Adobe has announced it will abandon Flash development for TV as well as for mobile. With the multiplication of connected video devices with different user environments, service providers are forced to choose solutions that can reach as many devices as possible. However, applications running in a browser or the Flash environment are slower than native [...]

July 29, 2011 by Tim Jacks According to unconfirmed press reports, Apple is considering the acquisition of Hulu. Hulu’s owners have also held discussions with Yahoo!, Google and Amazon, while Microsoft has stated that it is not interested in the company. So what would the parties involved be acquiring? Hulu has forecast total revenues of [...]

A year after launch the Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem (DECE) has unveiled initial technical specifications – now branded ‘Ultraviolet’. Ultraviolet’s major backers are the Hollywood studios, who hope to fight piracy by enabling users to legitimately access content on multiple devices. Ultraviolet’s membership list now encompasses 62 companies including high-profile UK players such as BSkyB, [...]

Reuters has reported that Microsoft is in talks with pay-TV networks to roll out its own subscription service based on a “virtual cable operator” model. According to Reuters’ confidential sources, the service would not roll out for at least another year. There is increasing availability of over-the-top content (catch-up and premium) on the Internet – [...]

BSkyB has announced that any extra bandwidth incurred by usage of its new Anytime+ VOD offer will count towards subscribers’ monthly download allowance. Anytime+ is currently being rolled out as an optional upgrade to owners of Sky HD boxes who also take Sky’s broadband service (Sky has 3.2m HD customers, and a total of 2.8m [...]

South Africa’s telecoms regulator, ICASA, has awarded its second licence for DVB-H mobile TV broadcasting to MultiChoice. Multichoice and e.tv, the first licensee, will share a DVB-H multiplex and have 12 months to launch services. At the same time, South Africa is reconsidering whether it should adopt Japan and Brazil’s ISDB-T instead of pursuing the [...]