CBS CEO Les Moonves told Goldman Sachs Communacopia event the company might stream Showtime content direct to consumers in international markets. “I can see sometime in the future, and I don’t know how long that is, where we’re able to offer a Showtime product and stream it overseas internationally. …This would be a great way […]
UK commercial broadcaster ITV has confirmed the completion of a significant stage in its content delivery modernisation (CDM) project, which successfully automates the broadcasters linear, catch-up and archive content delivery to a variety of platforms using a file-based workflow. In line with the Digital Production Partnership objectives, the CDM project at ITV has successfully migrated […]
Cloud-based software platform ActiveVideo has joined the RDK (Reference Design Kit) community as a licensee and to provide a cloud-based browser for delivery of HTML5-based interactive TV UX, content and applications to RDK devices. The RDK is a pre-integrated software bundle that provides a common framework for powering customer-premises equipment (CPE) from TV service providers, […]
Australians will soon have access to one of the fastest mobile networks in the world, with Telstra accelerating the launch of 4G services on the newly available 700 MHz band. Telstra has revealed that it plans to: – Expand total 4G coverage to reach 90 per cent of the Australian population by the end of […]
BlackArrow, a provider of TV advertising and data solutions, has confirmed that the company has expanded into Europe to accelerate its international growth opportunities. With its newly opened London office, carrier grade European data centre and planned local support offices, BlackArrow will now be able to offer dedicated resources and solutions for the evolving European […]
Australian OTT movie retailer Access Digital Entertainment’s EzyFlix video on demand and UltraViolet service has become the first retailer outside the US to offer Disc-2-Digital linked to UltraViolet, following in the footsteps of US retail giants Walmart and Best Buy. Unlike the first-generation Disc-2-Digital services in the US, Australians don’t physically have to take their […]
Spacecom, operator of the AMOS satellite fleet, has signed a long term agreement with Ukraine’s 1+1 Media, a leading media company, for the broadcast of its channels on the AMOS-6 satellite. From the 4°W prime orbital position, AMOS-6 will provide satellite broadcast services for 1+1 Media’s entire network over its Ku-band pan-European transponders. 1+1 Media […]
SmarDTV has announced that it will introduce a new range of innovative CI+ modules, and has extended its licence and cooperation agreement with Conax to include set-top boxes. SmarDTV will introduce a CI+ 1.3 module that is compliant with the latest generation of the Conax Contego and Conax Conformity testing, ensuring high quality protection for […]
Witbe, the next generation QoE testing and monitoring company, has announced that Liberty Global, the international cable company, has deployed Witbe’s monitoring solution for interactive services on its digital TV platforms including Horizon. With a strong experience on monitoring the live streams of their digital TV offer, Liberty Global are now using Witbe’s technology to […]
Viaccess-Orca has announced that European satellite services provider M7 Group, which serves more than 3 million subscribers across seven countries, has selected a comprehensive content protection solution from Viaccess-Orca to support its next generation DTH offering. Using Prime Sentinel card-based conditional access system (CAS), M7 Group will securely deliver premium content to subscribers’ set-top boxes […]