Philip Hunter

Dutch video watermarking specialist Civolution is benefiting from a Hollywood mandate.

The HomeGrid Forum claims to have made a breakthrough in data and video transmission.

The newly restructured Satellite IRG will be working with key satellite operators and equipment manufacturers to tackle the growing problem of interference.

Despite the failure of DVB-H to gain traction, many European operators are still betting on it playing a major role in future services, but with a different standard.

A report by Research and Markets highlights the intense competition in one of Europe’s most affluent digital media markets.

Cisco’s European CTO for video technology argues that over-the-top service providers need to integrate unicast and multicast delivery to support large numbers of users.

Shortage of studio space combined with plenty of cheap fiber will encourage broadcasters to edit remotely via bandwidth networks at the London Olympics next year.

The forensic watermarking system enables the Polish national film archive to trace content.

The launch by Sky in the UK of an online TV service for non-existing customers heralds a new era of competition for OT T services in Europe following the arrival of Netflix.

The Ericsson TV & Video Consumer Trend Report 2011 finds people are spending less time watching scheduled broadcast TV but are willing to pay for fresh content.

The European Broadcast Union and Advanced Media Workflow Association will unveil the new Framework for Interoperability of Media Services in TV Production at IBC 2011 in Amsterdam next month.

Sustainability and green issues will feature prominently at the upcoming IBC conference.

The Home Gateway Initiative is using its Chicago meeting this week to focus on reducing power consumption while ensuring quality of service within the connected home.

The French regulator CSA has put forward four key proposals for connected TV.

UK cable operator Virgin Media plans to bid for spectrum in 2012, so that it can set up femtocells for in-home distribution.

In the UK, BARB (Broadcasters’ Audience Research Board) has set up a new forum to work out how to measure online TV audiences and integrate the information with linear viewing figures.

With public funding across the European Union under severe pressure during the current debt crisis, telcos and cable operators are being urged to seek private funding for building out fiber networks.

UK culture secretary Jeremy Hunt has promised that the government will be bold both in building infrastructure and easing regulations to promote universal access to premium TV services.

Increased UK viewing of live linear TV and associated adverts is giving a boost to commercial TV operators.

JPEG 2000 and the MPEG-4 10-bit profile have emerged as contending encoding technologies for European operators.

The BBC has cut online services but maintains investment in Canvas and iPlayer.

San Francisco private equity firm Vector Capital Corp. has emerged as a contender to buy a majority stake in French film and video production equipment maker Technicolor SA.

TiVo’s European business boosted the DVR specialist’s subscriber base by 524,000 to 2.5 million in the year ending April 30.