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Digital TV Set To Boom
News Take-up of digital TV is set to take off according to a survey published Thursday. The research -- conducted by Gallup on behalf of set-top box manufacturer Pace Micro Technology (quote: PIC) -- found that 42 percent of those surveyed will move to...
[February 25, 2000, 6:30]
Digital TV 'too Complicated' For Millions
Talkback If digital television had been shown to be analogous to the diference between black and white and colour TV, then I'm sure that the public would appreciate digital TV. Just imagine if Colour TV was branded in a similar way when it was first...
[September 24, 2003, 18:41]
Digital TV 'too Complicated' For Millions
News Following the publication of research that found digital TV equipment is much harder to use than existing analogue kit, e-commerce minister Stephen Timms called on the digital TV industry to wake up and pay more attention to usability.
[September 22, 2003, 14:44]
Digital TV To Play E-voting Role
News Those behind the trial believe that interactive TV will make e-voting available to more people than other technologies, because digital TV is used by a wider range of the population than the Internet.They also believe that ease of use -- the fact...
[April 17, 2003, 15:43]
Digital TV To Eclipse PCs, Says Hewitt
News The future of the Internet lies in mobile and digital TV rather than PCs and fixed line access, according to the UK's e-Minister, Patricia Hewitt. Digital TV and mobile telephony are already in the here and now, bringing the Internet to millions of...
[February 21, 2000, 11:27]
Digital TV Battle Looms As Second Free-to-air Box Joins Fray
News The box, as yet unnamed, receives all non-subscription digital TV channels and plays them through any SCART-equipped TV. Although the future of ITV Digital remains bleak, the prospect for viewers has brightened considerably with a second company...
[April 23, 2002, 16:16]
A Year Ago: Digital TV 'tax' Slammed By Media Alliance
News The government will be guilty of "inconsistency and favouritism towards the BBC" if it approves an increase in the TV license fee for viewers of digital TV according to an alliance of broadcasters. Granada spokesman Chris Hopson believes the...
[August 1, 2000, 7:00]
Digital TV 'too Complicated' For Millions
Talkback The focus on set-top-boxes does not get to the heart of the matter which is that the consumer has a choice in how he or she decides to get digital tv into their home and what they do with it when they get it there.
[September 22, 2003, 16:27]
Digital TV 'tax' Slammed By Media Alliance
News Granada spokesman Chris Hopson believes the government will have to think closely before passing a change that he believes will alienate commercial TV stations and consumer groups and slow down the take-up and export of the UK digital TV technology.
[August 2, 1999, 17:35]
Digital TV 'too Complicated' For Millions
Talkback and the Independent Television Commission (ITC) published the results of similar research on the usability of digital TV equipment. Unless digital TV is easy to use it will remain a turn off for many consumers.
[September 22, 2003, 17:40]
Introduction To Digital TV Applications Programming
White Papers Television viewers with Java-enabled digital television receivers will be able to receive and interact with Java TV applications while watching network programming. Java TV applications enhance the broadcast and viewing experience by providing such...
[September 27, 2006, 0:00]
Sky Giving Away Digital TV With Net Access
News Indeed Sky believes the lure of crystal clear, interactive TV will be enough to push its digital subscriber base past its goal of 1 million users and secure its position as the leading digital TV provider in the UK, ahead of rival On Digital.
[May 5, 1999, 14:14]
Government Digital TV Plans Under Threat
News The uptake of digital TV has been very promising, with 30 percent of homes now having access. Research shows that 50 percent of British homes willl have digital TV by the end of 2002," said a spokeswoman.
[April 10, 2001, 16:02]
Intuit Says WebTV Buy Is MS's Leg Up To Digital TV
News "Microsoft wants to write the operating system for digital TV," Cook said today in a visit to London. My bet is that they're seeking the credentials to build that.
[April 7, 1997, 16:09]
'Free' Digital TV Arrives This Week
News A number of people have been interested in expanding their viewing options, but they haven't gone digital yet because they don't want pay TV. The BBC and its broadcasting partner, Crown Castle, will quietly launch what is intended to be a new...
[October 28, 2002, 15:50]
Compaq, MS, Intel Plot Digital TV Future
News Digital TV promises high-quality video and audio beyond the reach of today's analogue sets. The powerful trio will collaborate on making digital TV work across myriad devices spanning PCs, PC/TVs and dedicated digital TV appliances, the firms...
[April 9, 1997, 9:24]
Britons Reject Mobile And Digital TV Internet Access
News The PC remains the primary way of accessing the Internet in Britain, with more than half of those online believing that they will never access the Internet through digital TV and mobile devices. Enthusiasm for accessing the Net through digital TV...
[June 20, 2001, 8:42]
Government To Offer Free Digital TV
News The government is to give away access to digital TV, the Internet, shopping and email in preparation for the analogue switch off and universal Internet access. Free conversions to digital TV will be seen by many as an admittance from the government...
[April 18, 2001, 6:14]
NEC Adds Digital TV To Cellphone
News Although this is the first all-digital combined phone and TV, NEC is not the first company to add television to a mobile phone. The NEC phone received an MPEG-2 data stream carried by ODFM modulation, similar to European digital TV standards.
[July 14, 2003, 14:32]
Half Of UK Households To Own Digital TV By 2005
News Half of all UK households will own a digital TV by 2005, according to a report by the Internet research company Jupiter MMXI. Over seven million British households already have digital TV -- a figure that is rapidly approaching a third of all...
[July 17, 2001, 12:19]
