Rising Demand The concept of video on demand has progressed from cable MSOs supplying ‘big ticket’ movies to encompass a range of short and long-form content across a range of devices. Colin Mann looks at the implications for players in the value chain. Download Rising Demand article
Netflix is the latest media company to integrate with social networking website Facebook. Starting this week, Netflix users can use Facebook Connect – software that links individual Facebook pages to third-party Web sites – to share their ratings of Netflix rentals with their Facebook friends. Movie ratings will appear on Netflix subscribers Facebook pages if […]
From Colin Mann in London Satellite operator SES Astra has significantly increased its reach in Europe, particularly in France, Ukraine and the UK, and is now broadcasting to 122 million analogue and digital TV homes across Europe. At the heart of the increase in reach was the increase of Astra's digital satellite penetration across Europe. […]
NDS has announced that Viasat has extended its long-standing relationship with NDS with the addition of NDS‚ Progressive Download (PDL) technology to the ViasatPlusHD hybrid DVR. The ViasatOnDemand HD service represents another successful deployment of NDS‚ PDL technology. This premium service offers ViasatPlusHD subscribers the ability to download a movie or series via their broadband […]
EchoStar Satellite Services has announced the company's IP-Prime Conversion Program, designed to provide continued delivery of video transport services for telco IP headend facilities across the US. Commercial transport provider IP-Prime has previously announced it will discontinue its video transport service to headend facilities by July 31st, 2009. EchoStar's IP-Prime Conversion Program provides qualified customers […]
Showtime Networks has developed an interactive TV (ITV) application that is transforming the way premium channels are marketed and sold. The Showtime Marketing Application uses ITV to bring together long form marketing video, remote ordering, and free full-length episodes of Showtime programming, in an easy to use interface. This new application creates an innovative way […]
UK set-top box firm Amino has purchased the MiriATE testing solution from Mirifice, which it intends to integrate into its existing facilities to provide accurate results from automated tests on its STBs. MiriATE will provide Amino with the ability to automatically drive large numbers of STBs through suites of various tests, including realistic endurance testing. […]
Dreampark, IPTV middleware provider, has revealed its first customer in Ireland as Irish IPTV and ISP provider Magnet Networks. Magnet has upgraded their existing middleware solution to Dreampark’s Dreamgallery, further strengthening the company’s position as a leading IPTV middleware provider in Europe.
Edgeware has confirmed that digital media systems specialist, ioko, has completed a successful lab trial with the Edgeware Web TV server. This trial was part of ioko’s assessment of caching and serving technologies for a range of new web video distribution services. Edgeware’s Web TV Servers cache and deliver up to 32,000 concurrent video streams […]
Data from BARB and SkyView has shown the impact of personal video recorders (PVRs) on the UK's TV viewing habits. The data for the first episode of this season's Lost, which aired in January on Sky One for example, shows that of the 1.6 million viewers, 53 per cent watched the show on a time […]