Warning

JUser: :_load: Unable to load user with ID: 63

JUser: :_load: Unable to load user with ID: 66

Message

Failed loading XML... Document is empty

Displaying items by tag: Digital TV

Wednesday, 04 November 2009 09:10

Community TV gets digital spectrum and funding

The Federal Government has finally acted to provide the Community TV sector with spectrum and funding to make the transition to digital TV.

Published in Market

Tagged under

Tuesday, 03 November 2009 06:25

Cisco buys set-top box arm of DVN, plans Chinese market assault

Cisco has announced plans to pay $US44.5m in cash for the set-top box business of DVN Holdings saying the move will further its vision for the global connected home. In particular it is eyeing a massive Chinese market for digital set-top boxes.

Published in Deals

Tagged under

Monday, 26 October 2009 10:44

Freeview tweaks web site as channel choice expands

As the number of digital channels is set to increase, Freeview has revamped its web site.

Published in Entertainment

Tagged under

Thursday, 22 October 2009 14:24

ACMA restructures for NBN, digital broadcasting and empowered consumers

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is to revamp its internal structure to give a sharper focus on issues thrown up by the National Broadband Network and the transition to digital TV and radio; and "to give appropriate new weighting to the role of...individuals as citizens, as consumers and as audiences for content."

Published in Government Tech Policy

Tagged under

Thursday, 14 May 2009 09:00

Community television fires broadside at government

The community television sector is up in arms at being left out of funding allocations by the federal government in Tuesday’s budget and says it has a desperate need for just $3 million to go digital.

Published in Market

Tagged under

Thursday, 07 May 2009 11:35

Community groups recruited for digital TV push

The Federal government is tapping into the expertise of selected community organisations to help ensure particular groups aren't left behind in the digital TV switchover.

Published in Technology Regulation

Tagged under

Monday, 27 April 2009 08:58

Initial Freeview logo licensees named

The first list has been released naming vendors whose digital TV gear will carry the Freeview logo. But will that logo be something that buyers actually want to see?

Published in Business Telecommunications

Tagged under

Wednesday, 22 April 2009 07:11

Foxtel goes online with Warner Bros in tow

There are big moves happening at cable TV provider Foxtel. In order to stay afloat against increasing competition, Foxtel have announced a new online facility featuring a facility for remote programming your Foxtel IQ or IQ2. The provider has also expanded their Video On Demand service, expect to see The Curious Case of Benjamin Button on the same day as the DVD and Blu-Ray release.

Published in Radioactive IT

Tagged under

Saturday, 03 January 2009 08:18

Get ready for Nintendo's Wii TV micro-transaction harvest

Nintendo have released further plans on a new channel to bring video on demand into Wii owning households.

Published in Entertainment

Tagged under

Friday, 12 December 2008 12:00

Conroy's Christmas TV crusade: may it be digitally merry

Australia’s Minister for Broadband, Senator Stephen Conroy, has taken time out from politics’ silly season to encourage Australians to “enjoy a Digital TV Christmas”. It's a handy distraction and channel change from the Internet filtering debate!

Published in Fuzzy Logic

Tagged under

Friday, 05 December 2008 07:36

Conroy says Opposition 'œclears up' signal on digital TV

After initially saying that the Australian Federal Opposition “sabotaged” the definite rollout date for digital TV in Australia, Federal Communications Minister Senator Conroy now says the Opposition has instead “backed down” and has decided to help deliver a clear signal on when analog will be no more, and digital will rule the day – the 31st of December, 2013.

Published in Fuzzy Logic

Tagged under

Wednesday, 03 December 2008 09:40

Digital TV sabotaged by opposition, says Conroy

The Australian Government claims the switchover to digital television planned for 2013 has been put into doubt following Opposition amendments to the Digital Television Switchover Bill 2008 that were passed in the Senate today.

Published in Core Dump

Tagged under

Saturday, 15 November 2008 03:37

eGames Expo day 1 report

The eGames Expo has opened as part of the International Digital Entertainment Festival, and the feel after day one, is that in its third year, the expo has got itself into a well oiled rhythm.

Published in Radioactive IT

Tagged under

Friday, 14 November 2008 09:01

eGames Expo and Digital Lifestyle Show opens at iDEF08

The doors have just been flung wide at this years eGames Expo and Digital Lifestyle Show as part of the International Digital Entertainment Festival. Click on through for some early images from the show.

Published in Entertainment

Tagged under

Tuesday, 11 November 2008 05:54

Extract your digital at the Digital Lifestyle Show

The upcoming Digital Lifestyle Show promises a showcase of leading edge sound and vision options for technically minded couch potatoes everywhere.

Published in Entertainment

Tagged under

Tuesday, 07 October 2008 11:26

Nokia N96 delivers the goods, Tube 5800 iPhone-clone awaits

Nokia’s N96 smartphone is well positioned to be its flagship N-Series phone of 2008, ready to capture as much of the frenetic Christmas/end-of-year/holiday shopping season as possible in the face of the iPhone assault, while also having brought its own iPhone-clone to some markets pre-2009 – but not Australia, the US or Europe.

Published in Market

Tagged under

Friday, 12 September 2008 13:03

H.264 coming to Silverlight at last

Microsoft's getting with the program: the company has previewed support for H.264 video content in Silverlight. Some may question why it has taken Redmond so long to embrace the video standard.

Published in Business Telecommunications

Tagged under

Thursday, 21 August 2008 03:31

Sony takes page out of Xbox 360 book in PS3 hardware change

Sony has used the Leipzig Games Convention to announce forthcoming changes to the PlayStation 3 hardware, including an Xbox 360 style text keypad. Other changes include a major upgrade to the hard drive capacity.

Published in Entertainment

Tagged under

Tuesday, 22 July 2008 04:42

PAL PS3 PlayTV power on pushed

A recent interview with Sony Corporation Electronic Entertainment president David Reeves gives the availability dates for PlayTV in Europe and the rest of the world.

Published in Entertainment

Tagged under

Wednesday, 09 July 2008 19:59

Digital TV in Australia

The five major Australian cities are due to have analog TV turned off at the end of next year, progressively the remainder of the country will be forced to convert by 2013. So, knowing that any equipment older than around 5 years will stop working in 18 months, how are we doing?

Published in Technology Regulation

Tagged under