Feb
22

Centuere AG buys Channel 21 from Aurelius

Website: Rapid TV News Investment company Centuere AG will take over German home-shopping broadcaster Channel 21 from Munich-based industry holding Aurelius. “We have signed the sale contract, from 1 March we.. more
Feb
22

FTA TivuSat struggles doubles demand

Website: Rapid TV News Italian free-to-view sat-platform TivuSat says it has dramatically upped its forward order for decoding smart cards. Tivu says that it currently has 150,000 activated cards, and can.. more
Feb
22

Blockbuster drops Australian TiVo service

Website: Rapid TV News Blockbuster is reportedly ditching its Australian movie download service offered through TiVo, as TiVo pushes its own on-demand service, Caspa. A stand-alone IP-delivered Blockbuster movie rental scheme.. more
Feb
22

BBC iPlayer continues to gather momentum

The viewing figures for the Beeb’s iPlayer catch-up TV service are continuing their upward trend, according to the corporation. January’s figures for programme requests on the service are 120 million, up from 115 million the previous month, and double the number served in January 2009... more
Feb
22

IPTV Zone at IBC2010 to highlight IPTV's explosive growth

The demand for IPTV has shown explosive growth over the last 12 months. Recent research by MRG, Inc predicts that the number of IPTV subscribers worldwide will continue to grow at 31% per year to reach 83 million by 2013, creating a $38 billion marketplace.. more
Feb
22

Sky brings news app to Android

Sky has ported over its iPhone news app to the Android platform. The Sky news app brings the user all the latest headlines and breaking news in an easily digestible format. Seven categories of news are provided, from politics to showbiz (the same thing surely.. more
Feb
22

Fortify and HP Debut Web Application Hybrid Security Analysis

Fortify Software, the market leader in Software Security Assurance (SSA) solutions, debuted the next generation hybrid security analysis technology for testing web applications. Developed in collaboration with HP, Hybrid 2.0 enables teams across the application lifecycle to improve visibility into security risks, increase test accuracy.. more
Feb
22

Less internet and lower-technology could reduce company's risk profile

News that a report has classed Web 2.0 services a potentially severe security headache comes as no surprise to Origin Storage, the storage systems integration specialist. The Webroot report found that 23 per cent of respondents thought their company was vulnerable to attacks on Web.. more
Feb
22

Kingston launches DataTraveler 310

Kingston Digital Europe Ltd, a subsidiary of Kingston Technology Corporation, the independent world leader in memory products, today announced the release of the Kingston DataTraveler 310, the ultimate mobile storage accessory, allowing users to carry a complete digital portfolio of documents. The Kingston DataTraveler 310.. more
Feb
22

HTC Desire out in the spring

HTC’s Desire smartphone, which was unveiled last week at Mobile World Congress, will be out in the UK sooner than we thought. The Desire, which is very similar to Google’s Nexus One (but with HTC’s innovative Sense interface), has been confirmed on all five of.. more