Reality rains on 3DTV's parade
Written by Robin Hague
No-one watching the little to watch and HD isn't faring much better
Having ignored the lessons of history and put the shiny technology cart firmly in front of the bewildered content horse, the 3D television industry is starting to reap its predictable harvest of uninterested consumers.
ASA set to police the Internet's advertising badlands
Written by Chris Andrews
Oddly, the watchdog will receive seed funding from Google to kick things off
From March of next year, the UK's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) will be significantly extending its reach into the Interweb, having jurisdiction over all on-line marketing communications. This, said the ASA, will allow it to "deliver more comprehensive consumer protection online".
Despite decreased competition, Americans' mobile bills have halved in the past 10 years
Written by Chris Andrews
GAO calls on FCC to review its wireless industry data collection policies
Americans are spending half what they did 10 years ago on wireless services, but wide-spread consolidation means that competition is suffering, and it may be time for the FCC to do something about it.
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STMicroelectronics reaches ultimate dimension in TV with new high-performance digital TV system-on-chip and video-enhancement IC for 3DTV and 3D graphics
Monday, 06 September 2010 08:54
STMicroelectronics, one of the world's largest semiconductor companies and a leader in chips for set-top boxes and digital TVs, has announced a new TV System-on-Chip (SoC) offering the first-of-its-kind integrated 3D graphics accelerator (OpenGL-ES 2.0 and OpenVG 1.1 compliant), enabling next-generation Internet TV services, exciting user interfaces and casual gaming.Plex to enable next generation of NetCast connected TVs
Monday, 06 September 2010 08:39
Plex (www.plexapp.com), a leading software provider of an open platform for media management and consumption, has announced the availability of the newest version of its service.Mobile advertisers forecast to spend $1.8 billion on location-based campaigns in 2015
Monday, 06 September 2010 08:13
Location-based advertising is still in its infancy, but according to a new study from ABI Research, businesses are primed to spend $1.8 billion on it in 2015 as part of their overall mobile marketing budgets.New ways of 3D interactivity and control at IBC
Monday, 06 September 2010 08:03
The use of interactive 3D visualisations is growing each year. Real estate property developers, governments and even industrial companies are reaping the benefits of these multifunctional visual presentations. World-leading 3D company Zero Creative is demonstrating its new solutions at IBC this year.Icareus delivers interactive OTT SeniorTV service platform
Monday, 06 September 2010 07:55
Icareus has developed a new kind of Interactive OTT TV service targeted to Senior citizens in Finland. The first customer of the OTT platform and SeniorTV service is a Finnish company called EcoTec that launches it under its own brand SmartCare TV.Sky reaches high definition landmarks
Friday, 03 September 2010 06:29
LIVING HD has launched on Sky, meaning that Sky has now confirmed all 50 High Definition (HD) channels that will be available by Christmas, in line with its promise to customers.Pacific Television Center boosts London capabilities with new HD gear
Friday, 03 September 2010 06:25
Pacific Television Center, a Los Angeles-based independent global transmission and production company, is following up the recent expansion of its bandwidth from OC3 (155mb) to OC48 (2480mb) between London and Los Angeles with key equipment upgrades to its London facility.Latens launch ECO UI5 on Entone hybrid devices at IBC 2010
Friday, 03 September 2010 06:18
Latens, the leading provider of software security solutions for Pay-TV across all networks and Entone (IBC stand no. IP-503), the market leader in Hybrid TV and Connected Home solutions, have announced the launch of ECO UI5 middleware and its successful integration with Entone's Amulet IPTV Receiver and Janus Media Hub.justAd.TV takes advertising beyond the 30 second spot
Friday, 03 September 2010 06:13
justAd.TV is making its debut at IBC in Amsterdam, addressing the growing industry need to enable more effective advertising in the increasingly on-demand TV world.
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