From Colin Mann in Las Vegas Youreeeka, a new turnkey, pay-for-access Internet distribution platform aimed at enabling the monetisation of content on any Web outlet, has been unveiled. Youreeeka's patent-pending embeddable Flash Player offers content owners, producers and affiliates a complete, web-based distribution platform with a secure PCI-compliant payment gateway. It allows content owners and […]

From Colin Mann in Las Vegas Content security technologist Verimatrix has revealed that personalised television platform ZillionTV has deployed the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System for IPTV to secure its on-demand library of programmes delivered over an IP connection and streamed directly to the television. The ZillionTV service, launched in March 2009, is expected to […]

Agama Technologies thas revealed that Telekom Austria has deployed the Agama Digital-TV Monitoring Solution to ensure the quality at their IPTV Head-end Platform. The business is executed in a partnership and under the lead of systems integrator Alcatel-Lucent. Service quality is an important core business value with TV service operators all over the world and […]

From Colin Mann in Las Vegas Fibre-based communications service provider Level 3 Communications is advancing its relationship with Adobe Systems and currently is evaluating and deploying the latest Adobe Flash Media Server software. The two companies have been working closely together with customers to evaluate Adobe's dynamic streaming solutions in conjunction with the Level 3 […]

AmberFin has announced that Miranda Technologies has signed an OEM agreement to incorporate and resell AmberFin's industry-leading iCR ingest functionality as part of its playout server offering. As a result of this agreement, Miranda customers will receive significant benefits including multi-format SD/HD ingest, ultra-reliability, easy integration and multi-vendor interoperability. …………

Reports in the US say online video platform Joost is actively seeking a buyer and has told cable and satellite providers that it could be their online video solution. Time Warner Cable is one of the companies that has expressed interest in Joost say the reports. In the online video sector, Joost has fallen far […]

UK regulator Ofcom has said Project Canvas, the broadband TV joint venture between BBC, ITV and BT, could face a competition investigation. Ofcom, in its submission to the BBC Trust, has warned that the venture could find itself the subject of the same regulatory scrutiny that earlier this year spelled the end for Project Kangaroo. […]

RealNetworks has said it wants to help increase DVD sales by allowing people to copy their movie discs. Hollywood studios say that idea will only hurt their already struggling business. The two sides are now squaring off in federal court. The case is ostensibly about RealDVD, a $30 software program that allows users to save […]

SES has reported a 12.2 per cent rise in its first-quarter core profit, maintained its full-year forecast and said it signed a E2 billion credit facility. SES, the world’s second-largest satellite operator, said that EBITDA rose to E308.9 million. SES repeated its forecast of revenue growth between 3 per cent and 4 per cent on […]

Nordic telco TeliaSonera has revealed that it added 32,000 IPTV subscribers in the first quarter of 2009 across all its markets, including 9,000 new customers in Sweden alone, to reach a new total of 509,000.