Inside Digital TV articles from May 2005

Inside Digital TV archives from May 2005

IPTV Exclusive: France Telecom Moves Forward With 'MaLigneTV'.(Internet Protocol Television)
May 11, 2005... France Telecom (FT) could triple the number of subscribers it has for its "MaLigne TV" TV-over-DSL offering in France this year. The operator ended 2004 with around 100,000 subscribers, and the numbers could be set to rise significantly in...

BBCi Controller Ready To Go To School.
May 11, 2005... The BBC is stepping up its efforts in terms of providing interactive services to the youth market. The broadcaster, which provides interactive services to the pre-school market, is now targeting the school-goers in a new wave of services....

DTT Update: Poland--One Step Forward, One Step Back.(Digital Terrestrial Television)
May 11, 2005... Numerous problems are making the implementation of Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) far from straightforward in Poland. However, events surrounding DTT have gathered momentum in recent months. Earlier this year, two of Poland's key...

Latin America Exclusive: DirecTV LatAm President Ready For New Era.
May 11, 2005... DirecTV Latin America aims to follow the strategic roadmap of DirecTV US as it bids to put behind it a series of mistakes that have blighted its progress in recent years. DirecTV LatAm president Bruce Churchill tells Inside Digital TV there...

IPTV In Portugal: Sonaecom Prepares Digital-TV Launch.(Internet Protocol Television)
May 11, 2005... Sonaecom is preparing to launch TV services in Portugal this year. Paulo Bicudo, the TV-over-DSL project leader at Sonaecom, confirmed this to Inside Digital TV, adding "our perspective is that we are the telecom operator in Portugal with...

Research Focus: Prospects For STB Manufacturers.(set-top boxes)
May 11, 2005... By Anna Hunt, IMS Research IMS Research's latest study, The Worldwide Market for Digital STBs and IDTVs, was published earlier this year, and it takes a look at trends within the world's digital television market, in particular, in terms...

AEPOC President Issues Call To Arms.(Association for the Protection of Encrypted Works, Jean Grenier)(Interview)
May 11, 2005... European Association for the Protection of Encrypted Works (AEPOC) President Jean Grenier believes European regulators need to get much tougher on the piracy issue in Europe. Pay-TV operators throughout Europe lose millions of euros each year...

BSkyB Boosts Subscribers, But Churn Is On The Increase.(British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC)
May 11, 2005... BSkyB, the UK satellite pay-TV operator, has announced an impressive set of results for the quarter ended March 31, touting strong subscriber growth although churn is beginning to increase. The operator ended the quarter with 7.7 million...

Mobile TV Special: O2 Targets 2008 For Mobile-TV Launch.
May 25, 2005... UK wireless operator O2, which is teaming with NTL Broadcast, among others, for a six-month mobile-TV trial later this year, could launch the service commercially in 2008. The trial, which will take place in Oxford, gives 350 users the...

Country Profile: Karneval Takes The Czech Republic Digital.(Karneval Media )
May 25, 2005... Czech cable operator Karneval Media is getting set to launch commercial digital television services this year. The operator, which has about 300,000 Revenue Generating Units (RGUs), wants to play a key role in bringing more diverse video...

Technology Focus: Amino Looks At Possible Partnerships.
May 25, 2005... Amino Communications could ship around 500,000 IPTV STBs in 2005, and CEO Bob Giddy is predicting a bright future for the company as it looks to generate strong revenues from the IPTV marketplace. Giddy tells Inside Digital TV, "If we take...

Update: HD In Europe.(High Definition Television)
May 25, 2005... High-Definition Television (HDTV) continues to be a hot topic for discussion in Europe. As such satellite pay-TV operators as Premiere in Germany and BSkyB are getting prepared to launch HD services to consumers, the whole market is on the...

Executive Q&A: BellSouth Leapfrogs The Competition.(BellSouth Entertainment)(Interview)
May 25, 2005... BellSouth is serious about television. The operator, which is one of the largest telcos in the world, intends to become a major player in the TV space. It already is one of the leading providers of wireless, broadband and telephony services...

Warner Exec Confident Over New Opportunities.
May 25, 2005... The world is changing for content providers. At the recent Mediacast show in London, the theme was 'content everywhere' as users are becoming more flexible in terms of what they view. Also, with PVR penetration set to explode, the...