African- Americans, Asian-Americans and Hispanics starting to rule US TV watching

Robin Hague

2050 to see a new majority in the United States and broadcasters need to get ready

African Americans are the biggest single group of TV watchers in the US, according to latest research from Nielsen, while Asian Americans have souped up technology but watch the least television.

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FCC finally publishes plans for America’s broadband future

Chris Andrews

Will it be able to foster the competition necessary to make it a reality?

After much consultation and inevitable delays, America’s Federal Communications Commission has finally delivered its National Broadband Plan to Congress, and it hasn’t been met with outrage, which is always nice.

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Conservatives throw their hat in the IT ring

Chris Andrews

Open government and fast broadband – but how realistic are their plans?

As America’s FCC launches its long awaited National Broadband Plan, the UK’s Conservative Party has fired off its own Technology Manifesto, which it says will ‘kick start the economic recovery, create new jobs, and make the British government the most technology friendly in the world’.

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Latest Press Releases

Major Hollywood studios and cable companies launching $30 million national campaign to promote Movies on Demand®

Friday, 19 March 2010 10:20

The nation’s major Hollywood studios and cable companies have joined forces for a significant push to expand consumer awareness of the extraordinary value offered by Movies On Demand®, a service that provides a convenient and affordable way to rent top-grossing box office hits on cable.  

International Launch Services and Telesat announce the ILS Proton launch of Nimiq 6 in 2012

Friday, 19 March 2010 10:01

International Launch Services (ILS) and Telesat, one of the world’s largest fixed satellite services operators, announced a contract for the ILS Proton launch of Telesat’s Nimiq 6 satellite scheduled for mid-2012.  

OIPF again demonstrates industry-wide appear with diversity of new members

Friday, 19 March 2010 09:57

As the Open IPTV Forum celebrates its third anniversary, the strength of its broad influence and appeal is again demonstrated through further growth in both membership and industry relationships.  

Survey of digital marketing industry projects hike in mobile ad spending

Friday, 19 March 2010 09:53

A survey of nearly 1,000 agencies, brand advertisers and publishers suggests that 2010 could be a break-out year for mobile advertising, but that publishers are struggling to participate in the upside of the latest media ad boom.  

AirTies and Endavo Media to showcase OTT video services platform integration at IPTV World Forum

Friday, 19 March 2010 09:44

Endavo Media, an OTT video services platform provider, is teaming up with the innovative wireless networking vendor AirTies to showcase over-the-top video delivery through an integrated media management system at this year’s IPTV World Forum in London from March 23-25.  

BigBand doubles high definition advertising and stream processing capacity for broadcast video platform

Friday, 19 March 2010 09:40

BigBand Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:BBND), a leader in digital video networking, announced the availability of its Broadcast Video Services Software 3.0, which supports the increasing demand for advertising on high definition (HD) content and growing HD program line-ups enabled by Switched Digital Video (SDV).  

Innovations driving the mobile decade on display at International CTIA WIRELESS 2010®

Thursday, 18 March 2010 12:17

At this year’s International CTIA WIRELESS 2010® tradeshow and conference, attendees from around the world will view products and services from more than 1,000 exhibitors that are driving the mobile decade.  

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