ITV to Invest More in Digital Brands
Posted by Fraser Lovatt on 24 June 2004 | Tagged as: Business, Cable TV, Satellite-delivered, Digital TV
UK£36 million (€54 million) is to go on ITV2 and ITV3 to fund growth.
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Samsung’s Digital Multimedia Chip for Mobiles
Posted by Fraser Lovatt on 15 June 2004 | Tagged as: Platforms, Digital TV, Mobile
With a 40% reduction in power consumption over previous attempts, Samsung have produced a chip that will bring multimedia broadcasting, such as digital television, to your phone.
Cartoon Filter for Digital Television
Posted by Fraser Lovatt on 10 June 2004 | Tagged as: Content, Digital TV, Research
Parents who can’t be bothered monitoring their children’s TV viewing habits will soon be able to rely on a filter that can keep cartoons to a strict daily dosage.
BSkyB Announce Free-to-Air and HD TV Services
Posted by Fraser Lovatt on 9 June 2004 | Tagged as: Content, Digital TV, HDTV
In a move designed to get a Sky box in more living rooms, British Sky Broadcasting has announced a free to air package of channels. BSkyB are also looking at introducing a High Definition premium package in 2006.
World’s First Combined Digital TV and Radio Chip
Posted by Fraser Lovatt on 21 May 2004 | Tagged as: Distribution, Digital TV, Components
Frontier Silicon have shipped Logie, the world’s first single chip DVB-T and DAB solution.
Pioneer Announce Fifth-generation Plasma HDTVs
Posted by Fraser Lovatt on 20 May 2004 | Tagged as: Platforms, Digital TV, HDTV, Displays, Video Displays
Five new PureVision HDTVs from Pioneer, capable of displaying 5.75 billion colours.
UK Government Gives Away Trial Set-top Boxes
Posted by Fraser Lovatt on 20 May 2004 | Tagged as: Distribution, Digital TV
In a bid to hasten the UK’s digital switch-over, the government is to give 350 households set-top boxes whilst switching off their analogue TV signals.
New HomeChoice Service Launches
Posted by Fraser Lovatt on 14 May 2004 | Tagged as: Content, Broadband, Digital TV
Available from 1st June, Video Networks’ HomeChoice service offers 1mb of broadband, more than 60 channels and video on demand.
Bringing the School into the Home via Broadband
Posted by Fraser Lovatt on 30 April 2004 | Tagged as: Broadband, User Generated Content (UGC), Content, Digital TV, Cross platform, Software, IPTV, Video Hardware
A unique partnership between a school and a broadband entertainment provider is engaging pupils and providing new ways to learn.
UK’s Progress Towards Digital Switch-over “Astonishing”
Posted by Fraser Lovatt on 27 April 2004 | Tagged as: Distribution, Digital TV, Research, Regulation
Tessa Jowell welcomes a new BBC report that states that the UK could switch over to digital television by 2010.
