Mar
25

3D boosts cinemas

Website: Rapid TV News 3D movies like Avatar and Alice in Wonderland are helping create extremely positive momentum for the growth of digital cinema – and movie fans love the technology... more
Mar
25

Harris supplies Abu Dhabi TV with tapeless HD production centre

Website: Rapid TV News TV technology company Harris is supplying Abu Dhabi TV (part of the fast-growing Abu Dhabi Media Corp) with the Middle East’s first fully-tapeless HD production and play-out.. more
Mar
25

Telekom Malaysia launches UniFi triple-play services

Website: Rapid TV News Telekom Malaysia (TM) has launched its next-generation high-speed broadband service, which has been partly government-financed through a Public-Private-Partnership. The new network includes a relaunch of TM’s IPTV.. more
Mar
25

NDS plans 2012 London float

Website: Rapid TV News It is no great surprise to hear that NDS will seek a fresh stock market listing, but CEO Abe Peled has confirmed that the company has 2012 in mind for a float, and might have a secondary listing in China. NDS.. more
Mar
25

WorldSpace’s plan to de-orbit satellites approved

Website: Rapid TV News The Delaware Bankruptcy Court on March 24 allowed WorldSpace to go ahead with de-orbiting its two satellites. Judge Peter Walsh granted WorldSpace’s motion, approving the de-orbiting scheme, “and to take any additional steps necessary”. Judge Walsh, in approving the WorldSpace plan,.. more
Mar
25

Toshiba in VoIP partnership with CT3 Europe

Toshiba has partnered with CT3 Europe, a specialist distributor of converged communications and computer telephony solutions, based in Ireland. CT3 Europe will supply Toshiba’s flexible and reliable VoIP solutions through a network of dealers throughout Ireland. Toshiba will provide CT3 Europe with products aimed primarily.. more
Mar
25

Philips Launches Freeview HD PVR

Philips returns with the launch of not one but two nicely designed Freeview HD set top boxes. The DTR 5520 and the HDT 8520 will be launching onto the UK market next month and in May respectively. The DTR 5520 offers the consumer a choice.. more
Mar
25

Freeview STB from Sagem released

The electronics firm Sagem has launched two Freeview HD personal video recorders (PVRs), the RT190 320 T2 HD and the RT190 500 T2 HD. Both models will offer the user twin digital TV tuners as well as all of the normal PVR features such as.. more
Mar
25

Freesat hits one million

The BBC- and ITV-owned free-to-view satellite TV service, Freesat, has announced that it has signed up its one millionth customer, just eighteen months after the digital TV platform’s launch. According to the data released, it seems that the service gained a massive 250,000 customers over.. more
Mar
25

Switchover starts in Bristol

The digital switchover started in Bristol yesterday with the BBC 2 analogue TV signal being switched off permanently and after stage two, when the entire analogue TV signal will be turned off, anyone that has not made provisions for digital TV will be without TV.. more