Accenture has announced that Mediaset, Italy’s largest commercial broadcaster, is using Accenture Video Solution 4.0 in order to distribute their Infinity service – including streaming videos on demand – to Chromecast users. This extends customer options for watching content on numerous devices and provides Mediaset with opportunities to extend Infinity’s market reach. New enhancements to […]
Advanced Television chats to Andrew Wajs, CTO of Irdeto, about content security on multiple unmanaged devices, OTT and the Internet speed of innovation, consumer attitudes to piracy, what piracy monitoring can teach a provider, combating content sharing, and security risks for the Internet of Everything. [bitsontherun RCEZkt5l-Nz9lx6T9]
Dalet Digital Media Systems, a provider of software-based solutions for media organizations, has announced the release of Dalet AmberFin, version 10.5, which enables customers to make the best possible pictures with unprecedented flexibility for their businesses. This major update to the Dalet AmberFin platform marks the debut of Dalet AmberFin Dark enterprise transcode, Cinnafilm Tachyon […]
Austria’s nationwide private radio broadcaster – has deployed bitmovin’s cloud-based encoding platform bitcodin in combination with the company’s bitdash MPEG DASH players to live stream a studio video feed of KroneHit’s 40 hour marathon fundraising event to support the Child’s Dream Foundation (Stiftung Kindertraum) which targets to increase the quality of living for sick and […]
Visiware, the global leader in 2nd screen solutions, with more than 3,000 shows produced in 25 countries, and Rue de Commerce, an e-commerce destination, have announced the launch of a new interactive advertising format. Visiware’s Sync2Ad platform delivers enriched advertising to television viewers and radio listeners through synched ads on mobile devices. Using the Sync2Ad […]
VSN is pleased to announce the launch of a new, fully-featured corporate website in which visitors can find all the information about VSN’s suite of solutions, events, news, and others: www.vsn-tv.com. This new website comes out with the company 25th anniversary and is designed to show a clear insight of what VSN offers to its […]
African Cable Television offers new fashion, music and lifestyle channels, provided by 3Vision Distribution, to appeal to wide customer base. African Cable Television (ACTV) commenced operations on December 1st 2014 in Nigeria and included in the service will be several channels represented by 3Vision Distribution. ACTV will be offering customers four pay-TV packages: ACTV prime, […]
For the past 3 years, the SMA Awards highlight the best TV Experiences of the year. On the 3rd Edition, Wiztivi and Gulli were recognized with a prize for Gulli HbbTV application. They were nominated for the best HbbTV development. Organised by NPA Conseils, the SMA Awards took place yesterday in Paris. This ceremony is dedicated […]
BT’s £12.5 billion (€15.8bn) offer for the possible acquisition of UK mobile business, EE from Deutsche Telekom and Orange has raised a number of regulatory issues, which according to Matt Howett and James Robinson, analysts at consultancy firm Ovum, are not insurmountable given current market dynamics. They note that the competition issues raised by BT’s […]
A report from investment bank Berenberg says there is a “likelihood of substantial cost inflation in the Premier League rights auction…[and we] include 60 per cent cost inflation in our estimates”. The report – The Final Countdown – advises clients to “SELL” their Sky shares ahead of what is anticipates will be a fall from […]