Telestream Named Industry Leader in the Global Video Transcoders Market

Posted on November 25th, 2009 by Abdul Montaqim

Frost & Sullivan honors Telestream with 2009 Global Competitive Strategy Leadership Award and 2009 World Market Share Leadership Award
Telestream, a provider of world-class video transcoding solutions, affirms its leadership position with the announcement that Frost & Sullivan has presented the company with two 2009 Global Video Transcoders Market Leadership Awards. The Competitive Strategy Leadership Award [...]

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Virgin Media Selects TiVo For Next Generation TV Platform

Posted on November 24th, 2009 by Abdul Montaqim

Companies enter mutually exclusive arrangement to develop UK’s most advanced television and broadband offering
TiVo, a leader in the creation of television services and advertising solutions for digital video recorders (DVRs), and Virgin Media, the UK’s leading entertainment and communications company, announced they have entered into a strategic partnership under which TiVo will develop Virgin Media’s [...]

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Sky TV app brings Premier League football to iPhone

Posted on November 10th, 2009 by Abdul Montaqim

iPhone and iPod Touch owners can now watch Premier League football matches live via the new Sky Mobile TV app.
The application has launched today and for £6 a month people can access the Sky Sports bundle – which includes access to Sky News, the Sky Sports channels and the ESPN channels live on their handset [...]

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Apple Introduces Apple TV 3.0 Software With Redesigned User Interface

Posted on October 29th, 2009 by Abdul Montaqim

Apple has introduced new Apple TV 3.0 software featuring a redesigned main menu that makes navigating users’ favorite content simpler and faster, and makes enjoying the largest selection of on-demand HD movie rentals and purchases, HD TV shows, music and podcasts from the iTunes Store even better on the TV.
Users can now enjoy iTunes Extras [...]

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Chrysler to offer live mobile TV in cars

Posted on October 29th, 2009 by Abdul Montaqim

Chrysler Group is the first automaker in the United States to offer live mobile TV to car buyers. The television service will have the capacity for as many as 20 channels through FLO TV Auto Entertainment. The system offers something for everyone: college and professional sports, breaking news, children’s shows, primetime sitcoms, reality TV and [...]

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VIZIO Licenses Digital TV Patent Portfolio to Sony

Posted on October 28th, 2009 by Abdul Montaqim

VIZIO announced that Sony Corporation has become a licensee under VIZIO’s patent portfolio. VIZIO, a leader in the American LCD HDTV market, owns a substantial worldwide patent portfolio directed to digital television technology.
“We are pleased with the result of our patent licensing efforts. It further demonstrates the technical strength and value of VIZIO’s patent portfolio,” [...]

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Panasonic to Show Full HD 3D Home Theatre at Cable-Tec Expo 2009

Posted on October 28th, 2009 by Abdul Montaqim

Panasonic will demonstrate prototype Full HD 1080p 3D televisions and will exhibit an expanded range of tru2way solutions, including tru2way-based broadband cable set-top boxes and its tru2way-intergrated consumer VIERA HDTVs at this year’s Cable-Tec Expo® — the cable industry’s engineering show of the year — beginning today through October 30 at the Colorado Convention Center [...]

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Comcast to Launch Extreme 50 Mbps Internet Service in California

Posted on October 28th, 2009 by Abdul Montaqim

Comcast, one of the leading US providers of entertainment, information and communications products and services, today announced it is launching next-generation DOCSIS 3.0 and making the leap from broadband to wideband in several areas of California, including Fresno, Merced, Modesto, Stockton, Tracy, Tulare, Visalia, as well as Santa Barbara County (see complete list of 83 [...]

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Microsoft to try again with Sky Player on Xbox 360

Posted on October 28th, 2009 by Abdul Montaqim

Sky and Microsoft will attempt to launch the new Sky Player for Xbox 360 for a second time after the companies had to pull the service on the official launch day on Tuesday.
“The service has been suspended due to an unforeseen technical issue.” Sky said in a statement. “Sky Player engineers are hard at work [...]

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