Apple delays launch of QuickTime 6 because of MPEG-4 license terms
“Apple announced at the QuickTime Live! Conference today that there’s a public preview of QuickTime 6 with full MPEG-4 support ready to ship, but the terms of the proposed MPEG-4 license are holding it back,” says…
Read MoreBroadband internet claimed to need subsidy in rural areas
“Areas with less than 20,000 homes and businesses linked to a local exchange simply aren’t viable for broadband today”, Sir Christopher Bland, Chairman of British Telecommunications, told the Commons select committee on culture, media and sport…
Read MorePDA-phone use set to expand rapidly
“The market of PDA-phones will grow from only 0.2 million units in 2000 to nearly 19 million units in 2007 for a compound annual growth rate of 87.5 percent” comments Michael Pastore in an article in…
Read MoreMPEG-4 licensors propose a "use fee"
EE Times reports that the MPEG LA LLC, the agency that licenses MPEG-4 video compression technology, has imposed a `use fee’ for disseminating video data.
Read MoreSymbian raises fresh funds
The Financial Times reports that Symbian has raised £20.75m from existing shareholders and “…secured its part in the development of next generation mobile phones…”.
Read MoreInternet access charges to rise
“We are looking at pricing. We have not made a decision yet, but I think that all the pricing pressure in the market is upwards. I would be surprised if there were not price rises from…
Read MoreForbidden milestone in online video
“While the industry is spending around £100bn worldwide on rolling out broadband at a time when broadband companies are facing bankruptcy, we have been concentrating on improving compression rates by around 2% a week since early…
Read MoreGreg Hirst appointed to Board of Directors
Forbidden Technologies announces that we have appointed our Business Development Director, Greg Hirst, to the Board of Directors.
Read MoreEnergis exits Emblaze
Energis, the independent telecoms operator, is reported to have sold its entire stake in Emblaze late last week.
Read MoreTravel industry buoyant
“Strong consumer spending has meant that companies have been able to maintain high profit margins”, says the FT today in an article on the outlook for inflation. “It’s been a very good market; there’s been plenty…
Read MoreSo psyched to part of the A+E Networks deployment of Blackbird.
Kevin Tobin - Senior Director of Production, A+E Networks