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  • Canal+ set to launch FTA channel

    French premium broadcaster Canal+ will launch a free-to-air channel on the French digital terrestrial network. Bertrand Meheut, CEO of the Canal+ Group, told Le Figaro that the recently awarded ?bonus channel? will be FTA.


    Code named Canal 20, the new chnnel will hit the French airwaves this November immediately following analogue switch-off.


    ?Channel 20 will be a general entertainment channel, ambitious, with a high quality editorial level targeted a broad, but demanding audience. It will be in line with Canal +, focusing on films, original productions and will also present cultural magazines and possibly a very limited number of sporting events,? according to Meheut.


    The channel will provide additional funding for local productions. ?Our pay channels already spend ?200 million per year on movies.?


    ?It is essential to strengthen the DTT offer with quality channels. We must claim our territory or else it will be conquered by new players such as Google TV, Apple TV, Hulu or Netflix, who are growing thanks to the connected TV. This development is inevitable, so we must act quickly and develop French production. Today, the broadcasters that focus their editorial offerings on US series will be particularly affected by the new internet players who will soon offer [the same programming] directly to viewers. ?

  • Sky slams Virgin's 'broadband con' ads

    Sky has launched a legal challenge against Virgin Media's recent "broadband honesty" online PR campaign, arguing that it was "grossly misleading".


    Lawyers representing the satellite broadcaster have called on the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) to investigate Virgin's "Stop the Broadband Con" online viral campaign.


    In a letter to the regulator, seen by The Daily Telegraph, Sky claimed that the campaign "wrongly implies" that certain internet service providers "dishonestly deceive consumers".


    The letter also hit out at a video posted by Virgin Media on YouTube before Christmas, which contained the message "learn from Aladdin...Don't get conned this Christmas". Sky took the line to be a reference to its own 'Fairytales' broadband advertising campaign.


    Osborne Clarke, Sky's lawyers, said that Virgin's campaign gave the "implication that Sky 'say they'll give you superfast broadband but deliver a service stuck in the slow lane'".


    The letter added: "[The ads] clearly go beyond the scope of robust and objective comparison and amount to an unjustified denigratory attack on Sky and its business practices."


    Discussing the complaint, a Sky spokesman said: "All ISPs provide individual line speed estimates before any customer signs up, meaning consumers are making informed decisions about which broadband services are right for them.


    "In helps [to] explain the high broadband satisfaction levels Ofcom found in its own research. On that basis, we've asked the ASA to investigate Virgin Media's campaign, which it now is."


    BT has also complained to the ASA about Virgin's campaign.


    Virgin Media responded by saying that "Stop the Broadband Con" was intended to show the general dissatisfaction among consumers with broadband speeds.


    "Consumers continue to be misled by broadband providers who simply do not deliver on their advertised speed claims," said a spokesperson for the cable operator.


    "The ASA, Ofcom, numerous consumer groups and thousands of internet users have all reiterated our call for change and we look forward to Sky stepping up to the challenge and being honest about their broadband rather than relying on the fairytales and broken promises of current broadband advertising."


    According to recent research from Ofcom, average broadband speeds received by UK consumers remain less than half the 'up to' rates advertised by some ISPs.


    The media regulator found that the average broadband speed in Britain increased from 5.2 megabits per second (Mbps) to 6.2Mbps by the end of 2010, but that was still just 45% of the average advertised broadband speed of 13.8Mbps.


    Earlier in the month, Ofcom submitted its response to a Committee for Advertising Practice (CAP) and Broadcast Committee for Advertising Practice (BCAP) joint consultation on broadband speeds advertising, which is expected to recommend major changes to broadband marketing.


    Ofcom wants ISPs to advertise broadband speeds on a Typical Speeds Range (TSR) basis, giving a clearer picture of the actual rates received by the average customer.

  • How to make Openbox S9 HD work as a server

    It couldnt be easier.


    1. Press "Menu"
    2. Scroll down to "Network Local Setting"
    3. Press "OK" on remote
    4. Arrow right to "Newcamd Server Settings"
    5. Press "OK" on remote
    6. Enter newcamd server parameter
    7. Server setting -ON-
    8. TCP Port -eg. 13000- this MUST be forwarded in your router
    9. Des Key 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 (Can be change to your own)
    10. Add USER in Newcamd server User manager with green button on remote
    11. Add username PASSWORD "Allow emm YES"
    12. Press yellow to save the configuration .


    Now box is setup for server with 1 client and a reboot is always a good idea .


    In the Client box with CCcam its the N: line to use for acces the server eg
    N: server_ip_or_dns 13000 USER PASSWORD 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 256

  • mdPlug Discrambler

    v2.0 @ 11-03-2011 (Release Version)


    - Removing the use of 'C' keys from the softcam definitely,


    option from softcam dialog was also removed.


    - mdPlug will read BISS/CW/DCW/CCW only as 'F' keys from softcam


    the keys from the configuration file mdplug.ini work also,



    New mdPlug Delphi Source v.2.0


    CRC32: 624833FF
    MD5: CE75724F379ECB0B812306F61EC8B558
    SHA-1: 0294F557D13CEAA6BC18CA62CC851AC06A8912E7


    mdPlug Mar 11 v0.2.0.0 (Release Version).zip
    mdPlug Delphi Source v.2.0.zip

  • How to spot a fake smargo+ reader

    As usual the Chinese cloners have been hard at work again, this time they have copied
    the Smargo Smartreader, a popular external USB card reader used in DreamBox
    and other applications.


    HOW TO RECOGNIZE A REAL SMARTREADER


    You can determine very easily if a smartreader is a clone on the following:


    1 New arrow model --------- Housing, sticker and improved firmware version 1.04 or higher


    We stopped production of the round shape around 1st quarter of 2009. The housing of a genuine Smargo Smartreader has an arrow shape. Besides the new housing, we only use the MaxDigital brand. On the back of the Smargo Smartreader you find a sticker. The Max Digital logo can only be found at a real Smargo Smartreader. The new models will be shipped from the 2nd quarter of 2010 only with new 1.04 software or higher.


    2 Do NOT buy the old model smartreader !!! It is not available anymore and therefore probably fake.


    If you buy nowadays a smargo Smartreader with round case, you will probably have a fake/clone version.
    Some clones can be detected by opening the housing. The warranty of a genuine smargo smartreader will not void because of opening the case.


    .



    Smartcard connector inside the housing


    If you open the smartreader you will see letters on the black smartcard connector. The letters "MUP" indicate that your smartreader is a fake.



    The majority of guys selling them on ebay are the same ones that are selling
    the clone dreamboxes as well, they just can't help trying to make a quick buck!


    BUY GENUINE PRODUCTS ONLY


    Mutz