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| Oct 08, 2007
As we predicted, BD player prices are plunging in time for the Christmas buying season. At €399 (£299), Sony’s new 40GB PS3 will be a tempting option for any ea...
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| Oct 02, 2007
Italy's Telecommunications minister, Paolo Gentiloni, has announced that the country's analogue switch-off date will now be 2012. This compares to the current o...
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| Sep 25, 2007
Following Sling's recent deal to distribute its Slingbox through UPC, the pan-European cable operator, announced at IBC, I drafted a comment that Sling could en...
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| Sep 11, 2007
OpenTV's Matthew Huntington gave us an update on the company's progress at IBC. Matthew and I both go back to the early days of interactive TV, so there was som...
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| Sep 11, 2007
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At IBC Microsoft was giving demonstrations of Silverlight , first introduced at NAB in April. This is Microsoft's browser plug-in answer to Adobe Flash, allowin...
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| Sep 08, 2007
We met today with Gerhard Bickmann, CFO of German cable operator, Kabel BW, who spoke at NDS's annual IBC press lunch. In a one-to-one discussion, Herr Bickman ...
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| Sep 06, 2007
SES Astra's top brass, Ferdinand Kayser, President and CEO, and Alexander Oudendijk, Chief Commercial Officer, kicked off IBC tonight with an update to press an...
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| Sep 05, 2007
I noted back in May that news channels would soon come under pressure to move to HD, and sure enough CNN has made its move. The channel launched CNN HD on Septe...
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| Sep 05, 2007
The world's largest broadcast technology convention gets under way this Friday in Amsterdam. Except that broadcast is becoming broadband and that's making thing...
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| Sep 05, 2007
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Akamai of course is referring to its own approach of managed edge delivery networks. We, on the other hand, have seen "good en...
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| Sep 03, 2007
The UK's largest retailer, Tesco, is offering a digital TV set-top box for £10, but is currently out of stock at its online store. Whether this is a result of u...
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| Aug 30, 2007
Nokia makes the headlines today with the introduction of its services and software strategy. The company recently announced a major reorganisation, splitting it...
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| Aug 21, 2007
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| Aug 21, 2007
Blu-ray has suffered a blow in losing titles from Paramount and Dreamworks but it is unlikely to make much difference to the final outcome. If rumours suggestin...
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| Aug 20, 2007
Rajar contacted me to clarify the unaccounted for 21% of radio share. Rajar goes to great length to explain to its interviewees how to fill in their diaries, bu...
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| Aug 20, 2007
OK, it was never on; nor was it ever likely. But with Ballmer and Chambers on the same platform it's understandable the rumour mills might be turning. The messa...
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| Aug 16, 2007
Following my recent discussion on online radio, Rajar, the UK's radio research body, has confirmed just how minor a role online plays in the overall radio indus...
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