Nokia Siemens Networks is putting the power of bringing advanced IPTV applications and services in the users' hands with its latest IPTV software release, Home Entertainment Release 3.0. The new offering will allow for full User Interface (UI) customisation, flexible third party application integration and powerful management tools and verification processing. Operators can differentiate their […]
Sky1 controller Richard Woolfe is leaving to join Channel Five in a senior programming role. The new Five chief executive, Dawn Airey, has persuaded Woolfe to join the terrestrial broadcaster as channel controller. Woolfe will be in charge of commissioning, scheduling and strategy for Five’s main terrestrial channel.
Thomson has launched the latest version of its SmartVision Video on Demand (VoD) server. SmartVision VoD version 6 offers both IPTV and cable operators the solution they need to maximise network digital video recording (nDVR) opportunities and thus drive new revenues. Thomson's SmartVision VoD 6.0 introduces a new family of streaming accelerators that double the […]
Orca Interactive has formed partnership with Chinese STB vendor, Yuxing, in developing an advanced, pre-integrated IPTV solution. Already selling, the integrated solution is based on Orca's RiGHTv middleware, allowing the ramping up of additional services and applications according to customer requirements. The solution offers HD, MPEG-4, and CPVR, based on Orca's SUI software development kit, […]
Hollywood studio Warner Brothers will end its home video and DVD business in South Korea at the end of the year due to rampant piracy. The US producer of film and television entertainment will instead focus on its digital distribution ‘pre-DVD’ business. It is the last remaining Hollywood company to withdraw its home entertainment business […]
Motorola is accelerating the delivery of personalised media experiences through a collaboration with BlackArrow, the independent provider of multiplatform ad-management systems. The companies are working together to deliver a powerful, SCTE 130-compliant addressable advertising solution that enables advertisers and content providers to exert exacting control over ad placement and generate revenue through additional advertising opportunities. […]
FastWeb has signed an industrial agreement with Eutelsat Communications via its Skylogic broadband subsidiary that will allow FastWeb to extend the coverage of broadband service through satellite connections. FastWeb’s network currently reaches 50 per cent of the population. Thanks to the satellite connectivity provided by Eutelsat’s Tooway service, broadband access will in the future be […]
BBC Future Media & Technology director Erik Huggers and chief operating officer Kerstin Mogull are shuffling personell, in what looks like further multimedia integration and a response to BBC.co.uk overspending. Anthony Rose, who was brought in from KaZaA last year as head of media technology, becomes controller of the Vision & Online Media Group. User […]
Software developed by NXVision will turn mobile phones into remote TVs allowing users to view their favourite programmes live or pre-recorded anywhere in the world. The technology will enable smart handsets to receive live broadcasts from digital satellite, cable, IPTV or Freeview TV set top boxes. The system will turn handsets into remote TV controls […]
MTS Allstream, a wholly owned subsidiary of Manitoba Telecom Services, has selected Harmonic’s MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) high definition and standard definition video processing solutions for an IPTV service expansion. The upgrade will enable MTS Allstream to deliver equivalent MPEG-2 quality at half the bandwidth and a broader HD and SD channel line-up to its customers […]