Advanced Television

M-GO 4K streaming for Samsung TVs

M-GO, a pay-as-you-go digital movie and TV streaming service joint venture between Technicolor and DreamWorks Animation, has developed a comprehensive 4K streaming service to launch on Samsung UHD TVs in the spring of 2014. M-GO will kick off with a wide selection of full-length 4K theatrical hits and popular TV shows from Hollywood’s leading studios […]

January 7, 2014

TiVo demos network DVR prototype

TiVo, the DVR specialist, has demonstrated a Network DVR (NDVR) next generation cloud television prototype at CES. “It may surprise people to learn just how many of TiVo’s features are already delivered from the cloud but storage in the cloud is the easy part. TiVo is making it easy both for the consumer and the […]

January 7, 2014

Rovi’s audience analysis in the cloud

Rovi Corporation has announced the availability of new predictive analytics products that enable the use of audience segmentation in managing advanced advertising campaigns and targeting on-air promotions. The new Rovi Audience Management Solution products — Ad Optimizer – use proprietary algorithms to analyse a wide variety of consumer and behavioural data, enabling broadcast networks, cable […]

January 7, 2014

Sony extends 4K home entertainment experience

Sony Electronics has taken another step forward in the evolution of 4K Ultra HD home entertainment with the addition of critical content options and a range of new 4K Ultra HD TVs for every viewer. To complement the expanding library of its Video Unlimited 4K download service, Sony’s 2014 4K Ultra HD TV line-up is […]

January 7, 2014

DISH brings Hopper to PlayStations

DISH Network has confirmed it will be launching an application that gives customers control of the Hopper Whole-Home HD DVR on Sony Computer Entertainment’s PS3 and PS4 systems from spring 2014. DISH’s Virtual Joey provides a nearly identical experience to the Hopper Whole-Home HD DVR’s hardware-based Joey, making live TV and recordings accessible on PlayStation […]

January 7, 2014

Irdeto, Envivio partnership

Irdeto has formed a new partnership with Envivio, a provider of software-based video processing and delivery solutions, that will better enable operators to streamline live channels OTT across multi-screen platforms and devices. Irdeto and Envivio are excited to include Microsoft PlayReady LiveTV content protection in their live linear OTT solution, available on multiple platforms including […]

January 7, 2014

ActiveVideo brings Web-style simplicity and scale to interactive ads for Television and connected devices

ActiveVideo has extended the power of Cloud UIs for pay-TV providers, online video providers and the CE industry, unveiling new functionality that enables its CloudTV software platform to deliver web-style interactive TV advertising at scale. The introduction of CloudTV AdCast, an interactive ad distribution software platform, frees television advertising and T-commerce applications from device dependencies.  […]

January 7, 2014

Broadcom expands HEVC chipset portfolio

Broadcom has announced two new systems-on-a-chip (SoC) for entry-level satellite set-top boxes (STBs). Broadcom’s BCM7364 and BCM7399 direct broadcast satellite chips are engineered with the advanced high-efficiency video codec (HEVC) standard to allow satellite operators to deliver more channels of HD content to a broader subscriber base on their existing network infrastructure. “With the launch […]

January 7, 2014

Harmonic powers 4K Ultra-HD demonstrations during CES

Harmonic, the worldwide player in video delivery infrastructure, will power multiple end-to-end transmission demonstrations of 4K Ultra HD during 2014 CES International, Jan. 7-10, in Las Vegas. Harmonic will showcase the amazing picture quality of the new format on Ultra HD TVs and set-top boxes (STBs) with its partners, industry leaders Broadcom Corporation, Sigma Designs, […]

January 7, 2014

Zenterio and Vestel to deliver DVB-T2 STB for African market

Zenterio, provider of the independent operating system platform for interactive TV, and Vestel, a consumer electronics provider, are providing a DVB-T2 STB for commercial availability in Uganda and Rwanda. The first order for the new DVB-T2 compliant STB is set to launch in December 2013. Digital Video Broadcasting – Second Generation Terrestrial (DVB-T2) is the […]

January 7, 2014