Digital Rapids, a provider of media transformation and workflow solutions, has announced that Australia-based digital solutions provider Hostworks has selected Digital Rapids encoders for the new Hostworks Media Foundry live streaming service. Hostworks has a long history of delivering live and on-demand content for major entertainment and enterprise brands. With the continued growth of online […]
International Datacasting Corporation (IDC) has announced that Del Lippert has resigned as a director of IDC and Chairman of the Company’s Board of Directors for medical reasons, effective immediately. In addition, Georges Ata has resigned as a director of IDC in order to focus on his role as CEO of Intelcan, also effective immediately. IDC’s […]
Arris Group has announced Shaw Communications, Western Canada’s largest cable operator, has deployed the Arris APEX3000 to deliver an exceptional customer experience to its consumers. Arris network technology addresses consumer demand for more personalised, relevant, and mobile experiences. Shaw will use the APEX3000 to support its growing Video-on-Demand (VoD) libraries and as part of its TV […]
The long-festering argument between satellite operators SES and arch-rival Eutelsat has been resolved. The dispute centres over access to 500 MHz of frequencies at the 28.5 degrees East orbital position. A Eutelsat craft was occupying the position. Back on September 16th last year, following the decision of a French Chamber of Commerce arbitration, SES announced […]
BSkyB’s latest results, for the quarter and half-year to December 31st, showed improvements in all sectors and in some case were well ahead of expectations. For example, the number of TV ‘paid for’ subscribers grew 77,000 in the three months to December 31st. HDTV subs grew 112,000 in the three months, while the broadcaster’s ‘Sky […]
Sky Italia is seeking €100 million in damages from Italian public broadcaster RAI in an appeal filed on January 27th to the Regional Administrative Court (TAR) of Lazio. The pay-TV operator accuses RAI of encrypting, over several years, some flagship programmes of the public service to the detriment of Sky Italia subscribers. The practice, which […]
at800 – the organisation responsible for ensuring people continue to receive free-to-air television when 4G mobile services operating at 800 MHz are launched – is revising its approach to improve its support for UK viewers of digital terrestrial Freeview services. The decision follows research among Freeview viewers before and after local 4G at 800 MHz […]
Spain’s media group Prisa is finding it difficult to sell its 56 per cent stake in the digital DTH platform Canal Plus for the expected €1billion. None of the financial proposals have met its expectations and the company has decided to extend the initial January 31 deadline for binding offers to February 24. Several groups have […]
TVPlayer, the live television streaming app from Simplestream, has cemented its reputation as one of the top free apps of 2014 after notching up a landmark 250,000 downloads within just 28 days of launching. TVPlayer was a Top 40 downloaded app within 24 hours of appearing on the App Store and following on from the […]
In a move that is says will accelerate its evolution to a device and UI independent cloud-based Software-as-a-Service operation, yielding a significant expansion in market opportunity, advanced television technology specialist TiVo is to acquire cloud-based content discovery and recommendation service Digitalsmiths for $135 million. Digitalsmiths offers personalised video search, recommendations and browsing, social trending, and […]