Oftel finally see the need for broadband competition
Posted by Simon Perry on 21 December 2001 | Tagged as: Business
Oftel announce steps to increase competition in the UK broadband market.
Archive for December, 2001
VOD over DSL
Posted by Simon Perry on 19 December 2001 | Tagged as: Distribution
Alcatel and Thomson multimedia demonstrated TV and VOD over DSL. Interestingly the article also mentions encoding units by Nextream, claiming video over less than 1Mb/s.
A positive piece on BB satellie looking forward to 20002.
Posted by Simon Perry on 19 December 2001 | Tagged as: Distribution
A positive piece on BB satellie looking forward to 20002.
More DSL in Beijing
Posted by Simon Perry on 19 December 2001 | Tagged as: Distribution
Continued development of DSL access in the Hebei province around Beijing.
BBC reject STB idea
Posted by Simon Perry on 13 December 2001 | Tagged as: Gadgets, Platforms
News that the BBC has ruled out having their own set top box wasn’t particularly surprising. Discussions with other UK broadcaster are still ongoing.
EU money for Cornish broadband
Posted by Simon Perry on 12 December 2001 | Tagged as: Business
Funded by the European Regional Development Fund and South West Regional Development Agency, Cornwall will benefit from 33,000 ADSL connections
SonicBlue put pressure on TiVo
Posted by Simon Perry on 12 December 2001 | Tagged as: Gadgets, Platforms
SonicBlue are now stepping up the pressure on TiVo (Sonicblue threatens to sue TiVo)) after the award of their patent covering a couple PVR feature, including the ability to pause live TV.
Microsoft announce new broadband streaming CODEC
Posted by Simon Perry on 12 December 2001 | Tagged as: Distribution
Microsoft announced at Streaming Media East yesterday their ‘Third generation’ product – code named “Corona”, that they are aiming at BB delivery.
BBC announce ‘Curriculum Online’
Posted by Simon Perry on 11 December 2001 | Tagged as: Content
The BBC announce their pivotal role in the ‘Curriculum Online’. It could be very positive for the UK industry, as long as the money is spread around rather than just placed with a small number of large broadcasters.
RealNetworks to support MPEG-4
Posted by Simon Perry on 11 December 2001 | Tagged as: Distribution
Interesting to see RealNetworks are going to support MPEG-4. As long as it’s going to be open standards MPEG-4, not the proprietary version Microsoft uses, this is good for the electronic video delivery generally. This could also be interpreted that Real aren’t that concerned about their format any more. As long as people view it though their player and through their subscription service (RealOne) – they’ll be happy. Gives added weight to the perception of a major shift in their business, which has been happening for a while.
