Archive for the 'Cable TV' Category


BBC Olympics 24 HD And 3D Streams On Way To Sky And Freesat

The BBC are going to town with their live Olympic coverage which will be fed through 24 new HD channels accessed via the BBC red button service and it will also be available on Sky and Freesat as well as live streaming on the BBC website. Now you can watch any sport’s event throughout the [...]

HBOs Luck Runs Out of Luck

HBO seems to be out of luck in one of its new series. The show ‘Luck’, which is a drama about horse racing, has been cancelled due to a poor ratings performance and due to the deaths of horses. The show has been filmed for 10months, and in that time 3 horses injured themselves and [...]

Cisco Pays $5bn For NDS

British video technology company NDS was purchased by Cisco for its biggest deal in quite a while. Cisco paid $US5bn for NDS in a deal that will fit into their current hardware devices and add to their global customer base. NDS is a global business, with business revenues coming in from Brazil, India and China, [...]

Cablevision Launch HBO GO and MAX GO

Cablevision has recently enlarged its service, with a big launch today. The company is now offering 12 programming services via their internet and mobile based services. The two new programming services were HBO GO and MAX GO, and are added to a list that already contains CNN, HBO, TBS, TNT, Speed2, tru TV, Adult Swim, [...]

Comcast Say No-Go To Netflix Cable Option

Netflix are said to be negotiating with cable companies, in a bid to offer streaming services to subscribers. But they have already been snubbed by the country’s biggest cable csupplier, Comcast who say they have no plans to offer Netflix streaming services to Xfinity subscribers. Comcast have reportedly said that they have, ” no plans” [...]

Dish In Fight For ‘TV Everywhere’ Trademark

The term ‘TV Everywhere’ has become synonymous with subscribers watching cable or satellite internet TV streaming on a range of devices around the home and beyond. But now a fight is breaking out between the Dish Network and other online video companies regarding trademarking the term. While Dish are attempting to trademark the term for [...]