs in US |
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| | | Next generation iPhone could appear as early as April |
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| | | Whatever the Apple Tablet is, it apparently leaks like a sieve |
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| | | Mobinnova shows off Tegra Android powered Beam Smartbook |
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| | | FCC delays broadband plan amid cries for more and more spectrum |
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| | | The new living room default; Being internet connected |
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| | | US TV maker Vizio to come to market first with 3D LCD glasses |
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| | | Deals, launches and products |
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6 January, 2010
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| | | Nexus One may come to be seen as a decision which haunts Google |
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| | | CES gives a glimpse of the rising age of Smartbooks |
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| | | Apple clarifies the battle lines for future mobile advertising |
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| | | Tivit ready for Spring US launch for mobile TV on Wi-Fi |
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| | | US TV scrabbles to change priorities toward paid content |
|
| | | LG readies US Mobile TV and compatible phone for CES |
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| | | FLO TV gets live sport, iPhone battery dongle in Christmas stocking |
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| | | Mirics takes broadcast TV on a PC, ships it to any portable device |
|
| | | Bluetooth standard gains low energy mode |
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| | | European casual gaming group, to push games onto connected TVs |
|
| | | Quantenna puts in its bid for the wireless home with reference design |
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| | | Deals, launches and products |
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16 December, 2009
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| | | TV Everywhere – Is this the death of the triple play? |
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| | | Life-shifting, Work-shifting, Shape-shifting and the boredom chasm |
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| | | Pass the parcel MGM-ogram back on the market |
|
| | | France $50 billion spend, spend, spend policy could draw Euro ire |
|
| | | Digital home connection standards all hit their stride at once |
|
| | | Ofcom opens file on BtB system to spruce up unbundling |
|
| | | Report shows broadband ‘second wave’ countries in rapid growth |
|
| | | AT&T exec upbeat on U-Verse pay-TV & iPhone |
|
| | | Widevine soaks up another $15 million – Chases TV Everywhere |
|
| | | Apple countersues Nokia on 13 patent counts |
|
| | | Technology group blows Fuse in handset of the near future |
|
| | | US Consumers want Mobile TV - period |
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| | | Deals, launches and products |
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9 December, 2009
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| | | Chinese mobile TV going through the gears, but still not cruising |
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| | | Comcast NBCU deal looks like it will survive lengthy legal scrutiny |
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| | | MaxLinear unveils diversity chip for broadcast mobile TV |
|
| | | Tiny Mirics dreams a dream of one software configured radio for TV |
|
| | | Despite setbacks, WHDI still thinks it can outshine Wi-Fi video |
|
| | | Sony counting on 3D for revival in TV sets |
|
| | | Google looks to enrich mobile search in face of Bing |
|
| | | FLO TV opens purse to drag in top Disney content |
|
| | | Glide OS: don’t write it off in the move to the mobile cloud |
|
| | | Android struggles in Europe, but HTC rises to challenge |
|
| | | Orange has App Shop working in UK and France |
|
| | | Google uses Goggles to Ogle the things around you |
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| | | Deals, launches and products |
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2 December, 2009
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| | | BMCO brings together DVB-H backers as handset buyers club |
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| | | Virgin win in UK court on Rovi patents, throws cloud over revenues |
|
| | | Charter emerges from pre-pack bankruptcy ready to go cash positive |
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| | | France Telecom sets up strong Swisscom rival as it acquires Sunrise |
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| | | DS2 powers VideoLAN for spreading HDMI throughout home |
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| | | Cable to recover and take 39% of Western European pay TV |
|
| | | Gaming survey shows online models on the rise |
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| | | There IS consumer pull for TV on portable devices says Mirics report |
|
| | | Lenovo buys back its mobile arm for new cellphone assault |
|
| | | Baidu to challenge Google with preloaded search engine |
|
| | | Telstra's T-Box gets on-demand movies, local TV and web video |
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| | | SOS online entertainment service embedded in every Sony device |
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| | | Deals, launches and products |
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25 November, 2009
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| | | Telegent chases Max Linear into $250 million mobile TV IPO |
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| | | TiVo lands Virgin UK deal to push its service to 3 million homes |
|
| | | TV Everywhere: Getting context behind the content |
|
| | | 21st Century Network will create a new digital divide in the UK |
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| | | Open IPTV Forum gathers momentum, tests interoperability |
|
| | | O3b Networks gets $75m from SES Global |
|
| | | Global TV set sales turn the corner in shipments, but not revenues |
|
| | | OnLive quietly readied its launch money, in time for Christmas |
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| | | Euro Teleco reform passes uneventfully, promises immense change |
|
| | | European Union abandons antitrust probe into Qualcomm |
|
| | | SFR goes live with Femtocells, rejects quad play |
|
| | | iPhone spreads its wings but anger with App Store mounts |
|
| | | Mobile broadband is rather narrow says Broadband Genie |
|
| | | Sezmi's single play broadband/broadcast service threatens pay-TV |
|
| | | Mobile screens point to 15% growth in devices, Nokia fall from grace |
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| | | Deals, launches and products |
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18 November, 2009
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| | | IPTV-er Bitband acquired by division of Motorola, itself on the block |
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| | | Liberty grabs Unity to break the 20 million customer barrier |
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| | | IP Wireless funding keeps alive the vision of unpaired TDD services |
|
| | | Show points to parlous state of European broadcast Mobile TV |
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| | | Orange signs 324,000 in one year for Movie and TV series bouquet |
|
| | | Kudelski strong-arms OpenTV shareholders into submission |
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| | | Carphone to offer IP Vision's do-it-all FetchTV SmartBox |
|
| | | Skype founders settle with eBay over |
|
| | | Ruckus offers end to end Wi-Fi broadband for unwired Telcos |
|
| | | Amimon shifts focus to Wi-Fi as Sony drops it for WirelessHD |
|
| | | Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 breaks box office records |
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| | | Massive and comScore creates activity measurement for in-game ads |
|
| | | TVGuide.com adds online DVR alerts |
|
| | | After 4 year wait, FLO TV can finally be bought in US shops |
|
| | | Powering base stations with green energy becomes big business |
|
| | | Finally a cheap DVB-H phone from Nokia – but maybe it’s too late |
|
| | | Behold - T-Mobile adds its fourth Android – this one from Samsung |
|
| | | Qualcomm to attack China now other cellular markets are sewn up |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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11 November, 2009
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| | | Apple building broadcaster interest in US TV armageddon |
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| | | Google feels the need to move hard and early into mobile ads |
|
| | | Trial to deploy base stations via Weather balloon reaches fruition |
|
| | | BI CodecSys gets a chance to strut its stuff at Mediaroom account |
|
| | | Silicon Image – the brains behind the Wireless HD Interface |
|
| | | Rogers seeks alternative to Tru2way |
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| | | French pay-TV service Canal+ launches internet connectable TV sets |
|
| | | Nokia N900 Maemo phone back on pre-Christmas agenda |
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| | | Sky offers all live sport streamed on an iPhone |
|
| | | Samsung Bada to push smartphone features to really cheap phones |
|
| | | Could mobile satellite operators provide FCC with the spectrum it needs? |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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4 November, 2009
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| | | Telefonica closing in on Hansenet deal, sets new price for broadband |
|
| | | Amino trips over disrupted customers and component shortages |
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| | | Kudelski hopes for OpenTV take crushing blow from upbeat results |
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| | | Motorola TV business appears to have lost market share in Q3 |
|
| | | EU and US want more TV spectrum for wireless |
|
| | | CableLabs set task of selecting standards for TV Everywhere |
|
| | | Microsoft partners open up Mediaroom for smaller players |
|
| | | Bluetooth SIG transfers affections from UWB to 60GHz |
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| | | Novatel warns on disappointing MiFi outlook |
|
| | | Disney creates its own App King |
|
| | | BT’s Ribbit creates an App Store for the network itself |
|
| | | You don’t want a PC, you want a Cloud gateway device |
|
| | | CBS jumps to fourth in US online ratings |
|
| | | Netflix going global |
|
| | | Sony finally partners Netflix movies to PS3 |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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28 October, 2009
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| | | Verizon slips behind AT&T pay TV install rate |
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| | | Disney to introduce Keychest, a working digital content ecosystem |
|
| | | Pace HCS capable of spraying 9 TV channels around your home |
|
| | | Nokia takes bite of Apple, may find it’s more than it can chew |
|
| | | Motorola has 300 Mbps version of DOCSIS 3.0 |
|
| | | HomePlug and MoCA's super alliance poses major threat to G.hn |
|
| | | Netbook bundling could open the back door for US mobile TV |
|
| | | Mobile 4.0 rises from the German ashes in the Netherlands |
|
| | | Exclusivity will drive Mobile TV, just as it worked with the iPhone |
|
| | | Europe doesn’t see broadcast getting any UHF dividend spectrum |
|
| | | Marvell Armada and ARM’s Sparrow up the ante against Atom |
|
| | | Samsung brings “Needle Slim” 40 inch LED TV to market |
|
| | | US net neutrality plans faces opposition, but Europe avoids the issue |
|
| | | Joltid suit over Skype could financially damage eBay |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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21 October, 2009
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| | | Verizon joins AT&T in pushing Quad play out to hurt cablecos |
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| | | Barnes & Noble shoots at Kindle, adds Wi-Fi, lending and browsing |
|
| | | If the iPhone is the My Space of apps, Google will be the Facebook |
|
| | | Should we measure audiences in mobile TV, or something more? |
|
| | | Games rebound on back of cheap PS3s, as it storms America |
|
| | | Bell Canada copies US cable’s TV Everwhere with US supplier |
|
| | | Time Warner Cable readies Clearwire services in Charlotte |
|
| | | EverZing indexes the audio in videos |
|
| | | AP, News Corp ramp up Pay-to-Read efforts |
|
| | | Bluetooth low energy to reach handsets in 2010 |
|
| | | Silicon Image puts 18 MP cameras on handset near horizon |
|
| | | Vodafone and partners convince top handset makers to back JIL |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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14 October, 2009
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| | | Broadcom MoCA invasion triggers chase for key home technologies |
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| | | DVB-H interest grows post recession, as TDF pushes agenda |
|
| | | Intel CE4100 variant embraces Flash and DiVX, Amino on board |
|
| | | Innovative media measurement is really about interacting with ads |
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| | | Canvas a superset of HbbTV says BBC, but it’s not open says BSkyB |
|
| | | G.hn standard done and dusted, now race is on for compliant devices |
|
| | | Intel shows 3-tuner DVR with True2Way and MoCA |
|
| | | Comcast-NBCU deal hits French snag |
|
| | | SiBeam tries to stay ahead of the big guns in WirelessHD |
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| | | Some of Apple wipes off on Disney through its largest shareholder |
|
| | | Hardcover book sales following music industry's downward path |
|
| | | Vodafone and EMC offer PC backup, with wireless access |
|
| | | Nokia ports key Symbian development tool to N900 |
|
| | | Cisco buys Starent, boosting 4G strategy and outsmarting Juniper |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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7 October, 2009
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| | | MediaFLO has first handheld, way too expensive, but it’s a start |
|
| | | Toshiba Cell RTegza 55X1 – a new way to think about TV |
|
| | | Kudelski renews its interest in the rest of OpenTV |
|
| | | New members join to support WiGig sci fi project |
|
| | | More South American countries joined rush to ISDB-T and One Seg |
|
| | | Adobe embraces HTTP streaming at last |
|
| | | Vook adds videos to text in eBooks |
|
| | | Joltid suit against eBay asks for $27.3m a year in damages |
|
| | | Opera, Nokia and Korean quartet boost AT&T’s new web platform |
|
| | | Forget the Sony PlayStation phone, it already exists |
|
| | | Verizon gets together with Google for sideswipe at Apple - AT&T |
|
| | | Microsoft uses CTIA as springboard for App Store and WinMo 6.5 |
|
| | | JumperTel wants to take on Skype from scratch with VoIP service |
|
| | | ARM ups the low power ante on Atom with GlobalFoundries deal |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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30 September, 2009
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| | | TV and phone makers decide on wired and powered connectivity |
|
| | | Intel cuts deal to put Nagra decoder engine on its CE chip |
|
| | | Mirics offers ubiquitous PC TV processing through Nvidia Cuda |
|
| | | EchoStar bids for $1bn stimulus funds, takes $400mn in debt |
|
| | | Broadcom’s latest ARM deal could signal move into netbooks |
|
| | | Latest Apple iPad rumours cite two versions, one cellular |
|
| | | Amazon to offer its own branded CE gear |
|
| | | Vodafone says “me too” to carry iPhone, but not ‘til after Christmas |
|
| | | AT&T and Terrestar show off dual-mode satphone |
|
| | | Palm future rests with Pre, and has already stacked the channel |
|
| | | Epix MegaPlex to offer 3,000 shows online |
|
| | | Netflix CEO: New console, mobile service in future |
|
| | | Akamai launches HD steaming across the net - Again |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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23 September, 2009
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| | | T-Mobile kicks over burnt remains of DVB-H in Germany, sees life |
|
| | | Chile follows Argentina and backs Japanese mobile TV standard |
|
| | | Comcast turns investor attention to mobile cable |
|
| | | Cable supplier Arris enters the world of IP and UIs with Digeo buy |
|
| | | Turkish set top firm puts HD over Wi-Fi, adds Flash based DVR |
|
| | | Nagra widgets to help Numericable switch to multicast cable |
|
| | | A single chip with ALL HDTV formats on board |
|
| | | Satellite industry in rude health as HDTV, internet access climbs |
|
| | | Joltid sues eBay's Skype for $75m a day for Copyright Infringement |
|
| | | Blockbuster buddies up to traditional MSO enemies |
|
| | | Mobile Data revenues on the up and up, Verizon about to take lead |
|
| | | Wireless industry gears up to fight FCC’s net neutrality plans |
|
| | | Favorite rumors – Apple tablet, MS handset, now an MS tablet? |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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16 September, 2009
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| | | Argentina ISDB-T decision redraws TV and Mobile TV global map |
|
| | | “MediaFLO to hit 10 million in just over a year” – but how exactly? |
|
| | | At IBC everyone is offering over the top video and hybrid TV |
|
| | | Atheros and IBM make new deals to support powerline |
|
| | | U-Verse gets Mosiac interface 4 years on, plus media sharing |
|
| | | Pace shows off finished DVB-T2 HD Freeview+ box |
|
| | | Entropic, NXP unveil MoCA ready design for Networked DVRs |
|
| | | Ruckus Wireless lands its largest US Telco |
|
| | | Freesat momentum continues - jumps 50% since May |
|
| | | Home Gateway initiative is coming soon |
|
| | | Adobe picks “expensive” web analytics firm for next acquisition |
|
| | | Three or four networks per operator, in small cells: the face of 4G? |
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9 September, 2009
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| | | IMB gets GSMA backing for next push to cellular broadcasts |
|
| | | Jobs delights the Apple faithful by an appearance at iPod event |
|
| | | Near-global acceptance puts new momentum behind WirelessHD |
|
| | | Vodafone to shutter German IPTV effort, and try again |
|
| | | Espial picks up VoD contract for Swedish cable outfit |
|
| | | Amino and beeTV echo trend of personalized TV channels |
|
| | | Mediaroom adds up its numbers for IBC and finds 4 million |
|
| | | OpenTV opens audience APIs, NDS drills down to individuals |
|
| | | “Pay as you view” business models need new CA service says NDS |
|
| | | TiVo gets next big pay day in court – Dish running out of options |
|
| | | IBM patents social media remote |
|
| | | For Apple, think “what’s next?” For Sony, think “embarrassment” |
|
| | | ASUS to join eBook reader market with Netbook style device |
|
| | | DoCoMo leads in plan to make IMS more relevant |
|
| | | UK T-Mobile Orange merger could also break mobile TV deadlock |
|
| | | YouTube eyes movie rentals |
|
| | | Tesco, UK’s biggest grocer, initiates lame online movie service |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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2 September, 2009
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| | | Turning doubters to believers over TiVo’s significant IPR hoard |
|
| | | HbbTV shows wide industry support – why not merge Canvas with it? |
|
| | | Disney wades in with $4 billion for marvellous Marvel |
|
| | | eBay sells out most of Skype despite Joltid legal snag |
|
| | | Nokia launches what appears to be.. well.. er.. the Apple Tablet |
|
| | | German broadband unbundling market still runs counter to Europe |
|
| | | First round of broadband Stimulus funds 7 times oversubscribed |
|
| | | Nagravision flips to a service model and climbs back into profit |
|
| | | US analyst tries to guess how Apple will invade the TV world |
|
| | | News Corp touting Hulu-like venture for newspapers |
|
| | | Apple finally nails China deal, as Ophone lurches into view |
|
| | | MediaFLO plans stand alone personal TV |
|
| | | CBS, Pepsi put a video ad in your magazine |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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26 August, 2009
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| | | How to turn a world leader into a fourth rate broadband economy |
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| | | Vodafone IPTV strategy leans towards Mediaroom in Europe |
|
| | | AT&T ties U-Verse to Wireless and Broadband in special bundle |
|
| | | Sony squares up to Kindle after a two year head start |
|
| | | Set tops defy economic gravity, cable and IPTV dominate |
|
| | | Optibase reveals its encoders were used in big Venezuelan IPTV deal |
|
| | | Vodafone gets go ahead to take over BT Ireland’s access networks |
|
| | | Arqiva closes Kangaroo acquisition, puts in new CEO, plans launch |
|
| | | TV shipments fall, LCD up, just holding its own in revenues |
|
| | | US researcher produces OLED device roadmap |
|
| | | Microsoft recasts its mobile strategy from OS to Apps with OneApp |
|
| | | UK piracy about turn stirs outrage, meets resistance |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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19 August, 2009
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| | | PlayStation 3 refresh fires opening salvo in console price war |
|
| | | Top ten Euro incumbents point to glowing health of IPTV |
|
| | | How will we use devices when digital photos are everywhere |
|
| | | Major US operators shake heads at stimulus finds, Leap leaps in |
|
| | | BT late to deploy ADSL2+ in UK but at least offers it for free |
|
| | | Phoenix of Iridium gets FCC nod, on way to public quote |
|
| | | Blockbuster to put movies on demand on Motorola phones |
|
| | | Analog Mobile TV will grow thru 2013, reach 300 million devices |
|
| | | O2 can’t wait for DVB-H, embraces TV streaming, in Ireland first |
|
| | | Sony battery design makes rechargeable batteries last 4X as long |
|
| | | Zune HD almost as critical to Nvidia as Microsoft |
|
| | | $1 a night DVD kiosk firm starts legal war with Hollywood |
|
| | | Sony boosts ebook challenge to Amazon with open standards |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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12 August, 2009
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| | | This week’s headlines shows TV world on brink of change |
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| | | Motorola lands its first ever DVB-H deal – in Poland of all places |
|
| | | Nokia and Microsoft alliance – the big guns shift Office to Symbian |
|
| | | On2 Technologies is no fire sale as Google swoops to own a codec |
|
| | | Deutsche Telekom surprisingly on track for 1 million IPTV homes |
|
| | | Dish raises specter of TiVo reverse to hide bad and sad figures |
|
| | | Motorola's Home unit carries the ball |
|
| | | MTNL seeks WiMAX partner in India |
|
| | | Indonesia to finally get two mobile TV networks |
|
| | | Apple may develop digital payments platform |
|
| | | Sony Ericsson introduces a “fashion” phone – strictly for the girls |
|
| | | Alliance aims for compatibility among all CE devices |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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29 July, 2009
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| | | China Mobile uptake of CMMB almost killed Chinese Mobile TV |
|
| | | Apple TV looking for redemption through play |
|
| | | Google seeks role in defining US national broadband policy |
|
| | | Apple agrees prepay deal with Toshiba to secure Flash reserves |
|
| | | AT&T uses iPhone to blow the top off mobile broadband results |
|
| | | Cable in Europe grew by 5.4% in revenue, rapidly going digital |
|
| | | Pace keeps Pace with upgraded set top expectations |
|
| | | Pioneer SureWest caves in and moves to Mediaroom for IPTV |
|
| | | Thomson prime contractor on the Bouygues IPTV deal |
|
| | | Orange pushes free music for pay as you go phone owners in UK |
|
| | | Qualcomm and Verizon add their weight to M2M mobile market |
|
| | | Blyk changes tack, drops UK MVNO, will court other operators |
|
| | | BBC stumbles into another legal row over partnering newspapers |
|
| | | Kazaa returns 100% legal with unlimited download deal |
|
| | | Bluetooth finds new home in ‘Television 2.0’ |
|
| | | Patent holder seeks US ban on devices with Samsung Nand flash |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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22 July, 2009
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| | | Vodafone mimics German IPTV in Portugal, others must follow |
|
| | | The entire broadband stimulus would still not ease Qwest’s IP quest |
|
| | | Verizon doublespeak exclusively points finger at AT&T exclusives |
|
| | | CBS, Starz, 17 other pay channels join Comcast's TV Everywhere |
|
| | | Microsoft to beat Sony Ericsson to games phone with Xbox Mobile? |
|
| | | Civolution gets its hands on Thomson rival watermarking system |
|
| | | Satellite set tops doing okay but India is the key |
|
| | | Telco IPTV on the rise – 50% growth this year says Parks |
|
| | | Will all cellphones be banned in US cars soon? |
|
| | | How long can this winning steak at Apple continue? |
|
| | | LG sells $3.4 billion of flat TVs, chases Sony’s tail |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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15 July, 2009
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| | | Are Telcos up a creek without a paddle on DSL installations? |
|
| | | Anti-trust bomb falls in LCD price fix scam – more could follow |
|
| | | Carphone ponders a full Quad play as it closes Tiscali UK deal |
|
| | | India’s quarterly update shows a country in love with satellite TV |
|
| | | Google’s pincer movement is essential, but which way will Intel jump? |
|
| | | Intel’s bounceback helped by buoyant Atom |
|
| | | Nokia joins MTN and Multichoice in Free African mobile TV service |
|
| | | Envivio puts live US, European TV on the iPhone |
|
| | | Commissioner Reding lays down new gauntlet on digital dividend |
|
| | | Monopoly debate rages as ticket and promotional giants seek merger |
|
| | | TiVo, Best Buy partner up in symbiotic deal |
|
| | | Watermarking and a decent experience can save Video says report |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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8 July, 2009
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| | | Day of the Google – Chrome OS to assassinate PCs, annex Netbooks |
|
| | | US can use “give me an iPhone” frenzy to reshape Telecoms sector |
|
| | | SoundExchange offers US webcasters new copyright deal |
|
| | | The future is Project Canvas says BBC, not traditional broadcast |
|
| | | Bertelsmann and KKR create joint venture music rights business |
|
| | | IPTV service discovery sneaks out to ripple of bemused applause |
|
| | | Danish IPTV software house steals Smile away from Dreampark |
|
| | | Canada’s Bell Aliant copies Verizon, goes for fiber |
|
| | | Ofcom shows cellular 3G maps of the UK – more buildout required |
|
| | | Vendors rush to create customized App Stores for India |
|
| | | DoCoMo takes stake in PacketVideo, looking to LTE and Android |
|
| | | Vodafone rues Carphone falling out, makes nicey, nicey |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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1 July, 2009
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| | | US court ignores studios protests on nPVR, Pay TV to change path |
|
| | | How credible are rumours of Nokia turning to Android in Netbooks? |
|
| | | ION broadcasting ATSC M/H in DC, LG delivers chip volumes |
|
| | | RIP - Joost accepts its failure - offers to white label video delivery |
|
| | | Intel and Apple increase stakes in Imagination |
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| | | IPTV in Asia – painted like it was easy pickings – we’re not so sure |
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| | | Alcatel pays for evidence that broadband is recession proof |
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| | | Sony PlayStation - looking for something it’s lost – Its touch |
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| | | Nvidia set for its first tier one phone deal, Motorola in the frame |
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| | | New Vizio HDTVs previews the future of TV |
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| | | Studio CTOs: “DVDs; Blu-rays still producing lots of revenue” |
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| | | Disney’s ESPN to build non-US sports assets starting with UK soccer |
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| | | Deals, launches and products |
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24 June, 2009
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| | | TiVo’s court win open doors, but Sling might open even more |
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| | | Nokia throws mobile technology lifeline to straggling Intel |
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| | | The jury is out on the man who cried “Jobs” |
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| | | NSN bids for Nortel wireless units, taking CDMA as route to LTE |
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| | | Canoe cancels version one of zoned ads, starts on 21st century version |
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| | | Ovum details the fall and fall of voice revenues, as data rises |
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| | | Qualcomm under new antitrust pressure, this time in Korea |
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| | | Conceptronic does back to back deal through bankrupcy |
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| | | Chips for TV crashed in Q1, but will be on track before 2010 |
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| | | Motorola Androids still not been shown, but have major US deals |
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| | | Intel researchers chase wirelessly transmitted power |
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| | | Deals, launches and products |
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17 June, 2009
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| | | Opera Unite – build your own Facebook, photo gallery or YouTube |
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| | | PwC warns of structural changes ahead, masked by the recession |
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| | | Digital Britain – not likely a template for a European policy |
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| | | Recession has held back technology in most countries |
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| | | Reasons why Dell will not buy Palm |
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| | | DTV transition has hiccups echoing around the US |
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| | | Major studios offer free HD movies on the web for Pay-TV subs |
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| | | MySpace overtaken in US, cuts staffing, beds in for long recession |
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| | | PCCW launches Eye 2, TV, camera, music player, video phone |
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| | | US regulator called on to scrutinize cellular exclusives |
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| | | Nokia beefs up music phone range to support Comes with Music |
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| | | Data and prepaid services cushion effect of cellular downturn in Q1 |
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| | | Deals, launches and products |
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10 June, 2009
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| | | MedioFLO to go direct to consumers – but is married to Cellcos |
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| | | The dark days of an interregnum are upon us – is history immutable? |
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| | | Palm Pre arrives as handset industry crosses multiple tipping points |
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| | | Not a marriage made in heaven – OpenTV and Kudelski |
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| | | Apple mumbles and the entire US gets excited |
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| | | Intel makes bold mobile and embedded purchase with Wind River |
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| | | Video to take up 91% of global IP traffic by 2013 says router king |
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| | | Aspera can transfer 1,000 movies in two hours |
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| | | YouTube ups its TV ante to include Wii, PS3 |
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| | | Broadband CPE just rises in 2008, cable falls, Huawei, 2Wire gain |
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| | | IPTV to go through slowdown, then double Pay TV share by 2014 |
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| | | Deals, launches and products |
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3 June, 2009
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| | | Microsoft controller free paradigm is next major console war |
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| | | TiVo jumps 30% after Judge loses patience with Dish in patent case |
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| | | PSPgo makes PlayStation neat, small slider – discards UMDs |
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| | | Qualcomm turns its envious eyes on Broadcom’s Wi-Fi demesne |
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| | | Sony turns PlayNow into App as well as content store |
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| | | Internet videos streamed under broadcaster control direct to TV sets |
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| | | Microsoft pushes toward HD streaming on the Xbox, shared movies |
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| | | IPTV set top shipments to slow says In-Stat - We’re not so sure |
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| | | Mexican cable major opts for fully IP network – through HFCnet |
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| | | China gets the Magic 'OPhone' |
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| | | Samsung chases Sony Ericsson into megapixel orbit |
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| | | Cellular talking up the Smartbook over the Netbook at Computex |
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| | | Google Wave and MS Bing to go mobile soon |
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| | | Deals, launches and products |
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27 May, 2009
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| | | Next generation Zune, quality spec, with Xbox ties |
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| | | Kabel Deutschland opts for O2 MVNO – triggers Quad play war |
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| | | All advertising markets need consolidation – Cinema included |
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| | | Conceptronic reference framework for Intel 3100 internet TV chip |
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| | | Sun to unveil Java App store, Apple app revenues “not meaningful” |
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| | | PlayReady sneaks out while we weren’t looking – devices due Fall |
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| | | Wal-Mart overhauling 3,500 electronics departments |
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| | | Acer launches $399 home server - 1TB to 7TB of storage |
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| | | Nokia Ovi Store launches on time – AT&T deal promised |
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| | | Little significance of Norway’s stand on Mobile TV technology |
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| | | HTC widens its Android lead with China Mobile deal |
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| | | New iPhone will have 32 GB storage say German leaks |
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| | | New Consortium aims to use mobile phones for good |
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| | | Deals, launches and products |
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20 May, 2009
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| | | Europe steps nimbly over mobile radio and TV license hurdle |
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| | | India slows up its Mobile TV plans, looks for PPP deal |
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| | | IPTV gathers pace, cable lifts ARPU, DTH marking time in Europe |
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| | | RealNetworks says its license to CSS lets it copy DVDs – sues studios |
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| | | Verizon sells off its rural areas to Frontier focuses on fiber |
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| | | Telecoms Cooperative spends to put TVN and Avail together |
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| | | Sony reports $1bn loss - outlook gloomy too |
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| | | Real Netbooks on their way – as Intel tries to keep pace with Atom |
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| | | Guess what? Japan and Korea have more mobile multimedia than us |
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| | | India up, Turkey and Spain down: Vodafone’s mixed 2009 bag |
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| | | Yahoo courts mobile disaster by killing new apps strategy |
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| | | AT&T network full of smart phones and QWERTY phones |
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| | | Deals, launches and products |
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13 May, 2009
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| | | Intel’s gut reaction to fight $1.45 billion EU fine is wrong |
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| | | WiGig flaunts Wi-Fi roots to stake claim on super fast home nets |
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| | | TV photorealism requires some freakishly fast home networks |
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| | | Talk Talk to bring Quad play rival to UK market with Tiscali buy |
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| | | Vodafone opens APIs in bid to create giant mobile software store |
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| | | Microsoft ticks Russian box in its BRIC IPTV deals for Mediaroom |
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| | | Virgin Media: Broadband, pay-TV up, declines in profits, revenue |
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| | | Dish suffers as AT&T becomes less and less of its sales equation |
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| | | blinkx set to benefit from opening doors between TV and the net |
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| | | Murdoch: 'Current days of the Internet will soon be over' |
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| | | Mobile advertising – doing better in the UK than anyone expected |
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| | | Nokia puts its new NFC SIM based handset into contactless context |
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| | | ZigBee Alliance embraces IP to strengthen its role in smart grids |
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| | | Deals, launches and products |
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6 May, 2009
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| | | Kindle DX disappoints on price, leaves the door open for rivals |
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| | | Euro Commissioners plan to revolutionize online transactions |
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| | | Apple – casual games aficionado or future gaming megalith? |
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| | | German shareholders call for T-Mobile UK sale |
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| | | CE makers raise a ruckus over Project Canvas |
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| | | Pay TV numbers up, revenues down says report |
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| | | BT combines mobile and home broadband into one $24 package |
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| | | UK fixed lines down, call volumes down, cellular ARPU down |
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| | | Disney to buy 30% stake in Hulu |
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| | | Apple builds on PA acquisition to create iPhone chip design team |
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| | | Cellcos face huge dilemmas over LTE voice models |
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| | | Clearwire and KT no longer lonely trailblazers for WiMAX mobile broadband |
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| | | Deals, launches and products |
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29 April, 2009
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| | | FilmOn - UK German streaming player plans HD web TV splash |
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| | | Verizon Apple in the balance, but new Apple devices are coming |
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| | | Joost on the bloc, Babelgum almost sure to follow |
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| | | Sky introduces adverts you can “book” to watch later |
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| | | Broadcom vs Qualcomm - The war is over - Now who shall we fight? |
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| | | Nokia reduces N-Gage to Ovi only, opens doors to portal partners |
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| | | Amazon’s Stanza buy could be first step to an open platform |
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| | | Cellphones bolster Samsung’s quarter as it launches first Android |
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| | | Nokia clarifies backing Mobile payments with classic NFC phone |
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| | | End of “roaming rip off” says Euro minister |
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| | | Analysts look for cracks in Apple results over seasonal workforce |
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| | | Will Pirate Bay judge walk the plank? |
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| | | Flat TVs still rising, make up virtually all European TV purchases |
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| | | NEC and Renesas to merge into world’s third largest chip business |
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| | | Samsung leads in OLED displays, as phones drive uptake |
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| | | Deals, launches and products |
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22 April, 2009
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| | | MobiTV adds icing to make US Mobile TV irresistible to MNOs |
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| | | Telefonica bids for German ISP from close partner Telecom Italia |
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| | | Chinese firms behind new cabling initiative attract CE majors |
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| | | Cisco drops pebble into IPTV market – still no rocks |
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| | | Adobe talks many remaining chip makers into believing in FLV |
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| | | LG says that ATSC M/H chips will go to volume in June |
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| | | Thomson gets around to ATSC version of Mobile TV at last |
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| | | Android makes slow market progress, but ambitions grow broader |
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| | | Yahoo down 13%, keeps cash generation going, lays off staff |
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| | | Inuk buy offers PC platform to make Move Networks look like TV |
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| | | AT&T throws off recessionary forces, thanks U-Verse, iPhone |
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| | | Télébec selects Vecima for Canadian wireless broadband deal |
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| | | Qtrax launches free song downloads |
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| | | Deals, launches and products |
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15 April, 2009
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| | | eBay shifts resolution of Skype ownership off into 2010 |
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| | | TiVo numbers show what’s REALLY going on in DVR homes |
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| | | TV overtaken by net in 2010, triggers ad transition - Microsoft |
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| | | US cable in dog fight with broadcast over how to embrace internet |
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| | | Public Service broadcast funding getting the once over in Europe |
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| | | US report says all is well in Pay TV land, but we’re not so sure |
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| | | UTStarcom owns Asian IPTV, Microsoft, Verimatrix score well |
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| | | Ateme chases contribution video with first 10-bit H.264 encoder |
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| | | Wireless broadband in the US slowed to a crawl in the fourth quarter |
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| | | Barnes and Noble seeks cellcos for Kindle Challenge |
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| | | ‘Nautilus’ shows Nokia getting serious about touchscreens |
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| | | Narrowstep TV operations sidestep into KIT |
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| | | Anonymity comes to browser, search history |
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| | | France drops 'Three-Strikes' policy |
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| | | Researcher says advertising recession will eat into online ads |
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| | | Atom sales drop but Intel says PC market has bottomed out |
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| | | Deals, launches and products |
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8 April, 2009
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| | | Murdoch points to Kindle approach for newspapers |
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| | | Trademark registration has us all guessing over Sony Cloud services |
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| | | Skype is just the banner under which a thousand IP services march |
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| | | German regulator blocking creation of cable based rival to DT |
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| | | DTH dominates UK TV, but Freeview and Freesat grows ominously |
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| | | From the floor of the Cable Show 2009: Six things we learned |
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| | | TVBlob: All-consuming set-top box |
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| | | Apple pushes trigger on ALL iTunes going DRM free |
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| | | Time for all publishers to desert the format they’ve loved for so long |
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| | | Blockbuster has to complete debt refinancing deal to survive |
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| | | Nokia tries to cement its future in India with third world Life Tools |
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| | | One day all European cars will have cellular “crash” alert |
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| | | Deals, launches and products |
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1 April, 2009
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| | | Nokia buttresses Ovi store content with Heroes creator |
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| | | Ericsson sharpens pay TV plans – Timeshifting ads, CMS upgrade |
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| | | Kids not consuming as much music says report – Are you sure? |
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| | | Subsidized netbook model could sweep away 20 years of PC history |
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| | | Complex real time TV encoder mix to slide in 2009, 2010 |
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| | | US internet advertising still stealing ground from traditional markets |
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| | | April Fool: Hands up all those who stuck their tongues out at their browser |
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| | | Broadband continues to rise as IPTV rockets |
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| | | TVs to come with Macrovision’s EPG for local TV stations |
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| | | New Sony receiver has DLNA, SHOUTcast and Rhapsody |
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| | | Samsung shows early Mondi device for Clear at CTIA |
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| | | Skype and ALU respond to Google Voice |
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| | | Deals, launches and products |
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25 March, 2009
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| | | New games paradigm based on streaming video changes all the rules |
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| | | Beware of Mobile TV regulators with their firearms pointed down |
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| | | US consumers happier, but not ready to spend on tech says survey |
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| | | EchoStar targets Euro IPTV’s soft set top underbelly with Sling |
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| | | If the UWB war is over – then nobody won |
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| | | Sony confirms plans to join the Freesat eco-system |
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| | | Vizimo – trying to apply logic to “what do you fancy watching?” |
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| | | Alcatel rolls out Telefonica IPTV Ad system for Spanish trials |
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| | | Edgeware rubs shoulders with Ericsson, lands funding |
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| | | Amino has China at its feet with ZTE deal |
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| | | Samsung finally opts into world of mobile services with movies |
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| | | LG plans 50 Windows Mobile devices in three years |
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| | | Nokia leaves N-Gage in the cold over processing power problems |
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| | | Vodafone and Telefonica merge networks for huge efficiency gains |
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| | | Deals, launches and products |
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18 March, 2009
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| | | IGA Worldwide up for sale as ad revenues plummet |
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| | | Google not yet done tampering with the voice interface |
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| | | To hell in a bucket and the six dimensions of success |
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| | | UK advertising reflects US, last quarter fell off cliff, online healthy |
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| | | WiMedia Alliance shuts down in another blow for UWB |
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| | | Small earthquake in cellular IPR Court, no-one hurt |
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| | | Hulu moves up to number 2, adds social features |
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| | | IDC handset predictions: A collapsing fairytale of despair |
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| | | Apple unveils touch software update – Listens hard to developers |
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| | | Social networks are driving Americans to the mobile web |
|
| | | Motorola-tel or Nortorola – silly idea so let’s pick a silly name |
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| | | Telefonica sneaks eagerly awaited Pre from under Vodafone’s nose |
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| | | Sirius numbers add up, show why Liberty was happy to help |
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| | | Five years ‘til DOCSIS 3.0 deployed, will chase Stimulus cash |
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| | | Deals, launches and products |
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11 March, 2009
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| | | European mobile data roaming capped as promised – law by July |
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| | | Poland mobile TV snubs cellular operators with DVB-H award |
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| | | UK TV viewing, ads to hit wall unless web based VoD brought to life |
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| | | Tiscali waits too long for sale of the century ISP deal – all bets are off |
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| | | Mobile TV alive and well and living in Japan, other parts of the world |
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| | | “Small network in US gets access to some films at last” - Sony |
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| | | Touch – the sixth sense after all |
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| | | Has Samsung beaten Apple to a new-look ‘tablet-phone’ format? |
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| | | Nokia refreshes music phones yet again, adds stores and free music |
|
| | | Palm and Microsoft on defensive against Apple, Google |
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| | | Set-top boxes change allegiances, TV model |
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| | | Intel's 4 new Atom chips not for PCs |
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| | | Thomson write down is big, but business still seems viable, cuts planned |
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| | | Deals, launches and products |
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4 March, 2009
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| | | DirecTV nods assent to “TV Everywhere” – but it’s oh so dangerous |
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| | | Nagravision is ready with 4 million CMMB DRM chips for China |
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| | | Digital Fountain IPR ends up at its natural home - Qualcomm |
|
| | | Blockbuster hangs on by its fingernails, asks lawyer to look at options |
|
| | | Dish subscriber losses mount, and there’s worse quarters to come |
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| | | US consumers finally “get” internet video says survey |
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| | | Sorry your credit rating isn’t good enough to see the Mercedes advert |
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| | | Obama proposes new spectrum fees, FCC promises reform |
|
| | | 3 home network groups formally back HomeGrid's G.hn efforts |
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| | | Telecom Italia gets Mediaset soccer to drive IPTV, Fastweb up |
|
| | | France Telecom hit by writedowns and iPhone loss, TV up 66% |
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| | | Chumby the product becomes Chumby the CE platform |
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| | | Amazon has free Kindle app for iPhone, extending its mobile model |
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| | | Deals, launches and products |
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25 February, 2009
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| | | US Cable and Content in talks to annex video on the web |
|
| | | DVB-H suffers another setback as South Africa puts Mobile TV on ice |
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| | | The great American myth – we watch TV all day long |
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| | | DSL shipments down for 2008, will recover then slide, post 2010 |
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| | | Netflix: Streaming-only option by 2010 |
|
| | | Whoever replaces News Corp’s Chernin is bound to be a Murdoch |
|
| | | Comcast: What recession? |
|
| | | Panasonic signing European content for internet to TV content |
|
| | | Flat screens taking over TV, but demand is still falling |
|
| | | Siano now attacks the rest of MoTV from its secure Chinese base |
|
| | | Researcher says mobile broadband prices are unsustainable |
|
| | | Visto buys Good from Motorola to form anti-RIM alliance |
|
| | | Zeemote drives gaming eco-system for handsets |
|
| | | Deals, launches and products |
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18 February, 2009
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| | | Dish hopes dashed as Liberty steps in to salvage Sirius |
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| | | Nokia-Qualcomm accord signals race to LTE, with all that entails |
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| | | Mobile TV inevitable, but not here yet at MWC Barcelona |
|
| | | MusicStation to move from phones to homes in the name of piracy |
|
| | | US digital switchover phase one goes off without a hitch |
|
| | | Nokia App Store to reach 300 million devices by 2012 |
|
| | | Free has the best rates for broadband price, customer satisfaction |
|
| | | Netflix numbers “alarmingly” up as US begins shift to online viewing |
|
| | | Apple television may speed move to internet-ready TV sets |
|
| | | Touch screen phones are mostly rubbish says survey |
|
| | | LG Arena is the first iPhone rival that discovers new ground |
|
| | | New HTC Android shows up wearing Vodafone colors |
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| | | TI’s OMAP lines up against Qualcomm’s multimode and Gobi chips |
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| | | Broadcom has reference platform to speed more Androids to market |
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