Time Warner said on Thursday that it would file for divorce in one of the most ill-fated marriages in the history of the media and technology business, its 2001 merger with AOL. The companies hope the separation is complete at the end of the year. … more

Amid tighter budgets, more Americans are trying to save money by cutting their cable cords. In response, cable companies are beginning to experiment with new Internet services. … more

The 3GPP has published the first femtocell standard, the Femto Forum, an industry organization involved in the standardization process, announced today. … more

In South Korea, subway riders are becoming addicted to free TV on their cellphones. But declining ad revenue and mounting debt may force cellular operators to pull the plug. … more

Soon after launching DTH cable operations, India’s largest private telecom firm Bharti Airtel is all set to start IPTV (Internet Protocol on Television) services or popularly known as triple play (voice, data and video) in the country. … more

TV makers are engaged in an arms race to build up the internet features on their new models, adding video on-demand, GPS traffic reports, social networking and video calling on top of the basic news, weather and stock information. … more

The commercial television networks are quietly delighted by Telstra’s exclusion from the $10 billion national broadband network (NBN) tender, write Allan Fels and Fred Brenchley. … more

[news release] The European Commission has today taken a decisive step towards the promotion of competitive Mobile TV services in the EU. It has published a set of guidelines for the authorisation of Mobile TV to accelerate roll-out of the service across Europe. Mobile TV revenues worldwide are expected to reach more than €7.8 billion in 2013. The commercial services launched before summer 2008 in some European countries show that there is an increasing consumer demand: in the Netherlands alone, 10 000 users had already subscribed to the service at the beginning of autumn. Authorisations from Member States for Mobile TV services are needed before any commercial launches by operators. Along with the addition of the DVB-H standard to the EU list of official standards in March 2008 (IP/08/451), these guidelines underline the Commission’s strong commitment to the promotion of new services for European consumers. … more

For Asia’s emerging markets which have insufficient broadband capacity to carry IPTV (Internet protocol television), a “hybrid” offering may be the entry point for operators, according to a Tandberg executive. … more

Telstra is expected to take a major step towards its goal of being a media company early next year when it rolls out set-top boxes that allow internet customers to download films and play them on television, reports Australian IT. … more