Advanced Television

Got Talent most successful reality TV format

Got Talent has sealed a place in the record books having been commissioned in 58 territories worldwide. The entertainment show now holds the official Guinness World Records title for the Most Successful Reality TV Format worldwide. Captivating audiences around the world, the show co-owned by FremantleMedia and Syco Entertainment has versions across Europe, Asia Pacific, […]

April 7, 2014

Syncbak to integrate Nielsen technology

Nielsen has announced that Syncbak—  the US media technology company that enables users to watch live, in-market broadcast television— has successfully integrated Nielsen’s proprietary Software Development Kit (SDK) for Syncbak’s portfolio of client applications. The Nielsen SDK will allow clients in local markets, who are encoding with Nielsen Watermarks, to measure audiences across mobile platforms […]

April 7, 2014

More Miramax for YOU On Demand

YOU On Demand, a multi-platform entertainment and VoD company in China, has announced the expansion of its cooperation to offer feature films from global film and television studio, Miramax, via YOU On Demand’s mobile service. YOU On Demand will now make available Miramax’s library titles including Oscar-winners “Chicago” and “The English Patient,” through its Subscription […]

April 7, 2014

Game of Thrones out-Googles House of Cards

According to IHS analysis of Google data, Game of Thrones is massively outperforming Netflix’s House of Cards in terms of consumer interest in the UK. Even at House of Cards’ UK peak, Game of Thrones was indexing at double the search volume “The simultaneous release in UK and US is critical given that the top […]

April 7, 2014

Ymagis buys Arqiva digital cinema network

Ymagis, a specialist in digital technologies for the cinema industry, has announced the acquisition of Arqiva’s digital cinema delivery network in Europe. Ymagis and Arqiva have reached an agreement on the acquisition of Arqiva’s network in the digital delivery of feature-films, trailers and advertising content to theatres. Ymagis ‘s subsidiary Smartjog Ymagis Logistics will take […]

April 7, 2014

MUSO unveils anti-piracy innovations

Following the launch of its content protection platform for TV rights holders at MIPCOM in October 2013, anti-piracy solutions specialist MUSO is taking the opportunity at MIPTV to unveil a series of innovations to enable rights holders of both film and TV content to protect their content even more effectively against the threat of online […]

April 7, 2014By Colin Mann

SatLink launches Hot Bird DVB-S2 platform

SatLink Communications, a global teleport, content management and HD playout services provider, has confirmed the launch of a new DVB-S2 platform on Eutelsat’s Hot Bird satellite. In coordination with Sky Italia, an Italian digital satellite television platform, the cost effective service has been developed to meet the growing demand for HD content on a premium […]

April 7, 2014

MobiTV selects Elemental

Elemental Technologies, a supplier of software-defined video solutions for multiscreen content delivery, has announced that MobiTV, a specialist in enabling delivery of live and on-demand TV Everywhere, is using Elemental video processing solutions to support its cloud-based video delivery platform. MobiTV is using Elemental Live and Elemental Server to deliver more than 40 HD television […]

April 7, 2014

Civolution’s SyncNow for Talpa

Civolution, a provider of technology and solutions for identifying, managing and monetising content, has announced that Talpa has licensed its SyncNow Automatic Content Recognition (ACR) technology and can now use SyncNow in all its TV formats requiring a synchronised second screen experience and deliver it along with the format and app to its broadcaster clients. […]

April 7, 2014

Visual Unity and XroadMedia Deliver OTT Personalization Through vuDiscovery

OTT platform and multiscreen solution provider, Visual Unity Global has announced a strategic partnership with XroadMedia, a provider of content discovery, recommendation and targeting services. In this partnership XroadMedia will be delivering its advanced personalisation services to power vuDiscovery, the new content discovery service of Visual Unity’s award winning vuMedia platform. vuDiscoveryTM will be powered […]

April 7, 2014