Ian D. Nock

July 1 is the date by which the six largest cable TV companies agreed last year to have 100 percent of their headends supporting the Tru2way interactivity standard. But, Light Reading's Cable Digital News reports that five of the six companies may not have met the goal. Since a mutually-agreed-upon goal is all that's at stake, there won't be any penalties involved for missing the goal, and probably not even much of an uproar. - Ian D. Nock

Joost fired its CEO and laid off 100 people yesterday. What went wrong at the once-promising Web TV startup? - Ian D. Nock

Apparently, ITV is considering charging micropayments for its catch up service. Considering how poor their technology implementation is, this may seem laughable. But there does seem to be an inevitability about charging being introduced to internet delivery of TV. - Ian D. Nock

Freeview managing director Ilse Howling has set out the next stage for the free-to-air terrestrial platform. In a speech to the Intellect Consumer Electronics Conference 2009 Howling put Freeview at the centre of the move from linear to timeshift, standard definition to high definition and digital TV to IPTV. - Ian D. Nock

The BBC has made a promotional video to show how Canvas, the proposed hybrid broadcast and broadband platform that has yet to be approved by the BBC Trust, might be presented to the public. Erik Huggers, the director of future media and technology at the BBC, presented the video at a conference organised by Intellect, the consumer electronics industry association. Short on any substantial detail, its consumer-friendly approach raises more questions about the role of the BBC in promoting such a platform. - Ian D. Nock

The association of German cable operators, ANGA, has criticised pay-TV operator Premiere’s decision to offer its soccer Bundesliga coverage on cable networks only in connection with basic package Sky Welt from its relaunch as Sky on July 4 and not as a stand-alone product. - Ian D. Nock

Commissioners say broadband rollout will be even more transformative than the 1996 Telecommunications Act - Ian D. Nock

The BBC's Erik Huggers has presented the tech world with a glimpse of how Project Canvas may be advertised to the general public, and TechRadar can bring you the transcript of the early advert for the IPTV service. - Ian D. Nock

Fed up with endless emails, meeting requests and spam in Outlook? - Ian D. Nock

The US-based online video catch-up service provider Hulu International has announced the imminent UK launch of its service in UK as a top priority for the company and has asserted that it is all set to work with UK based ISPs. - Ian D. Nock

Arriving in just a few days, the Vodafone Access Gateway is designed to boost the existing Vodafone signal so you can get mobile reception. It plugs into your home broadband connection and transmits a standard 3G GSM signal so that up to four mobile calls can happen at any one time. Using femtocel technology it should let rural customers and anyone with low inside coverage get reception again. - Ian D. Nock

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