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BBC axes £100m DMI project
24 May 2013 | 11:24 amThe BBC is to shut down its £100m Digital Media Initiative (DMI) project after director general Tony Hall said it had “wasted a huge amount of licence fee payers’ money”.
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Vubiquity: “We are so much more than the sum of our parts”
24 May 2013 | 11:18 amDoug Sylvester, president of Vubiquity Doug Sylvester , president of US firm Vubiquity, a provider of multi-platform video services, talks to us about the company’s recent name change, its plans for 2013, and what he sees as the most exciting area of potential growth for IP video delivery. Firstly can you tell us a little about why Vubiquity recently changed its name? While our old name was very strong in terms of brand equity for the two companies that comprised it – Avail and TVN – we are so much more...
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More Euro launches for Megamax
24 May 2013 | 9:07 amChello Central Europe's children's channel Megamax has been added to the Magio Sat DTH and the Rio Media platforms in Slovakia and the Czech Republic respectively.
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BBC's Perceptive Radio personalises drama scripts as you listen
24 May 2013 | 8:31 amThe BBC has developed a reactive radio capable of altering broadcast scripts depending on your location and surroundings. The Perceptive Radio is a project by the BBC's Future Media research and development arm and utilises information about your geographical location and ambient listening conditions to tweak the radio experience. By: Philippa Warr, Edited by: Ian Steadman Continue reading...
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Intertrust introduces cloud-based content protection
24 May 2013 | 8:23 amIntertrust Technologies has launched an integrated content protection solution-as-a-service designed to be implemented by any service provider to protect high value entertainment and media content.
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Mobile dominates media consumption as almost two-thirds multiscreen
24 May 2013 | 8:13 amIn its first global research into multiscreen viewing behaviour, mobile advertising network provider InMobi has found that 62% of mobile Web users indulge in multiscreen activities while watching TV.
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Discovery comes out of the lab with TestTube free online network
24 May 2013 | 7:35 amDiscovery Communications has moved beyond its pay-TV roots to test the digital distribution waters with TestTube, an online, ad-supported network targeted at the younger male demographic.
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Twitter courts advertisers via social TV
24 May 2013 | 7:30 amTwitter has expanded its social TV advertiser push, freshly christened as Twitter Amplify, to include a large group of fresh brands who will tweet embedded TV clips and other sponsored content via their Twitter feeds.
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How to set up DLP policies with Exchange Online
24 May 2013 | 7:00 amNow that basic tools for data loss prevention are built in to Exchange 2013, the E plans of Office 365 give you options for monitoring and blocking personal information in email without having to invest in extra security software. If you operate in a regulated business or you handle credit card information and customer data, you need to have policies to ensure you're not revealing that information when you shouldn't. Equally, you don't want to block innocent messages that happen to include strings of 16...
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Activision: "Xbox One is a games machine first and foremost"
24 May 2013 | 3:55 amActivision’s Eric Hirshberg isn’t worried about negative reactions over the Xbox One reveal’s lack of focus on gaming, stating that the console is “a games machine first and foremost.” The firm’s head of publishing spoke to VentureBeat about the backlash from core gamers and industry press following the Xbox One unveiling – specifically on Microsoft’s decision to showcase other forms of media over games for the upcoming hardware. "It's a game machine first and foremost," he said. “[Microsoft understands...
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